Editing Comics Buyer's Guide (section)

{{Short description|American magazine}}
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{{Infobox magazine
| title              = Comics Buyer's Guide
| image_file         = Cbg1600.png
| image_size         = 
| image_caption      = ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1600 (January 2005)
| editor             = [[Brent Frankenhoff]] (2006–2013)
| editor_title       = [[Editor]]
| editor2             = [[Maggie Thompson]] (from 2006)
| editor_title2       = [[Senior Editor]]
| previous_editor = [[Alan Light (comics)|Alan Light]] (1971–1983)<br />[[Maggie Thompson]] (1983–2006)
| editor3 =  [[John Jackson Miller]] (from 1998)
| editor_title3 = Managing Editor
| editor4 = [[Brent Frankenhoff]] (1998–2006)
| editor_title4 = Project Editor
| staff_writer = [[Murray Bishoff]], [[Peter David]], [[Shel Dorf]], [[Mark Evanier]], [[Martin L. Greim]], [[Tony Isabella]], [[Heidi MacDonald]], [[Catherine Yronwode]]
| frequency          = {{plainlist|monthly (Feb. 1971 – Aug. 1972)<br>twice-monthly (Aug. 1972 – July 1975)<br>weekly (July 1975 – June 2004)<br>monthly (June 2004 – Mar. 2013)}}
| category           = [[comic books]] news and criticism
| total_circulation  = 20,000
| circulation_year   = late 1980s
| company            = [[F+W Media]] (2002–2013)
| publisher          = Alan Light (1971–1983)<br />[[Krause Publications]] (1983–2013)
| founder = [[Alan Light (comics)|Alan Light]]
| firstdate          = March 1971
| lastdate           = March 2013
| finalnumber = 1,699
| country            = United States<!--no flag WP:ICONDECORATION-->
| based            = [[Iola, Wisconsin]] (from 1983)
| language           = English
| website            = {{URL|http://www.cbgxtra.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2022}}
| issn               = 0745-4570
}}
'''''Comics Buyer's Guide''''' ('''''CBG'''''; {{ISSN|0745-4570}}), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language [[periodical]] reporting on the American [[comic book]] industry. It awarded its annual [[Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards]] from 1983 to circa 2010. The publication ceased with the March 2013 issue.<ref name="cbgxtra_20130109">Frankenhoff, Brent (January 9, 2013). [http://www.cbgxtra.com/comics-news-and-notes/fw-announces-closure-of-comics-buyers-guide "F+W Announces Closure of Comics Buyer’s Guide"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002220256/http://www.cbgxtra.com/comics-news-and-notes/fw-announces-closure-of-comics-buyers-guide |date=2015-10-02 }}. ''Comics Buyer’s Guide''</ref><ref name="comichron_20130109">Miller, John Jackson (January 9, 2013). [http://blog.comichron.com/2013/01/end-of-era-comics-buyers-guide-1971-2013.html "End of an era: Comics Buyer's Guide, 1971–2013"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111215820/http://blog.comichron.com/2013/01/end-of-era-comics-buyers-guide-1971-2013.html |date=2013-01-11 }}. ''The Comichron''</ref> The magazine was headquartered in [[Iola, Wisconsin]],<ref>{{cite book|first=Brent |last=Frankenhoff|title=The Greatest Comic Book Covers of All Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=StfJreNds4AC&pg=PA1|access-date=February 17, 2016|date=December 14, 2012|publisher=Krause Publications Craft|isbn=978-1-4402-3499-6|page=1}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> after originally being published in the [[Quad Cities]] region.