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=== Krause Publications years: 1983β2002=== In 1983, ''The Buyer's Guide'' was purchased by [[Krause Publications]].<ref>"Light Sells ''Buyer's Guide'' to Krause Publications", ''The Comics Journal'' #80 (March 1983), p. 22.</ref> Columnists Don and Maggie Thompson were hired as editors. Krause changed the name with their first issue #482 (February 11, 1983) to '''''Comics Buyer's Guide'''''. At that time Krause instituted the controversial<ref>"''Comics Buyer's Guide'' Advertisement Criteria Draw Fire from Advertisers", ''The Comics Journal'' #91 (July 1984), pp. 8β10.</ref><ref>"''CBG'' Censors Ad Addressing Glenwood Distributors Accounts", ''The Comics Journal'' #115 (April 1987), p. 26.</ref><ref>"Comics Buyer's Guide Rejects Trident Ad", ''The Comics Journal'' #131 (September 1989), pp. 11β12.</ref> CBG Customer Service Award, the display of which signifies an advertiser had a "clean bill of health". By the late 1980s, the publication had more than 20,000 subscribers.<ref name=Miller /> Writer [[Peter David]]'s column, "But I Digress...", joined the publication in 1990.<ref>Greenberger, Robert (January 10, 2013). [http://www.comicmix.com/news/2013/01/10/the-comics-buyers-guide-1971-2013/ "The Comics Buyerβs Guide: 1971β2013"]. [[ComicMix]].</ref> The magazine added [[Mark Evanier]]'s column "P.O.V." in late 1994. In 1992, the magazine spun off its distributor and retailer news into a separate periodical, ''[[Comics & Games Retailer]]'' (which ceased publication in 2007).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foliomag.com/2007/f-w-shutters-multiple-hobbyist-magazines |title=F+W Shutters Multiple Magazines |access-date=2008-01-24 |format=Folio |date=2007-12-19 }}</ref> Co-editor Don Thompson died on May 23, 1994.<ref>Butler, Don (July 1994). "CGB Co-Editor Don Thompson Dead at 58". ''[[Hero Illustrated]]''. pp. 16.</ref> In 1998, Krause brought on [[John Jackson Miller]] as managing editor and [[Brent Frankenhoff]] as projects editor, with Maggie Thompson remaining as editor.<ref>"News Watch: Krause Publications Names Editors", ''The Comics Journal'' #203 (April 1998), p. 30.</ref> ''CBG'' was named Best Comics Publication in the 1985 [[Kirby Awards]], and it was given the [[Eisner Award]] for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication in 1992 and 1993. In July 2002, Krause was acquired by [[F+W Publications]].
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