Editing Comics Buyer's Guide (section)

===F+W Publications years: 2002–2013===
With issue #1595 (June 2004), ''CBG'' changed its format from a weekly tabloid to a monthly [[perfect bound]] magazine. In addition, in hopes of enhancing  [[newsstand]] sales, ''CBG'' added a [[price guide]] for contemporary comics as well as other new features intended to make the magazine more appealing to those with an avid interest in comic books as an investment. This marketing strategy was also tied to the yearly publication of the ''[[Standard Catalog of Comic Books]]'', produced in conjunction with Human Computing, the makers of the comic collectors’ software [[ComicBase]].

In July 2005, the magazine began archiving past features at its CBGXtra.com service. Brett Frankenhoff was promoted to ''CBG'' Editor in 2006, with Maggie Thompson assuming the title of Senior Editor. In late 2009, ''CBG''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s page count was reduced, the perfect binding ended, and some of the features changed, including the removal of the price guide listings.

==== Cancelation and legacy ====
On January 9, 2013, Krause Publications announced the cancellation of ''Comics Buyer’s Guide'' effective with issue #1699 (March 2013).<ref>McMillan, Graeme. [https://comicsalliance.com/comic-buyers-guide-canceled-42-years/ "Krause Cancels ‘Comic Buyer’s Guide’ After 42 Years,"] ''Comics Alliance'' (January 9, 2013).</ref> The website CBGXtra and its Facebook page continued as archived resources for a time but are no longer online, replaced by the website of the new owner ''[[Antique Trader]]''.<ref name="cbgxtra_20130109" /><ref name="comichron_20130109" />

''[[Alter Ego (magazine)|Alter Ego]]'' #122 (Jan. 2014) was a tribute issue devoted to ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', with features regarding what would have made the 1700th ''CBG'' issue if the magazine had continued.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://twomorrows.com/blog/tnt/alter-ego-bids-farewell-to-comics-buyers-guide-in-a-special-tribute-issue/ |title=Alter Ego bids farewell to Comics Buyer's Guide in a special tribute issue |author=Mr. Morrow |date=2013-12-05 |publisher=[[TwoMorrows Publishing]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007081320/http://twomorrows.com/blog/tnt/alter-ego-bids-farewell-to-comics-buyers-guide-in-a-special-tribute-issue/ |archive-date=October 7, 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=January 14, 2014 }}</ref>

A complete collection of ''TBG''/''CBG'' is held by the [[Michigan State University Libraries#Comic Art Collection|Michigan State University Comic Art Collection]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/bux.htm |title=Michigan State University Libraries Comic Art Collection: "Buxadé" to "Büyük Mavi"  |access-date=2008-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706024923/http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/bux.htm |archive-date=2008-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/crri/comicsb.htm |title=Michigan State University Libraries Comic Art Collection: "Comics Ban" to "Comics Express" |access-date=2008-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709000148/http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/crri/comicsb.htm |archive-date=2008-07-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>