1975 ACBA Sketchbook

Salutations friends and family!  It’s once again Friday, and that means it’s time for another Fabulous Find!  And this week I’m headed back into the fanzines I own and pulled out the 1975 ACBA Sketchbook!  It was published by the Academy of Comic Book Arts, or the ACBA, for short. It’s basically a forty-eight page…

Witzend Fanzines # 1 – 5

Welcome back for another  Fabulous Find!  This week I’ve pulled out the first five (5) issues of the fanzine, Witzend!  The fanzine was the brainchild of artist Wallace (Wally) Wood.  The first issue was dated the Summer of 1966 and issue five was dated October of 1968.  As Wood stated on his “Statement of NO…

Early Comic Reader Fanzines

Happy Friday everyone!  And to start off the weekend, I bring you a new Fabulous Find!  Number twenty-six if you’re counting.  This week I’ve dug out some early Comic Reader fanzines from my collection.  I don’t have a complete run but I do own each issue from number ninety (90) to the end of it’s run with issue…

Review of FOOM Magazine # 1

Hey Ho, Faithful Followers, it’s Friday, so it’s time for another Fabulous Find!  I hope you’re as excited as I am! Today I’ve pulled out the very first issue of FOOM magazine. And what exactly does FOOM stand for?  Well, I’m glad you asked, it stands for; Friends Of Ol’ Marvel, coined by none other…

The Heroine Addict Fanzine

This week I’ve decided to write about the fanzine, The Heroine Addict.  This fine fanzine, dedicated to Super-Heroines, was published beginning in September 1974, and ran till it’s final issue, #11, in the summer of 1977.  Actually it then became Heroines Showcase, but I’ll leave those issues for another edition of Fabulous Finds!  That version…

Comixscene # 5

Happy Friday all!  The weekend has arrived and also another edition of Greg Turner’s Fabulous Finds!  This week I’ve dug into my basement wonderland and uncovered issue number five (5) of Jim Steranko’s Comixscene!  It’s cover dated July – August 1973, and I purchased it at the 1974 Detroit Triple Fan Fair from Jim Steranko, himself!  It’s the…