Ink Stains 12: The Star Slayers

Galactic Heroes! Planet-shattering battles! Epic frontiers! The Star Slayers! All this in a 13 issue series, produced every three weeks, by fanzine kingpin/writer Matt Bucher and multiple artists, including yours…

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Ink Stains 11: Infinity 5

For the biggest names and the best artists, you could do no better than Infinity. With each issue the production got more lavish and more professional, culminating with issue 5,…

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Ink Stains 10: Bald Ego 2

For artist/writers such as Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli, and David Lapham, telling a good story is the most important thing. The same holds true for this column's subject, Earl Geier…

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Ink Stains 9: Woweekazowie 3 and 4

Many fanzines were repositories for spot illos and fanboy articles on the latest 'it' character.  A few, like Woweekazowie, looked to be training grounds for those that truly wanted to…

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Ink Stains 8: Witzend 3 and 7

The great Wally Wood did not only produce some of the greatest comics of all time, but one of the greatest fanzines of all time…Witzend! Witzend 3 (1967) and 7…

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Ink Stains 7: Rick McCollum

There were few minds as feverish or pens as prolific as Rick McCollum. You will see why this artist and writer can arguably be given the mantle of "Kirby of…

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Ink Stains 6: RBCC 135

RBCC 135 (April 1977) Publisher and editor:  James Van Hise Very few fanzines had longer runs than RBCC (Rocket's Blast ComiCollector). Perhaps The Comic Reader and The Buyer's Guide are…

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Ink Stains 12: CPL and John Byrne

CPL (Contemporary Pictorial Literature) 12 (1975) Publisher: Robert Layton, Editor: Roger Stern Much like The Collector, our current champion CPL could be lumped into the category of “semi-pro” fanzine. It…

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