Comics Scene (magazine)
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Comics Scene was a magazine
published in three volumes by Starlog Group Inc. Its original 11-issue run lasted from January 1982 through September 1983 and the second volume was published between 1987 and early 1996, lasting 56 issues (this second series was published from bi-monthly at its initial start, to monthly frequency for its final years). The third volume, also known as Comics Scene 2000, was published in 2000 for three bi-monthly issues.
The primary focus of the magazine was coverage of the adaptation of various comic book
properties into movies
and television
shows, but it also occasionally carried articles about the comic book industry itself.
Comics Scene was, like its sister magazines Starlog and Fangoria
, distributed via the newsstand system and was widely available in drug stores and grocery outlets. This is ironic because the material the magazine was covering—comics—were simultaneously being dropped by those same distributors in the wake of the growing comic book direct sales market.
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published in three volumes by Starlog Group Inc. Its original 11-issue run lasted from January 1982 through September 1983 and the second volume was published between 1987 and early 1996, lasting 56 issues (this second series was published from bi-monthly at its initial start, to monthly frequency for its final years). The third volume, also known as Comics Scene 2000, was published in 2000 for three bi-monthly issues.
The primary focus of the magazine was coverage of the adaptation of various comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
properties into movies
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
shows, but it also occasionally carried articles about the comic book industry itself.
Comics Scene was, like its sister magazines Starlog and Fangoria
Fangoria (magazine)
Fangoria is an internationally-distributed US film fan magazine specializing in the genres of horror, slasher, splatter and exploitation films, in regular publication since 1979.-Planning:...
, distributed via the newsstand system and was widely available in drug stores and grocery outlets. This is ironic because the material the magazine was covering—comics—were simultaneously being dropped by those same distributors in the wake of the growing comic book direct sales market.