Jake Saunders (writer)
| Jake Saunders | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jacob Saunders 1947 (age 67–68) |
| Pen name |
Buddy Saunders Don Fowler |
| Occupation | writer and businessman |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Spouse | Judy[1] |
| Children | Conan[1] |
Jake "Buddy" Saunders (born 1947) is an American author and businessman.
Saunders started out in the world of fanzines, operating his own mail order service starting in 1961.[1] In the mid-1960s was a regular contributor (as an artist) to the seminal comic book fanzine Rocket's Blast Comicollector.
He co-authored A Voice and Bitter Weeping with Howard Waldrop, later expanded into the 1974 novel The Texas-Israeli War: 1999, as well as Time and Variance, with Waldrop and Steven Utley. His short story "Back to the Stone Age'" was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1976.
Saunders owned and operated Lone Star Comics, a chain of seven Texas comic book stores founded in 1977.[2] With the sale of the Lone Star comic book store chain in 2013, Mr. Saunders and his family now operate the online Lone Star Comics, www.mycomicshop.com.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Melrose, Kevin. "Lone Star Comics owners sell three locations," Comic Book Resources (July 12, 2013).
- ↑ Chuang, Tamara (May 31, 1998). "Zoom – Arlington Comic Store Chain Takes Off; It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Lone Star Comics!". The Dallas Morning News.
- ↑ Melrose, Kevin (September 10, 2013). "Lone Star Comics owners sell remaining brick and mortar stores". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
External links
- Jake Saunders at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Back to the Stone Age, RevolutionSF