[review] [CI#164] Comics Advertiser 1

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Review by Tom McSween

Comics Advertiser 1
by COAF Comics;
free from COAF Comics, 10 Cleaveland Avenue, High Ercall, Telford, TF6 6AH

And so it goes full circle.  The original 1960s comics adzine called itself 
Fantasy Advertiser, wanting to sound upmarket.  Almost 40 years later, the 
rejected title makes an appearance in a bold move, being A4 with full 
colour throughout.  Not a meaty start unfortunately, 12 p[ages with only 
one (dull, irrelevant, self-congratulatory) article.  Editor/publisher 
Shane Chebsey follows this very magazine's route by launching as a giveaway 
to build circulation, but he may need more worthwhile editorial to 
encourage paid advertisers to take it seriously.  Comic & Toy Marketplace 
launched as a slick giveaway from the guys at Chaos City a few years back 
with 68 pages... but it never made it to a second issue.

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