| BAILS, JERRY |
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BAILS, JERRY [1933- ] (writer) |
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Aka JERRY GWIN BAILS |
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ROBERT LINDSEY |
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Co-founder with Larry Lattanzi: Who's Who in Comics Fandom 1964 |
> 64 |
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Co-founder with Roy Thomas of the Alley Awards, first comics awards by fans 1962 |
> 62 |
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Co-founder: Academy of Comic Book Fans & Collectors 1963 |
> 63 |
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Founder: CAPA-alpha [first comics Amateur Press Association] 1964 |
> 64 |
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Founder: Microfilm Library of Comic Art 1964 |
> 64 |
| | Education |
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B.S., M.A., Ph.D. (physics & mathematics) University of Missouri at Kansas City |
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University of Chicago (graduate work) |
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Detroit Triple Fan Fair 1965 (coined the name) |
> 65 |
| | Print Media (non-comics) |
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Publisher & Editor: Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1st edition in 4 vol. [also compiler] 1973-76 |
> 73 74 75 76 |
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Publisher & Editor: Who's Who of American Comic Books, 2nd edition in digital format [also compiler] 1996-99 |
> 96 97 98 99 |
| | Performing Arts |
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Editor & Writer: Changing Life on Earth series [educational TV] |
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| | Other Careers |
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Professor: Science & Technology, Wayne State University [Detroit] 1960-96 retired |
> 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 |
| | Additional biography |
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Alter Ego, the Best of the Legendary Fanzine 1997 |
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Fifty Who Made DC Great, 1985 |
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Golden Age of Comic Fandom 1995 |
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| | Honors |
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Comics Fandom's Alley Award Favorite Fan Magazine 1961 |
> 61 |
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Diamond Distributors Lifetime Fandom Award 1990 |
> 90 |
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Ed Aprill, Jr. Award (Comic Art Convention, New York City) 1977 |
> 77 |
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Honored Guest: Dallas Comics Con 1973 |
> 73 |
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Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1981 |
> 81 |
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Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University (Detroit) |
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Winner of Victor Wilson Scholarships and Graduate Fellowships for academic excellence all through the 1950s |
> 50s |
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Won cartoon contest in K.C. Journal (Missouri) 1941 |
> 41 |
| | Note on comics career |
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Consultant: many books & articles on comic books |
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New York Times & Newsweek interviews mid-60s put Comicdom in public eye |
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| | Fan & trade zines |
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Alter Ego #1-4 (publ/ed/w/a) 1961-62 originally spelled Alter-Ego |
> 61 62 |
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Alter Ego vol. 2 #5, 1999 |
> 99 |
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Alter Ego vol. 2 #5, 1999 |
> 99 |
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Authoritative Index to DC Comics (publ/ed) 1963/65 |
> 63 65 |
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Collector's Guide: First Heroic Age (publ/ed) 1969 |
> 69 |
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Comic Reader [On the Drawing Board] (publ/ed/w) 1961-64 |
> 61 62 63 64 |
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Comicollector (publ/ed/w/a) 1961-62 |
> 61 62 |
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Guidebook to Comics Fandom [with Bill Spicer] (ed/w) 1965 |
> 65 |
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Howard Keltner's Index to Golden Age Comic Books (publ/co-ed) 1976 |
> 76 |
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Index to All-Star Comics (publ/ed/w/a) 1962 |
> 62 |
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Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide [cover-featured article on JSA] (w) 1974 |
> 74 |
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Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide [text for first edition] (w) 1970 |
> 70 |
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Panelologist (publ/ed/w) 1966-99- |
> 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
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Steranko's History of Comics, vol. 2 (asst ed) 1972 |
> 72 |
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Introduction (w) 1993 for ALL-STAR COMICS ARCHIVE volume 2 |
> 93 |