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CPL Gang

The CPL Gang was a group of comic book enthusiasts who published a number of fanzines in the mid-1970s, including Contemporary Pictorial Literature (CPL) and Charlton Bullseye. Founded by Roger Stern and Bob Layton, the CPL Gang eventually included Roger Slifer, Duffy Vohland, Tony Isabella, Don Maitz, Michael Uslan, Steven Grant, and John Byrne, all of whom later became comics professionals.

History
CPL Layton and Stern began publishing the CPL fanzine out of Layton's Indianapolis apartment. Stern recalls that "CPL started out as Bob's sale catalog. Bob was drawing the covers and including little reviews written by some of his customers". By issue #5, CPL "... turned into a small 'zine with a catalog insert, and [Stern] started writing short articles for it. [He] eventually became an editor of sorts". This apprenticeship led to work for Charlton (on anthology titles, but not working from the Charlton offices), Marvel Comics and DC Comics, while still publishing fanzines. Along with Bill Pearson's Wonderful Publishing Company, the CPL Gang co-published issue #10 of the Wally Wood-founded witzend comics anthology in 1976. By 1976, Layton, Stern, and most of the other members were full-fledged comics professionals, and the CPL Gang disbanded to pursue their burgeoning careers. == Titles published ==
Titles published
• Contemporary Pictorial Literature (CPL) #1–12 (c. 1973–1975) • Charlton Bullseye #1–5 (1975–1976) • Heroes, Inc. Presents Cannon #2 (Wally Wood, 1976) • witzend #10 (co-published with Bill Pearson's Wonderful Publishing Company, 1976) == References ==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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