Bill Spicer
Bill Spicer( born October 1, 1937) is an editor and publisher who spearheaded the 1960s movement away from commercial comics, opening the gateway to underground, alternative, and independent comics, notably with his publication" Graphic Story Magazine".
Optimize (magazine)
Optimize was an American monthly business magazine published between November 2001 and June 2007.
Western Story Magazine
Western Story Magazine was a pulp magazine published by Street& Smith, which ran from 1919 to 1949.
It was the first of numerous pulp magazines devoted to Western fiction.
In its heyday," Western Story Magazine" was one of the most successful pulp magazines; in 1921 the magazine was selling over half a million copies each issue.
The headquarters was in New York City.
Graphic Story Magazine
Graphic Story Magazine was an American magazine edited and published by Bill Spicer in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Attempting to find a new direction for narrative art and a point of departure from commercial comic book stories, this journal of criticism and artwork evolved from Spicer's previous magazine," Fantasy Illustrated".
Gary Groth, editor- publisher of" The Comics Journal" and Fantagraphics Books, wrote in 2009,
Detective Story Magazine
Detective Story Magazine was an American magazine published by Street& Smith from October 15, 1915 to Summer, 1949( 1,057 issues).
It was one of the first pulp magazines devoted to detective fiction and consisted of short stories and serials.
While the publication was the publishing house's first detective- fiction pulp magazine in a format resembling a modern paperback( a" thick book" in dime- novel parlance), Street& Smith had only recently ceased publication of the dime- novel series" Nick Carter Weekly", which concerned the adventures of a young detective.
From February 21, 1931 to its demise, the magazine was titled" Street& Smith's Detective Story Magazine".
During half of its 34- year life, the magazine was popular enough to support" weekly" issues.
Ludwig Wittgenstein, the eminent philosopher, was among the magazine's readership.
Metaphrog
Metaphrog are graphic novelists Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers, best known for making the "Louis" series of comics.
Love Story Magazine
Love Story Magazine was an American romantic fiction pulp magazine, published from 1921 to 1947.
It was one of the best selling magazines of Street& Smith.
The magazine's circulation was 100,000 in 1922, and 600,000 by 1932.
The magazine's first issue was released in May 1921 as a quarterly.
It became a semi-monthly by August, and a weekly in 1922.
When" Smith's Magazine" folded in early 1922, its female audience was merged into the new publication.
Daisy Bacon served as longtime editor of the magazine, from about 1928 through its end.
Writers who contributed to the magazine included Peggy Dern( writing as Peggy Gaddis) and Maysie Greig.
Science fiction writer Murray Leinster also wrote for" Love Story" under the name Louisa Carter Lee.
Another publication called" Love Story Magazine" was published by Popular Publications from 1952 to 1954.
Smith's Magazine
Smith's Magazine was a Street& Smith magazine published monthly from April 1905 to February 1922.
Created for the" John Smiths" of the world, Theodore Dreiser was its initial editor, and lasted one year in that position before moving to" Broadway Magazine".
By the time Dreiser departed, the magazine had a circulation of 125,000.
Charles A. MacLean became editor of" Smith's" as well as another more successful Street& Smith magazine," The Popular Magazine", for many years.
Originally a story magazine directed to the general public, it later focused on a female audience.
When the magazine ended, Street& Smith merged it and its mainly female readership into the newer, and what proved to be even more successful," Love Story Magazine".
" Smith's" was the first magazine to publish author Ben Ames Williams, in July 1915.
Western Story Magazine
Western Story Magazine was a pulp magazine published by Street& Smith, which ran from 1919 to 1949.
It was the first of numerous pulp magazines devoted to Western fiction.
In its heyday," Western Story Magazine" was one of the most successful pulp magazines; in 1921 the magazine was selling over half a million copies each issue.
The headquarters was in New York City.
Pride Life
Pride Life is a British lifestyle magazine and website aimed at the LGBT community, mostly targeted towards gay men.
It was launched in 2008.
It is the largest gay magazine and website in the UK.

Question: Are Graphic Story Magazine and Optimize (Magazine) both from the same country?
Answer: yes