Jake Saunders | |
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 Buddy Saunders (right) in his warehouse with Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader cutout during production of the short documentary "Dallas Marvels" in 2015 | |
| Born | Jacob Saunders 1947 (age 77–78) |
| Pen name | Buddy Saunders Don Fowler |
| Occupation | Writer and businessman |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Spouse | Judy[1] |
| Children | 1[1] |
Jake "Buddy"Saunders (born 1947) is an American author and businessman, working in the fields ofcomic books andscience fiction.
Saunders started out in the world offanzines. As part of the "Texas Trio" (with Larry Herndon andHoward Keltner),[2] Saunders published the fanzineStar-Studded Comics from 1963–1972. It featured early work byGeorge R. R. Martin,[3]Grass Green,Jim Starlin,Roy Thomas,Sam Grainger,Alan Weiss,Dave Cockrum,Mike Vosburg,Biljo White, and Keltner,[4] among others, and featured the early appearances ofDr. Weird, Xal-Kor, Wildman and The Eye.[5] Saunders' cover for its second issue won anAlley Award in the amateur division in 1963. In addition, during this period Saunders was a regular contributor (as an artist) to the seminal comic book fanzineRocket's Blast Comicollector (RBCC).
Saunders operated his ownmail order service starting in 1961.[1] He owned and operatedLone Star Comics, a chain of seven Texascomic book stores founded in 1977.[6] 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.[7]
As a writer, he co-authoredA Voice and Bitter Weeping withHoward Waldrop, later expanded into the 1974 novelThe Texas-Israeli War: 1999, as well asTime and Variance, with Waldrop andSteven Utley. Saunders' story "Back to the Stone Age'" was nominated for aNebula Award for Best Short Story in 1976. Saunders' recent work includes two novels based on the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs:The Martian Legion (2014) andTarzan and the Cannibal King (2017).
In 2020, Saunders attracted controversy for sharing false information regarding COVID 19 via his mailing list, which he continued to do as recently as 2023.[8][9] Saunders also made unsupported claims on his blog,Buddy's Soapbox, that the 2020 presidential election was stolen fromDonald Trump via voter fraud.[10][11][12]
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