About Mark Voger
The journalistic career of Mark Voger began in the living room of Muhammad Ali, who Mark interviewed for The Holy Rosary School Times in 1971, when he was in the seventh grade. Mark writes about entertainment topics and designs for print and online. At The Star-Ledger, he was the home video critic and a page designer. Before that, he was a longtime writer-designer for the Asbury Park Press. The resident of Monmouth County, NJ, is currently the design director of At Home New Jersey and a columnist for RetroFan magazine.
CONTACT: Reach Mark by email via MarkVoger@gmail.com.
Mark has written and designed eight books for Raleigh-based TwoMorrows Publishing:
■ FUTURISTIC Rockets, Robots and Rayguns in Space Age Pop Culture
■ ZOWIE! The TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture■ BRITMANIA The British Invasion of the Sixties in Pop Culture
■ HOLLY JOLLY Celebrating Christmas Past in Pop Culture
■ GROOVY When Flower Power Bloomed in Pop Culture
■ MONSTER MASH The Creepy, Kooky Monster Craze in America 1957-1972
■ THE DARK AGE Grim, Great & Gimmicky Post-Modern Comics
■ HERO GETS GIRL! The Life and Art of Kurt Schaffenberger
Seventies South Jersey cellar band reunites!
Mark and his fellow members of the Back Street Kids — Karch, Brian and Fro — have recorded a 14-song collection of their original songs (plus one Stones cover) heretofore heard only in South Jersey cellars and on the stage at the lamented, legendary Galaxy Night Club. Listen on YouTube HERE or on Kunaki HERE. Read Mark’s musings about the songs HERE.