 As part of the "Texas Trio" (with Larry Herndon and Howard Keltner), Saunders published the fanzine "Star-Studded Comics" from 1963–1972.It featured early work by George R. R. Martin, Grass Green, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Sam Grainger, Alan Weiss, Dave Cockrum, Mike Vosburg, Biljo White, and Keltner, among others, and featured the early appearances of Dr. Weird, Xal-Kor, Wildman and The Eye.Saunders' cover for its second issue won an Alley Award in the amateur division in 1963.