Blake Bell

Author of multiple books on comic-book creators:

"Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko", a biography/artbook on the co-creator and original artist of Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, published by Fantagraphics.

"Secret History Of Marvel Comics: Jack Kirby and the Moonlighting Artists at Martin Goodman's Empire", published by Fantagraphics.

"Fire & Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics", a biography/artbook on the co-creator/artist of Daredevil, plus the creator/artist of the Sub-Mariner for the very first issue of Marvel Comics in 1939.

Editor of the six-volume reprint series, "The Steve Ditko Archives" from Fantagraphics.

Editor of "Bill Everett Archives" reprint volumes from Fantagraphics. Vol. 1 - "Amazing Mysteries"; Vol. 2 - "Heroic Comics".

"I Have to Live With This Guy!", my first book on the wives and partners of famous cartoonists like Will Eisner, Stan Lee, Howard Cruse, Alan Moore, Dave Sim, and more, published by TwoMorrows in October, 2002.

Multiple essays/articles/interviews/linear notes for Marvel and DC Comics and various publications.

Father to my son, and best friend, Luke.