John Bell (historian)

John Bell (born 1952) is an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada-based senior archivist at Library and Archives Canada. He specializes in the history of English Canadian comic books, and has authored the books Canuck Comics (1986, ISBN 978-0-921-10100-0), Guardians of the North: the National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art (1992, ISBN 0662193474) and Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe (2006, ISBN 978-1-550-02659-7) on the subject, as well as having curated a number of exhibitions and websites.

He has contributed to the Literary Review of Canada, Event, This Magazine, and Maisonneuve, and was former editor of the poetry magazine Arc.^[1]

Early life

Bell was born in Montreal, Québec, Canada, with roots in Halifax, Nova Scotia.^[1]

Bibliography

As author

• Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2006. Foreword by Seth. ISBN 978-1-550-02659-7
• Confederate Seadog: John Taylor Wood in War and Exile. McFarland & Co., 2002. ISBN 978-0-786-41352-2
• Guardians of the North: The National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art. National Archives of Canada, 1992. ISBN 0662193474
• Canuck Comics: A Guide to Comic Books Published in Canada. Matrix Books, 1986. Foreword by Harlan Ellison. ISBN 0-921101-00-7

As editor

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