John Bell

Who is John Bell?

John Bell 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, Guardians of the North: the National Superhero in Canadian Comic-Book Art and Invaders from the North: How Canada Conquered the Comic Book Universe 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. On the subject of comics, he has contributed to The Comics Journal, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Classics Collector, and Heritage Post.