Bhob Stewart

Who is Bhob Stewart?

Bhob Stewart is an American writer, editor, cartoonist and filmmaker who contributed to a variety of publications over a span of five decades. His articles and reviews have appeared in TV Guide, Publishers Weekly and other publications, along with online contributions to Allmovie, the Collecting Channel and other sites. In 1980, he became the regular film columnist for Heavy Metal.

Stewart got his start publishing one of the earliest comics fanzines. He published The EC Fan Bulletin, the first EC fanzine in 1953; co-edited the Hugo Award-winning science fiction fanzine Xero, and is credited with coining the term "underground comics" during a panel discussion at a comics convention in 1966. In 1968, he teamed with EC Comics publisher Bill Gaines to choose stories for The EC Horror Library of the 1950s.