Career
He specializes in the history of English Canadian comic books, and has 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 Journal, The Canadian Encyclopedia, The Classics Collector, and Heritage Post.
Bell was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with roots in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
He has authored a number of books on the subject, starting with Canuck in 1986, followed by Guardians of the North in 1992, on Canadian superheroes, and Invaders from the North in 2006.
