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Bill Schelly

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BILL SCHELLY is the Eisner Award-winning author of HARVEY KURTZMAN, THE MAN WHO CREATED MAD AND REVOLUTIONIZED HUMOR IN AMERICA, voted Best Comics-Related Book of 2015. He began researching the history of comic fandom in 1991, resulting in the book The Golden Age of Comic Fandom (1995), then became associate editor of Alter Ego magazine, a post he holds to the present day. Schelly has written several biographies of film and comics artists, including movie comedian Harry Langdon and comic book scribe Otto Binder, co-creator of Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes. In 2008, he authored Man of Rock, a biography of celebrated comics writer-artist Joe Kubert. Schelly's American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950’S (2013) was nominated for a Har ...more

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Bill Schelly I don't have writer's block. But then, I write non-fiction, so I'm reflecting the truth of historical events, and other factual things. That's not the…moreI don't have writer's block. But then, I write non-fiction, so I'm reflecting the truth of historical events, and other factual things. That's not the same as having to come up with new characters and a new story each time. There are times when a project can seem overwhelming, but from experience I know that if I just write 1,000 words six days a week, the book will get done eventually. So take it a day at a time.(less)
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My next book, Sense of Wonder, My Life in Comic Fandom--The Whole Story, will be published by North Atlantic Books on April 17, 2018. For those who may have a book that was published in 2001 with almost the same title, I want to explain. This NEW one is not a re-issue of the original book. It consists of a revised version of the first book, where my story leaves off in 1974, PLUS a "book 2" of equ Read more of this blog post »
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