John A. Lent, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, taught at the university level from 1960 to 2011, with stints in the Philippines, Malaysia, Canada, China, and the United States. He has authored or edited eighty books, including Comics Art in China, coauthored with Xu Ying and published by University Press of Mississippi. He founded and serves as the publisher and editor-in-chief of International Journal of Comic Art.
