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Marc Bell (born 1971 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian cartoonist. His comix could be found in small local shops, counter culture fairs, and small galleries across Canada and the U.S. Bell has a playful, collaborative and improvisational approach to his comix and art.
An active participant in DIY culture and frequent collaborator, his cartoons, zines, and art were often personally distributed by Bell himself as he traveled and from his early and ongoing attendance at the Montreal Comic Jams hosted by cartoonists Rupert Bottenberg and Salgood Sam.
Bell collaborated on small press publications such as Musician's Cornfest with Peter Thompson, Stand Tall Guru with Jason McLean, P.M.F. with Mark Connery, Shut-up World with Amy Lockhart, and Turf Godz with Dominique Galarneau. Bell has also produced a significant body of solo self-published work, including Knoze Clippah, Construct, There Is Nothing + MORE!, and The Stacks. He has been published in numerous anthologies (Kramer's Ergot, The Ganzfeld) and Highwater Books published a large collection of his monthly comic strips titled Shrimpy and Paul in 2003. Drawn and Quarterly (Montreal, PQ) published a limited edition version of his self published book "The Stacks" in 2004. "Worn Tuff Elbow", a comic book collection of some of his weeklies and other material was published by Fantagraphics (Seattle, WA). PictureBox Inc (NY) has published a tabloid newspaper edition of Bell's 2005 collaboration with Peter Thompson, "The Hobbit". In 2006 he edited "Nog a Dod: Prehistoric Canadian Psychedoolia", including works by Bell, Jason Mclean, Owen Plummer, Amy Lockhart, Peter Thompson, S. P. Ehman, Dirty Debbie, and many more - published by Conundrum Press and released in the U.S. in association with PictureBox.