Fred Van Lente - Fred Van Lente is the New York Times bestselling author of comics as varied as Archer Armstrong (Harvey Award nominee, Best Series), Taskmaster, MODOKs 11, Amazing Spider Man, Conan the Avenger, Weird Detective, and Cowboys Aliens (upon which the 2011 movie was based), as well as the novels Ten Dead Comedians and The Con Artist. Van Lente also specializes in entertaining readers with offbeat histories with the help of his incredibly talented artists. He has written the multiple award winning Action Philosophers!, The Comic Book History of Comics, Action Presidents! (all drawn by Ryan Dunlavey), and The Comic Book Story of Basketball with Joe Cooper (Ten Speed September 2020). He lives in Brooklyn with his wife Crystal Skillman, and som Fred Van Lente is the New York Times bestselling autho...
