Bill Everett bio coming from Fantagraphics

Blake Bell, author of the nicely done "Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko" has turned his sites on another great comic book artist: Sub-Mariner creator Bill Everett.

"Fire and Water: Bill Everett, The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics," a 216-page hardcover, will be out in July from Fantagraphics Books.

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In 1939, brand-new Marvel's first ever comic book featured an anti-hero named the Sub-Mariner, created by legendary artist Bill Everett. (The angry half-man, half sea-creature Sub-Mariner property has recently been film-optioned.) From the superhero and horror genre, to romance, crime, and suspense, Bill Everett was a master of the medium. Blake Bell's follow-up to Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko, Fire and Water: The Sub-Mariner, and the Birth of Marvel Comics, is definitive biography of the man and his career. The main focus, however, will be the stunning display of artwork that few artists can match in breadth and quality- all on display in this coffee table art book that is destined to ensure Everett's place at the table of premier comic book virtuosos.