Lent, John A.

John A. Lent, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, has founded and chaired numerous organizations, including the Asia and Pacific Animation and Comics Association, the Asian Research Center on Animation and Comic Art, the Asian Popular Culture group of the Popular Culture Association, the Asian Cinema Studies Society, and the Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group. He has edited many periodicals, including the "International Journal of Comic Art" and "Asian Cinema", and he has authored or edited seventy-six books.