Michael Vance was first published in The Professor's Story Hour chapbook at
the age of eleven and became a professional freelance writer in 1977. He
has been published in dozens of magazines and as a syndicated columnist and
cartoonist in over 500 newspapers. His history book, Forbidden Adventure:
The History of the American Comics Group, has been called a "benchmark in
comics history�.
His magazine work has been published in seven countries, and includes
articles for Starlog, Jack & Jill and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
He briefly ghosted an internationally syndicated comic strip, and his own
strip for five years called Holiday Out that was reprinted as a comic book.
Vance also wrote comic book titles including Straw Men, Angel of Death, The
Adventures of Captain Nemo, Holiday Out and Bloodtide. His work has
appeared in several comic book anthologies, and he is listed in the Who's
Who of American Comic Books and Comic Book Superstars.
His twenty three short stories about a fictional town called �Light's End�
have been published in Media Scene, Holiday Out Comics, Dreams and Visions,
Maelstrom Speculative Fiction, Whispers From the Shattered Forum, On Spec,
Whispers from the Shattered Forum, Lovecraft�s Mystery Magazine and many
others. They have also been recorded by legendary actor William (Murder She
Wrote) Windom and are being released on cassettes and CDs.
One of these stories was nominated for the 2004 SLF Fountain Award for Best Short Story.
With novelists Mel Odom and R.A. Jones, he co-wrote Global Star, a tabloid
in a world where werewolves and babies born with bowling balls in their
stomachs are reality, and the New York Times and Washington Post are �trash
journalism�.
Vance�s weekly comics review column, Suspended Animation, has been
continuously published for more than fifteen years, currently reaching more
than 750,000 readers in fanzines, newspapers, and in over eighty websites.
In addition, he worked in newspapers for twenty-two years as an editor,
writer and advertising manager, creating three successful newspaper
magazines.
Michael Vance is currently communications director of a nonprofit agency,
the Tulsa Boys' Home, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is a Christian.
