Bill Blackbeard, American historian and author (died 2011)

Bill Blackbeard

American writer-editor and comic strip collector (1926-2011)

William Elsworth Blackbeard, better known as Bill Blackbeard, was a writer-editor and the founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art, a comprehensive collection of comic strips and cartoon art from American newspapers. This major collection, consisting of 2.5…