Richard "Rick" Marschall (born February 3, 1949)[1] is an American writer, editor, and comic strip historian, described by Bostonia magazine as "America's foremost authority on pop culture.
[3] Marschall has written and edited more than 62 books on cultural topics, including the history of comics, television and country music.
For Marvel, he founded the slick graphic story magazine Epic Illustrated.
Marschall has taught creative writing at the Summer Institute for the Gifted at Bryn Mawr College and techniques of fiction at Rutgers University and the School of Visual Arts.
[4] In 2009, he teamed with Jonathan Barli to launch Rosebud Archives, dedicated to the preservation and publication of comic art in prints, portfolios and books.