Intellect

John A. Lent has been teaching at the college/university level since 1960, including stints as the organizer of the first journalism courses at De La Salle College in Manila; founder and coordinator of Universiti Sains Malaysia communications program; Rogers Distinguished Chair at University of Western Ontario; visiting professor at Shanghai University, Communication University of China, Jilin College of the Arts Animation School, and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Prof. Lent pioneered in the study of mass communication and popular culture in Asia (since 1964) and Caribbean (since 1968), comic art and animation, and development communication.

He has authored or edited 71 books. Among his latest books are Cartooning in Africa (2009) and The First 100 Years of Philippine Komiks and Cartoons (2009). Additionally, he publishes and edits International Journal of Comic Art (which he founded) and Asian Cinema; chairs Asian Popular Culture (PCA), Asian Cinema Studies Society, Comic Art Working Group (IAMCR), Asian-Pacific Animation and Comics Association, and Asian Research Center for Animation and Comic Art (all of which he founded).  He also founded the Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group of Association for Asian Studies in 1976 and its continuous periodical, Berita, which he edited for 26 years.