Darrin Bell Height, Age, Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Some Lesser Known Facts About Darrin Bell

• He started drawing when he was three years old.

• In 1995, he began working as a freelance editorial cartoonist.

• He created the comic strip, ‘Rudy Park’ in 2001 along with journalist Theron Heir. The series continued to be published till 2018.

• In 2003, he wrote and illustrated the comic strip, ‘Candorville’ which featured social and political commentary. The strip was launched by The Washington Post Writers Group.

• He is the first African American to have nationally syndicated two comic strips.

• He worked as a storyboard artist in Los Angeles from April 2012 to September 2022 and created storyboards for films, television, commercials, and presentations.

• In 2017, he relocated from Los Angeles to Sacramento with his family.

• He is the only black cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize.

• In 2023, he wrote a graphic novel memoir, ‘The Talk’ in which he wrote about the discrimination he had faced throughout his life.

• After his arrest on 15 January 2025 for his collection of child pornographic videos, he became the first person to be charged under California’s law that criminalises AI-generated child sexual abuse material.