'Strange and Stranger' by Blake Bell - Los Angeles Times

'Strange and Stranger' by Blake Bell - Los Angeles Times: "'Strange and Stranger' represents an attempt to get inside the Ditko mythos, to reckon with his life and work. The good news is that the book is an extremely satisfying archive of the artist's work, both famous and obscure, and that it intensely documents the twists and turns of his career. The bad news is that Bell is better at framing questions than he is at answering them. When you're writing about a recluse, reportage is the obvious challenge, and 'Strange and Stranger' ends up giving us an intricate sketch of Ditko's professional life while developing an unconvincing portrait of the man himself."