Howard Lee started out in 1984 in Chicago as a dealer at local comic conventions. Then in 1985, he opened his first comic store called It’s A Small world Too/Hep Cat Comics. In 1987 he held the first party for Underground artist like Kim Dietch, Jay Lynch, Dan Clouse, and Skip Williamson, this party was to create artwork for the STRIPAIDS book. He did for a friend I met in the U.K. who was an artist and writer Alan Moore. Then in 1988, he teamed up with Doctor Who magazine editor John Freeman to produce the Brit TV Convention. This convention was the first and only convention to feature Dalek creator Terry Nation and Cyberman creator Gerry Davis. In 1992 he was part of the design team for the Doctor Who arcade game from Midway/Bally Games. He was a researcher on several pop culture books including The Avengers TV show, Batmania in the Netherlands, and The Prisoner/Dangerman.