Given the question: Read the bio below and try to give details on alan j. porter 's: - birth place - birth date - occupation Bio: alan j. porter -lrb- born in sale , greater manchester , england in october 1959 , now resident in central illinois -rrb- is a writer on popular culture and publishing technology with articles published in numerous magazine titles in the uk , us , canada , europe and australia . he is the author of '' before they were beatles : the early years 1956 -- 1960 '' , a study of the events that led to the formation of the beatles . he is also the author and main contributor for '' blog , blog me do '' selected by the times newspaper as the top beatles blog on the net . porter is an authority on the batman and is the author of '' the unauthorized batman collectors guide '' . '' he also founded '' gotham gazette - the batman magazine '' on the web and the long running '' gotham weekly news '' e-mail newsletter , which were published between 1997 and 2006 . a long time comics collector and historian , he was the past comics editor for the revolutionsf website , where he remains an editor-at-large , and writes for several comics industry trade magazines . for several years he was a contributor to '' the official comic book price guide for great britain '' , and was also a member of '' comicopia - the international comics apa '' . he has also written books on the histories of james bond , and star trek in comics . he is the writer for the '' virtual man , '' '' q-man , '' and '' science squad '' series of promotional comic books . he was the regular writer on the '' disney * pixar cars '' comic book series published by boom studios between 2009 and 2010 . these stories are scheduled to be reprinted in the newly announced '' disney * pixar presents '' magazine from marvel comics due in may 2011 . other comic book credits include '' god shop '' , a series he developed with his eldest daughter , that was published by tokyopop in 2008 . alongside music and comics he has a lifelong passion for motorsport and is an occasional competitor in scca autocross events . as a writer he contributed to '' mansell : the people 's...
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- birth place is sale , greater manchester , england- birth date is october 1959- occupation is writer , publisher