Mark Russell (comics)

Mark Russell (born 1971) is an American author and comic book writer.

Books

Russell is the author of God Is Disappointed in You (Top Shelf Productions, 2013), a modern re-telling of the Bible (with cartoons by The New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler) as well as a follow-up book about non-canonical Christian and Jewish texts called Apocrypha Now (Top Shelf Productions/IDW, 2016).

Comics

In 2015, Russell made his debut in comics with his critically acclaimed reboot of the 1973–74 comic

Fantastic Four: Life Story for Marvel, which retells the story of the first family of Marvel in a decade-by-decade format. 2021 also saw the release of his title One-Star Squadron, drawn by artist Steve Lieber, about declining superheroes who are forced to make a living in the marketplace, and Not All Robots with artist Mike Deodato, which won the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication. In 2022, Russell released Superman: Space Age (DC Comics) with art by Mike Allred

, which was nominated for the 2023 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series and Traveling to Mars (Ablaze), which was nominated for the 2023 Eisner Award for Best New Series. Russell himself was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Writer in 2023. Cereal, an acclaimed horror-comedy series featuring characters based on the monsters from cereal TV ads, was published through AHOY Comics in October, 2023. In 2024, Russell reunited with Mike Allred with Batman: Dark Age (DC Comics), their follow-up to Superman: Space Age.

Other comic book titles written by Mark Russell include a

Dynamite Comics

, Judge Dredd: Under Siege (IDW, 2018), The Lone Ranger: The Devil's Rope (Dynamite, 2018), Superman vs Imperious Lex (DC, 2021), Incal: Psychoverse (Humanoids, 2022), One-Star Squadon (DC, 2022), Cereal (AHOY, 2023), Rumpus Room (AWA, 2023), Traveling to Mars (Ablaze, 2023) and Deadbox (Vault, 2024).

Personal life

Mark Russell was born in Springfield, Oregon and currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Miscellaneous

In 2019, Russell appeared on an episode of Storytellers Telling Stories with Jude Brewer, recounting his early days on Public Access Television.^[4]

In November 2020, Russell appeared on an episode of Indie Comics Spotlight with Tony Farina & Mike Burton on the podcast feed Comics In Motion, discussing Billionaire Island and Second Coming.^[5]

On September 16, 2021, Mark Russell appeared on the YouTube channel "Lost'n Comics", where he discussed his comic origin story, his ongoing career and current work.

In 2023, Russell published a book of his original cartoons called "Bunkbed Mishaps."

References

^ McGovern, Adam. "THIS: Look at those cavemen go – HiLobrow".
^ Gustines, George (March 12, 2019). "Comic Book With Jesus as a Character Finds a New Publisher". The New York Times.
^ Holub, Christian (November 10, 2020). "The best new comics to read in November: Crossing streams, eternal recurrence". Entertainment Weekly.
^ Brewer, Jude. "My Cable Access TV Show – Storytellers Telling Stories".
^ Burton, Mike. "Indie Comics Spotlight: Billionaire Island, On Anchor".

External links

[1] McGovern, Adam. "THIS: Look at those cavemen go – HiLobrow".

[2] Gustines, George (March 12, 2019). "Comic Book With Jesus as a Character Finds a New Publisher". The New York Times.

[3] Holub, Christian (November 10, 2020). "The best new comics to read in November: Crossing streams, eternal recurrence". Entertainment Weekly.

[4] Brewer, Jude. "My Cable Access TV Show – Storytellers Telling Stories".

[5] Burton, Mike. "Indie Comics Spotlight: Billionaire Island, On Anchor".

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