I'm working with an amazing artist to tell a really wonderful story, but I don't think I'm allowed to spill the details yet!" But it seems that he may never be able to spill them as he's not on the final creative list below;But those who are now included are Oscar winner John Ridley, Christos[...]
Credit: DC Comics[/caption]This script by Mark Russell very smartly shows how the Bat is able to overcome such intensely violent odds, using a kind of "captain's log" style of voiceover with captions, where he explains himself to an audience he does not see It likewise presents something that seems simple on the surface but has[...]
Mark Russell is one of my favourite modern comic book writers A funny, satirical prose writer, he has shown no primadonna attitude when it comes to taking on a variety of IP, and twisting it to his nefarious means, whether that's Batman, The Flintstones, Snagglepuss, Red Sonja or Jesus Christ Man, that last license must[...]
Unfortunately, the detonation of the Madbomb changes the course of his life, leading him to deliver the truth to power in ways that he never could have expected.[caption id="attachment_1226615" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The cover of Captain America Marvel's Snapshot #1 published by Marvel Comics with the creative team of Mark Russell, Ramon Perez, Rico Renzi, and[...]
Mark Russell is a political and satirical comic book writer who often finds himself writing comics like Flintstones, Batman, Snagglepuss, The Wonder Twins, Lone Ranger and Red Sonja, but still keeping the political satire and commentary He also happens to be rather funny But today sees his writing the much-delayed Marvel Snapshots: Captain America will very little[...]
From a meta sense, is it a fond farewell to a halcyon era, or is it another example of certain types of criminals getting away with their crimes?[caption id="attachment_1216272" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The cover of Batman: Gotham Nights #7 published by DC Comics with the creative team of Mark Russell, Ryan Benjamin, Richard Friend, Alex Sinclair,[...]
Mark Russell has a Writer’s Commentary on this week's Red Sonja Volume 5 #15, on sale now from Dynamite Entertainment.[caption id="attachment_1210879" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Mark Russell's Writer’s Commentary on Red Sonja #15 Art from Dynamite.[/caption]Page 1:I love establishing shots They not only keep the location of the story straight in the reader's mind, it gives the[...]
On top of breaking so many laws, they're also awful people -- buying a modeling agency to have beautiful women on call and control their immigration status, setting up a party drug to corner the market on the lost and desperate, all while laughing over drinks at the Fluttering Swan Country Club outside of Gotham.[caption[...]
Without leaning as heavily on humor, this issue follows in the tracks of Wonder Twins to prove that Mark Russell is one of the smartest, subversive writers working in mainstream comics today With an apparent crystal dig at real-world Frankenscience, Swamp Thing takes a clear stand against GMOs created by a company called Sunderland Foods[...]
Art from DC.[/caption]Well, it appears that DC Comics are a little narked at Marvel stealing their thunder, and in lockdown, released a new series Swamp Thing: New Roots as a digital-first-but-previously-appeared-in-Walmart comic by Mark Russell, Marco Santucci and John , to steal it back The Beet Goes On, we have a destructive environmental revenge force[...]
Swamp Thing Giant #4 includes these new stories, under a direct-market only cover by Marco SantucciStrategic Outcomes, a 16-page story written by Mark Russell with art by Marco Santucci
At Sunderland's request, the U.S military is testing ways to annihilate the monstrous threat known as the Swamp Thing From swamp to city they'll hunt him, and[...]
With a cover by Eddy Barrows and Eber Ferreira this issue includes these new original stories:Dragnet, a 16-page story written by Mark Russell with art by Ryan Benjamin and Richard Friend
Batman goes after the biggest criminals in Gotham City: Bruce Wayne's billionaire peers But when these blue-blooded businessmen turn to the Joker for help, they[...]
Ahoy Comics is recombining the Flintstones team of Mark Russell and Steve Pugh for Billionaire's Island The first issue also has another dystopian future star, Y The Last Man's Pia Guerra on variant covers, with The Boys' Darick Robertson doing similar in April.BILLIONAIRE ISLAND #1 (OF 4) CVR A PUGH (MR)JAN201443
(W) Mark Russell (A/CA) Steve Pugh
A[...]
At the weekend, Bleeding Cool ran video from a Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass panel from Thought Bubble in Harrogate in which Mariko Tamaki talked about falling in love with Steve Pugh's work on Flintstones with Mark Russell, and how she never thought she'd read a Flinstones comic until then.Well, it looks like people at Ahoy[...]
Today's Year Of The Villain special by Mark Russell, Scott Godlewski, Marissa Louise and Travis Lanham looks like it was one of the final titles edited by Molly Mahan before she left to be Senior Narrative Editor at Riot Games in Los Angeles.But she seems to have left quite the change behind her.The comic book[...]
But how can she overcome immortality when she's already used every weapon in her arsenal?
Plus, these reprint tales:
o "The Court of Owls: Knife Trick," from Batman #1
o "Harley Lives," from Detective Comics #23.2
o "Better than Batman Part one,' from Nightwing #1
In Shops: Oct 09, 2019
Final Orders Due: Sep 09, 2019
SRP: $4.99DC VILLAINS GIANT #1
New cover[...]
Ahoy Comics has picked up Second Coming, the controversial comic by Mark Russell and Richard Pace that was originally set to be published by Vertigo until DC Comics, under assault from conservative religious groups, trying to find their way under a new corporate organization, and still suffering from the effects of showing Batman's naked penis[...]
Second Coming, by Mark Russell and Richard Pace, sees Jesus Christ return to Earth and move in with a superhero, Sun-Man, known as the "Last Son of Krispex." And just as would likely happen if the real (fictional) Jesus were to return in real life, this fictional Jesus is none too pleased to learn how[...]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] Judge Dredd is called out to look for a missing Judge in one of the outer blocks of Mega City One. He is warned of a gang that runs the block apartment, but, upon arrival, it's mutants that threaten the lives of the Judge and everyone inside — and there are a lot. […]
IDW Publishing has sent us an exclusive preview of Judge Dredd: Under Siege #1 from writer Mark Russell (The Flintstones, God Is Disappointed in You) and artist Max Dunbar (Gears of War, First Strike).The series is a dark, satirical reboot of the iconic character allowing Russell to become a sci-fi social commentator allowing him to[...]
