Mike Russell (author)

Russell is a graduate of the University of Oregon where he worked for The Oregon Voice, a campus publication.{{cite news |title=THE CULTUREPULP Q&A: Mike Russell |first= Dr. Amy K. |last=Nyberg |url=http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/2010/03/the-culturepulp-qa-mike-russell.html |work= College Media Adviser's Conference, 2010 |date=March 5, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2011}}

He majored in Magazine Journalism and later began a career in media at The Clackamas Review, a Pamplin Media Group community paper in Milwaukie, Oregon. In early 2004, he joined The Oregonian as a freelancer. The first CulturePulp strip appeared in the paper in March 2004, followed by another series titled "Mr. Do and Mr. Don't." Since then, he has contributed articles and comics to Willamette Week, The Boston Globe and The Wall Street Journal.{{cite news |title=Comics Fight Their Way Into the Mainstream |first=Mike |last=Russell |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/gallery/aeon_flux/ |date=March 4, 2004 |access-date=May 2, 2011 |work=The Boston Globe}}

In addition to his work as a cartoonist, Russell penned movie and book reviews, celebrity interviews and other articles for The Oregonian.{{cite news |title=Mike Russell: Special to the Oregonian |url=http://connect.oregonlive.com/user/mrussellfilm/index.html |work=The Oregonian |year=2011 |access-date=May 3, 2011}}{{cite web |title=Culture Pulp |first=Emerson |last=Rick |url=http://outlookportland.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/culture-pulp/ |publisher=Outlook Portland |date=June 5, 2009 |access-date=May 3, 2011}}

Russell is also the author of the Star Wars comic Jaxon's 11{{cite web |title=Face to Face With the Masters |first=Chris |last=Hanel |url=http://www.theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/mikedave.asp |publisher=The Force.Net |year=2004 |access-date=May 5, 2011}} and edits Serenity Tales, a collection of comics that focuses on the popular cult science fiction program Firefly.{{cite web |title=The Signal: Season 2, Episode 19 |first=Miranda |last=Thomas |url=http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/mmx/show/view.php/66 |publisher=The Signal |date=October 11, 2005 |access-date=May 5, 2011}} In 2004, Russell created a poster for the Timbers Army, a fan club that follows the Portland Timbers, a Major League Soccer team in Portland.{{cite web |title=The Timbers Army |url=http://www.timbersarmy.org/store/accessories/culture-pulp-print/ |publisher=Timbers Army |year=2011 |access-date=May 3, 2011}}

In December 2010, he released Cort and Fatboy and the Secret of the Buried Unicorns, an illustrated adventure starring Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts, the hosts of Cort and Fatboy, a former radio show in Portland.{{cite news |title=Mike Russell and David Walker Signing |first=Doug |last=Dorr |url=http://pdxcomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/0413-mike-russel-david-walker-signing.html |work=Portland Comics |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=May 3, 2011}} Russell regularly appeared on the show as a weekly co-host beginning in 2006.{{cite news |title=David Walker and Mike Russell Book Release Party |first=Kristi |last=Turnquist |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2011/04/the_hot_list_david_walker_and.html |work=The Oregonian |date=April 7, 2011 |access-date=May 3, 2011}}

In early 2011, Russell created The Sabertooth Vampire. The comic strips were later assembled into a print collection.{{cite news |title=The Hilarious Tragedy of the Sabertooth Vampire |first=Lauren |last=Davis |url=http://io9.com/#!5770414/the-hilarious-tragedy-of-the-sabretooth-vampire |work=io9 |date=February 26, 2011 |access-date=May 5, 2011}} A follow-up, titled The Sabertooth Vampire Unleashed, was released in October 2011. Over the course of 2012, several issues of Dark Horse Presents included Sabertooth Vampire comics, one of which featured an encounter between the titular character and Hellboy, the popular comic book hero.{{cite web |title=The Sabertooth Vampire Sinks His Teeth Into Dark Horse Presents |url=http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/862/sabertooth-vampire-sinks-his-teeth-dark-horse-pres |work=Dark Horse |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2012}}

Russell was adopted as a child and wrote about his experiences for a presentation/essay titled "The Bastard Spawn Speaks."{{cite web |title=The Bastard Spawn Speaks |first=Mike |last=Russell |url=http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/2009/05/the-bastard-spawn-speaks.html |publisher=CulturePulp |date=February 2000 |access-date=May 5, 2011}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://culturepulp.com CulturePulp]
• [http://connect.oregonlive.com/user/mrussellfilm/index.html Mike Russell bio and Oregonian archives]
• [http://serenitytales.typepad.com/ Serenity Tales]
• [http://cortandfatboy.com CortandFatboy.com]
• [http://culturepulp.typepad.com/culturepulp/the-sabretooth-vampire The Sabertooth Vampire]
• [http://blog.colinmarshall.org/?p=1068 An interview with Mike Russell] on Notebook on Cities and Culture

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