MARK RUSSELL made his debut in comics with a reboot of the 1973–74 comic Prez (Issues 1–6, DC Comics), in which a teenager is elected and serves as President of the United States. Following Prez, Russell was hired to write The Flintstones comic book series for DC Comics. The Flintstones was nominated for two Eisner Awards, including Best Limited Series and Best Humor Publication, as well as being nominated for a Harvey Award for Book of the Year. In 2018, DC Comics published Russell’s comic Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles,which reinvented the titular Hanna-Barbera character as a gay southern gothic playwright living in 1950s New York. Exit Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles won the 2019 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic. The series was also nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Limited Series and Russell was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Writer. February 2019 saw the publication of Russell’s The Wonder Twins with artist Stephen Byrne as part of DC’s new Wonder Comics line, which was nominated for a 2020 Ringo award for Best Humor Comic. 2019 also saw the publication of Russell’s comic Second Coming with artist Richard Pace by Ahoy Comics. Originally slated to be published by DC/Vertigo, the comic was dropped by the label due to the religious and controversial subject matter, only to be later picked up and published by Ahoy. Russell’s acclaimed satirical comic Billionaire Island, also released in 2020, reunited him with Flintstones artist Steve Pugh. In 2021, Russell wrote 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), 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. In 2024, Russell reunited with Mike Allred with Batman: Dark Age, their follow-up to Superman: Space Age.
BOB QUINN has made a living creating awesome comics for a long time, including TONS of work for Marvel Comics, with books like Way of X, Knights of X, Alligator Loki, Blood Hunters (with Mark Russell), Edge of Spider-Verse, and more. His own creator owned book at Image Comics, Kill Your Darlings, earlier this year, was a critical and sales success! Last year, he drew Black Cat Social Club GN for Humanoids.
We are currently offering both a SIGNATURE SERIES and ARTIST SKETCH SERIES of X-FACTOR #1-6 by Bob!
Purchase of X-Factor #1 (any cover version) is required for participation in this event!
