Mike Russell is a writer and cartoonist living in Portland. His comics projects include "The Sabertooth Vampire," "The Uninventor" "CulturePulp," "Mr. Do & Mr. Don't," "Opera, Drawn Quickly,""Jaxxon's 11," "Augie, The Littlest Reaver,"  and several educational comics.

He's currently writing the supernatural Western comedy "The Great Train Haunting" for artist Cat Farris.

 His writing, interviews and/or comics have appeared in Dark Horse Presents, The Oregonian, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, In Focus Magazine, The DVD Journal, The Daily Standard, Bookslut, Like the Wind, and other publications.