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Take My Love, Wear This Shirt

The PDX Browncoats asked me to design the t-shirt for this year's "Can't Stop the Serenity" charity screenings in Portland -- where they'll show Joss Whedon's "Serenity" (or, as I like to call it, "Han Solo: The Movie") plus the "Firefly" episode "Out of Gas" to raise money for Equality Now. I gather the event will also feature a performance by the delightful Doubleclicks.

So here you go. Kinda went for a vague Nostromo crew patch vibe. Lines by me. Colors by the great Bill Mudron.

Can't Stop the Serenity 2012 (PDX Browncoats)

[ Pre-order tickets here ]

Signing at Emerald City Comicon this weekend; interviewed at io9.

(Above: a couple of panels from one of the "Sabertooth Vampire" comics appearing in Dark Horse Presents #12 and #14.)

Oh, hey, super-last-minute plan:

Assuming the train to Seattle runs on time, I'll be selling/signing "Sabertooth Vampire" comics from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday 3/31 at the PDX Browncoats table at the Emerald City Comicon.

The table -- located in the ECCC foyer -- will have my comics for sale all weekend. Pop on by and say howdy. I will gladly draw you a tiny picture.

Also, the delightful Lauren Davis interviewed me about the origins of the Sabertooth Vampire for io9.

• Emerald City Comicon
• Cartoonist Mike Russell explains the origins of the Sabertooth Vampire’s hilariously oversized fangs (io9.com)

A Guide to the 1970s Toys Featured on Friday's A&E Cover (or: Mike Russell Really Likes 'Star Wars' Kitsch)

Oh, hey, I drew Friday's Oregonian A&E cover. Ace colors by Mr. Bill Mudron. (I also contributed a few items to the "Holiday Gift Guide" inside.)

We had a lot of fun filling the cover with toys from the 1970s and early '80s. The Oregonian posted a key identifying most of those toys. I've also posted it after the jump.

The closest thing I'll do to a book tour: 'Spinal Tap,' Orycon and Comics Underground.

So I guess I'm sort of accidentally embarking on a week-long "Sabertooth Vampire" book tour, all in Portland:

• On Friday, Nov. 11, I'll be selling "Sabertooth Vampire Unleashed" and my other books in the lobby of the Bagdad Theatre before the "Cort and Fatboy" 11:11 p.m. screening of "Spinal Tap."

• On Sunday, Nov. 13, I'll be signing books from 12 noon to 2 p.m. at the PDX Browncoats table at Orycon, held in the Lloyd Doubletree Hotel. The Browncoats will have both "Sabertooth Vampire" books for sale during the rest of the conference (Nov. 11-13).

• And finally, on Thursday, Nov. 17, I'm part of the lineup at "Comics Underground" -- alongside Dylan Meconis, Ron Chan, Sean Kelley, and Ryan Alexander-Tanner. Marvel as I attempt to set "Sabertooth Vampire" comics to music onstage in the Jack London Bar! (I'll also share some other short comics stories. A surprising number of them contain head trauma.)

New in the store: 'Sabertooth Vampire' Vol. 2

Just in time for the holidays, the second "Sabertooth Vampire" minicomic is on sale at culturepulp.bigcartel.com. Fifty-six pages, six lousy bucks.

(Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 can be had at the store for a mere ten bucks total. That's a ridiculously cheap Christmas gift, come to think of it.)

You can also pick up both "Sabertooth Vampire" books at Bridge City Comics and (by mid-week) at Excalibur Books & Comics.

Also new in the store: the remaining print copies of the charming and utterly wrong holiday fable "Santa's Lil' Gimp," my 1994 collaboration with Mr. Gregory P. Dorr. (You can browse the book online at SantasLilGimp.com.)
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'Sabertooth Vampire Unleashed.' Book-release party. Bridge City Comics. Oct. 21.

On Friday, Oct. 21 from 6-9 p.m., I'm joining forces with Aaron Duran and James Sinclair for a blowout book-signing party at Bridge City Comics.

We're releasing the second issues of our comics. I'll be debuting the second "Sabertooth Vampire" minicomic, "Sabertooth Vampire Unleashed." Aaron and James will have copies of Issue 2 of their paranormal-investigator series, "La Brujeria."

The full press release after the jump.

I kind of want the foosball table

 

Clowning on BodyVox.

Portland dance troupe BodyVox recently invited a bunch of local cartoonists to goof on photos of the group's performers. The results will appear in BodyVox's 2012 calendar.

Here's my submission. Colors by the great Bill Mudron. I'm excited to see what the other contributors cooked up.

The online store, she is open

You can now buy handsome printed copies of the "Sabertooth Vampire" Season One minicomic and "Cort and Fatboy and the Secret of the Buried Unicorns" at our brand-new online store:

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Book-release party Wednesday. Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend.

Big week ahead. Couple of announcements:

WEDNESDAY: A BIG FAT BOOK-RELEASE PARTY

 

This Wednesday, April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m., David Walker and I join forces for a book-release party at Bridge City Comics (3725 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland). David will have copies of his terrific young-adult novel "Darius Logan: Super Justice Force." I'll have hard copies of my first "Sabertooth Vampire" minicomic and "Cort and Fatboy and the Secret of the Buried Unicorns" (and maybe a couple of fun freebies). You can even buy the poster at the top of this post (which features glorious Bill Mudron colors) for like five bucks. Here's the official press release with all the details.

 

THIS WEEKEND: THE STUMPTOWN COMICS FEST

 

Then, this Saturday and Sunday, April 16-17, I'll have my first-ever table (Table C-29, to be precise) at the Stumptown Comics Fest. Here's what I'll have on hand, while supplies last:

• Cort and Fatboy and the Secret of the Buried Unicorns -- just five bucks!
  
  
• The Sabretooth Vampire: The Complete First Season -- a mere three bucks!
  
  
• Jaxxon's 11, Vol. 1 -- a FREE 72-page ashcan of my and artist David Stroup's webcomic, which celebrates the complete insanity of 1970s Marvel "Star Wars" comics. David plans to sit at my table for a couple of hours each day, probably starting around 11 a.m.
  
  
• Opera, Drawn Quickly -- a FREE 48-page collection of all my "live comics adaptations" of Portland Opera productions.
  
  
• Plus! "Augie, The Littlest Reaver" prints and maybe even a few old copies of the beloved Christmas fable "Santa's Lil' Gimp."

The complete press release for the April 13 Bridge City party is after the jump.