Russell is an award winning writer and artist, best known as the author of the BBC weblog series and novel “Morris Telford’s Salopian Odyssey”. Over the last few decades, he’s worked with everyone from Clint Eastwood to Trevor Von Eeden. In between writing and illustration work for advertising, film and TV, he’s currently working on writing and drawing a creator-owned graphic novel set in prohibition era New York.
Russell will also be promoting the work of the Jack Kirby Museum.
Jack Kirby was arguable the most influential and prolific artist in the history of comics, unfortunately his name is not as well known in the mainstream as it deserves to be. The Jack Kirby Museum and Research Center was founded in 2005 to educate the public about the life and work of this incredible creator. It’s organised exclusively for educational purposes; more specifically, to promote and encourage the study, and understanding, preservation and appreciation of the work of Jack Kirby by illustrating the scope of Kirby’s multi-faceted career, communicating the stories, inspirations and influences of Jack Kirby, celebrating the life of Jack Kirby and his creations, and building understanding of comic books and comic book creators.
Kirby helped create many enduring characters that are still incredibly popular today such as Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Iron Man, The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, Groot, Kamandi, Darkseid and the New Gods! If you want to talk Kirby, come talk to Russell!