Award-winning writer Mark Russell (Batman: Dark Age, Superman: Space Age, Exit, Stage Left!: The Snagglepuss Chronicles) and some of the comics industry’s most talented artists deliver a universe full of shocking sci-fi horror tales in this new anthology series! Join creators Mark Russell and Ryan Alexander-Tanner on Saturday January 24 to celebrate the release of this terrifying new graphic novel.
The brainchild of critically-acclaimed writer Mark Russell, VANISHING POINT is an anthology of short stories that are part science fiction and part existential horror. These are stories with a twist in which the twist is not the point of the story, but a beginning point from which to ask what it means to be alive. Russell is joined by artists Ryan Alexander-Tanner, Juan Doe and Alberto Ponticelli on six terrifying tales that will leave readers mystified.
WHO: Mark Russell and Ryan Alexander-Tanner
WHAT: Vanishing Point release party and book signing
WHEN: Saturday, January 24, 5-7pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 1223 Lloyd Center
Mark Russell is an author, comic book writer, and cartoonist living and toiling in Portland, Oregon. The works he is known for include God Is Disappointed in You, a modern re-telling of the Bible, The Flintstones, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles (Winner of the 2019 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic), Not All Robots (Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Humor Comic), and Superman: Space Age, which tells the story of Superman and his loved ones, living against the backdrop of Cold War America. As far as he knows, all his books are still in print.
Ryan Alexander-Tanner is an illustrator/comics artist and educator, raised in Oakland, California, living in Portland, Oregon. He collaborates with individuals and organizations to adapt specialized content into illustrated narratives that are accessible and appealing to a broad audience. Each image is hand drawn and inked with brush on paper—human stories crafted with a human hand. Clients include The New York Times, Columbia University’s Teacher’s College Press, Buzzfeed, UC San Diego, The Nib, The Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Intel, Planned Parenthood, The Portland Mercury, The Willamette Week and many more.
