Robert James Russell

I’m honored that my comic “Soft Eyes”—all about our history with pets and the wisdom we can learn from them—was nominated for Best of the Net by the fine editors at The Florida Review. ...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/soft-eyes-botn/

I have a graphic review of Russell Brakefield’s excellent poetry collection Irregular Heartbeats at the Park West over at RHINO Poetry. Curated by Kelcey Parker Ervick, this new RHINO issue is ...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/rhino-review/

Delighted to have my story “Get Loose”–my first fiction piece in a bit–in the new issue of Action, Spectacle. Huge shout-out to Adam Day and guest editor Caitlin Horrocks for taking this...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/get-loose/

My graphic essay “How to Make a Full English”—about a bad breakup in grad school + the resulting wellspring of sadness and isolation and existential dread—is in the newest issue of Shenan...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/full-english/

Absolutely delighted that two of my comics have been nominated for Best of the Net: Vessel (published at The Offing) “Horses” (published at Solstice Lit) These are two of my favorite graphic ...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/2023-botn/

Thrilled to have my comic “Soft Eyes” over at The Florida Review. This one’s all about the wisdom we can learn from animals and the special kind of love our pets give us. Check out a page ...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/soft-eyes/

I have a comic “A Box of Space and Time” in the beautiful new issue of Quarter Press’ journal The Quater(ly) all about my love of movies as escapism from family trauma—featuring Hook, Goo...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/quarterly/

I have a new comic in Issue 14 of The New Territory. This is the first of my work on their series “Weird News” where I discuss interesting happenings in the lower Midwest. For my first instal...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/nt-14/

I’m thrilled to have my new comic “A Splendid Failure” featured in Collected Rejections‘ “On Rejection” series. This series features writers discussing painful rejections and what the...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/fail-comic/

I am honored that my comic “Searching”—which first appeared in The Rumpus—was included in the fifth edition of From the Heartland, a textbook used by first-year writing students at the Un...

http://www.robertjamesrussell.com/heartland/