Mark Russell is an American author, best known for his satirical graphic novel God Is Disapointed in You, an irreverent retelling of the Bible.

He is also the writer of Prez and The Flintstones, as well as the acclaimed Exit Stage Left- The Snagglepuss Chronicles for DC Comics.

Len Wein co-created Swamp Thing early in a writing career that has included work on every major hero and villain at both DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

As a writer, Wein is also credited with co-creating Wolverine for Marvel and Lucius Fox for DC. Wein was one of the editors on Watchmen, and has also been Editor-in-Chief at both Marvel Comics and Disney Comics before settling in to a successful career writing comic books and animation. He died in 2017 at the age of 69.