Bo Hampton (born 1954 in North Carolina)
is an American comic book and cartoon artist.
He is the older brother of fellow comics-creator
Scott Hampton.
[ Andelman, Bob]
"Scott Hampton & Bo Hampton Interview,"
''A Spirited Life'' (July 17, 2006).
He graduated from the
School of Visual Arts,
New York City, where he studied under
Will Eisner and
Al Williamson. (Hampton later worked as Eisner's studio assistant.)
He drew, wrote, and painted
comics
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and
graphic novels for 15 years, always with a bent toward
realism that was fairly uncommon in the medium. Some art highlights from that period include ''Viking Glory'' a 96-page
graphic novel for
DC Comics, ''Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' for
Tundra Publishing and ''Verdilak'', a horror story co-written and painted for
NBM Publishing.
Hampton spent a year as a professor at
Savannah College of Art and Design, helping to develop the original incarnation of their Sequential Arts program before moving into the realms of storyboarding animated shows and TV commercials. He was behind one of the most popular UK adverts of all times — "Smash Means Mash."
He has worked on ''
Extreme Ghostbusters'' for
SONY (TV and Full length video feature) as well as
Superman
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(
Warner Bros.) and
Batman
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animation for
Cartoon Network
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spot. He has done live storyboard work for commercial clients including ''Papa John's Pizza'',
Bellsouth,
Coca-Cola,
Motorola and many more. Ad agencies that use his work regularly include McCann-Erickson
Washington, D.C., Pearson McMahon Fletcher and
England,
Indianapolis
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, Fricks-Firestone
Atlanta and over 40 more all over the U.S.
Selected works
* ''
The Saga of Swamp Thing'' #14–15 (
DC Comics, June–July 1983)
* "Girl of My Schemes," in ''
Alien Worlds'' #4 (
Pacific Comics, Sept. 1983)
* ''
Moon Knight
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The son of a rabb ...
'' #34, 36–38 (
Marvel Comics, Nov. 1983, Mar. 1984–July 1984)
* "The Maiden and the Dragon," in ''
Alien Worlds'' #9 (
Eclipse Comics, Jan. 1985)
* ''Greylore'' #1–5 (
Sirius Comics
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, 1985–1986)
*''
New Mutants'' vol. 1, #63 (Marvel Comics, May 1988)
* ''
Total Eclipse'' #1–5 (Eclipse Comics, May 1988–Apr. 1989)
* ''Viking Glory — The Viking Prince'' (DC Comics, Aug. 1991)
* ''Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' (
Tundra Publishing, 1992)
* ''
Legends of the Dark Knight
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'' #35–36 (DC Comics, Aug. 1992)
*''
Batman: Castle of the Bat'' (DC Comics, 1994)
* ''Uther: The Half Dead King'' (
NBM Publishing, 1994)
* ''Verdilak'' (NBM Publishing, 1996)
*''Batman: Other Realms'' (DC Comics, 1998)
* ''
The Dreaming'' #43 (
Vertigo Comics, Dec. 1999)
* "The Willful Death of a Stereotype," in ''Expo 2001'' (
The Expo, 2001)
* ''Demons of Sherwood'' (
IDW Publishing
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, 2009)
References
External links
*
Bo Hampton artistics
1954 births
Savannah College of Art and Design faculty
Living people
Artists from New York City
School of Visual Arts alumni
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