Scott Hampton (born April 10, 1959) is an American comic book artist known for his painted artwork. He is the brother of fellow comics-creator Bo Hampton. Andelman, Bob
"Scott Hampton & Bo Hampton Interview,"
''A Spirited Life'' (July 17, 2006).

Early life

Scott Hampton was born in 1959 in

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Career

Hampton began his career following in the footsteps of brother and fellow comic book creator Bo Hampton. Both Scott and Bo studied under Will Eisner in 1976. Scott's first professional comics work was the three-page story "Victims" published in Warren Publishing's '' Vampirella'' #101 in 1981. Scott's work on ''Silverheels'' from Pacific Comics in 1983 is regarded as the first continuing painted comic (of U.S. origin). Working as a freelance comic book artist, Hampton has illustrated such iconic properties as

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, Sandman, Black Widow, Hellraiser, and

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in addition to work on his creator-owned projects such as ''The Upturned Stone''. His works include '' Spookhouse'', released in 2004 by

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, in which he adapted his favorite ghost stories into sequential form, and '' Batman: Gotham County Line'' from

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in 2005. Hampton is currently working full-time on the creator-owned series '' Simon Dark'' with writer Steve Niles for DC Comics. Hampton has illustrated cards for the '' Magic: The Gathering'' collectible card game. "The Upturned Stone" was optioned mid-2005 for film production by David Foster Productions, but the studio lost the option and the story was recently optioned by another producer. Scott is also pursuing a passion outside of comics: filmmaking. He completed his first short independent film, ''The Tontine'', in April 2006. It's his loose adaptation of a 21-page comic piece that he worked on and appeared by the same name in the '' Hellraiser'' comic series. The 29-minute film was shot at the same cabin used in Eli Roth's '' Cabin Fever''. The complete short can be found on

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as well as versions of it available to view on

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(partial), Google Video (full), and

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(split into 3 parts). Hampton is currently adapting

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's '' Wicked'' into a graphic novel, with the first volume scheduled to be published in March 2025.

Personal life

Hampton lives with his wife Letitia in

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Bibliography

Interior comics work includes: *Wicked: The Graphic Novel Part I - volume 1 of a comics adaptation of

's '' Wicked'' (March 2025) *American Gods: The Moment of the Storm (with P. Craig Russell) - volume 3 of a three-part comics adaptation of

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

's ''

American Gods ''American Gods'' (2001) is a fantasy novel by British author Neil Gaiman. The novel is a blend of Americana (culture), Americana, fantasy, and various strands of ancient and modern mythology, all centering on the mysterious and taciturn Shad ...

'' (June 2020) *American Gods: My Ainsel (with P. Craig Russell) - volume 2 of a three-part comics adaptation of

's ''

'' (April 2019) *American Gods: Shadows (with P. Craig Russell) - volume 1 of a three-part comics adaptation of

's ''

'' (March 2018) *G.I. Zombie: A Star-Spangled War Story Vol. 1 ''(Star Spangled War Stories)'' (2014-2015) *JSA 80-Page Giant (DC Comics, 2010) * Simon Dark #1-18 (with Steve Niles, ongoing series, DC Comics, December 2007 - May 2009) *Sky Horizon: Colony High book 1 (with

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, Subterranean Press, 2007) * Shadowpact #13 (DC Comics, 2006) * Batman: Gotham County Line #1-3 (with Steve Niles, 3-issue mini-series, DC Comics, 2005) *Solo #9 (DC Comics, 2004) *Black Widow: Breakdown #1-3 (with Greg Rucka, Marvel Comics, 2001) * Sandman Presents: Lucifer (with Mike Carey, 3-issue mini-series,

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, March–May 1999) * Gen13: Bootleg #7 (

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, 1997) *Batman: Night Cries (script and art, with co-author Archie Goodwin, 96 page

graphic novel A graphic novel is a self-contained, book-length form of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and Anthology, anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comics sc ...

, hardcover, 1992, , softcover, 1993, ) *Silverheels (with writers April Campbell/ Bruce Jones, 4-issue mini-series but only 3 were published, Pacific Comics, December 1983 - May 1984)

Awards

*1993: Won "Special Award for Excellence in Presentation"

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, for ''Batman: Night Cries''1993 Harvey Award Nominees
, the Harvey Awards

Notes

References

External links

* rchive* *
The Tontine on IMDB
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