Cam Smith is a

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and

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known to British comic book readers for his work on '' 2000 AD'' and in the

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market for his collaborations with Gary Frank, inking that would earn him an

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nomination.

Biography

Smith started out at

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providing the art for a number of stories, something he would continue to do over the years, moving over to '' 2000 AD''. However, he got his big break inking the pencils of fellow British artist Gary Frank on the ''

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'' title, that would be renamed ''Motormouth and

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''. Their art team would quickly move on to join writer

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for a long run on ''

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'' at

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in 1993, and then in 1997 they reunited over to

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for the start of the ''

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'' series. The artists then moved on to the

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imprint

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where they began work on ''

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'' in late 1997. His other work includes ''

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'', ''

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Vol.1'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: * '' The Transformers'' #254 (with

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, January 1990) * "Teenage Kicks" (with

Paul Cornell Paul Douglas Cornell (born 18 July 1967) is a British writer best known for his work in television drama as well as ''Doctor Who'' fiction, and as the creator of one of the Doctor's spin-off companions, Bernice Summerfield. As well as ''Docto ...

, in ''

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'' #163, August 1990) * ''

'' #1-4 (inks, with writer Graham Marks, and pencils by Gary Frank, Marvel UK, June–August 1992) * ''Motormouth and

'' #4-7 (inks, with writer Graham Marks, and pencils by Gary Frank, Marvel UK, September–December 1992) * ''Bloodseed'' (inks, with writer

Paul Neary Paul Neary (born 1949) is a British comic book artist, writer and editor. His first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with Dez Skinn at Marvel UK as well as work for '' 2000 AD''. He later became editor-in-chief of Ma ...

, and pencils by

Liam Sharp Liam Roger Sharp (born 2 May 1968) is a British comic book artist, writer, publisher, and co-founder/CCO of Madefire Inc. Early life Liam Sharp was born in Derby. He went to School at Brackensdale Junior then infants school, before moving to ...

, 2-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, October–November 1993) * ''

'' #403-422 (inks, with writer

, and pencils by Gary Frank,

, March 1993 - October 1994) *''

'' #43, 45-47, 50, 52-53 (inks, with writer

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', ''X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', ''Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and '' Thunderbolts ...

, and pencils by Paul Smith, Marvel Comics, August 1995 - June 1996) * ''

'' #711 (inks, with writer

Chuck Dixon Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life D ...

and pencils by

Graham Nolan Graham Nolan (born March 12, 1962) is an American comic book artist, best known for work for DC Comics on Batman-related titles in the 1990s and his work on ''The Phantom'' Sunday strip. He frequently collaborates with writer Chuck Dixon. Biograp ...

, July 1997) * ''

'' #1-9, 13-20 (inks, with writer Peter David (1-9) and Darren Vincenzo (13-20), and pencils by Gary Frank (1-9) and

Leonard Kirk Leonard Kirk is an American-born comic book artist living in Canada. He has worked on such properties as ''Supergirl (comic book), Supergirl'', ''Justice Society of America, JSA'', ''Star Trek'', ''Batman (comic book), Batman'', and ''Witchblade' ...

(13-20), September 1996 - May 1997, September 1997 - April 1998) * ''

'' #25-42 (inks, with writer

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(25-41) and

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(42), and pencils by Gary Frank (25-41) and Kevin Maguire (42),

(

), December 1997 - August 1999) * ''

'' #154-157, 159-168, 170-173, 175, 177-178, 181-186 (inks, DC Comics, March 2000 - November 2002) * ''

Tharg's Future Shocks ''Tharg's Future Shocks'' is a long-running series of short strips in the British weekly comic '' 2000 AD'' in 1977. The name originates from the fictional editor of 2000 AD and the book titled ''Future Shock'', written by Alvin Toffler, publi ...

'': ** "Holed Up" (with Richard McTighe, in '' 2000 AD'' #1249, 2001) ** "Given to Fly" (with

Simon Spurrier Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #1257, 2001) *''

Sinister Dexter ''Sinister Dexter'' is a long-running comic series in British comics anthology '' 2000 AD'', created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. Set in the near future, it features the exploits of gun sharks (hitmen) Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone ...

'' (with

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): ** "Night of the Living Dude" (in ''2000 AD'' #1269, 2001) ** "Animal Firm" (in ''2000 AD'' #1296-98, 2002) ** "Big Game" (in ''2000 AD'' #1343-1344, 2003) ** "Scare Tactics" (in ''2000 AD'' #1397-1399, 2004) * ''

'' #793.798, 800, 803-810 (inks, DC Comics, September 2002 - February 2004) * ''Gen¹³'' (vol. 2) #2-3 (inks, with writer

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, and pencils by Alé Garza, Wildstorm (DC Comics), December 2002 - January 2003) * ''Detective Comics'' #790-794, 798-800 (inks, DC Comics, March 2004 - January 2005) *'' Tharg's Terror Tales'': "Keeping it Real" (with

Al Ewing Al Ewing () is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for '' 2000 AD'' and Marvel Comics. Career Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page ''Future Shocks'' format for '' 2000 AD'' and moved on ...

, in ''2000 AD'' #1386, 2004) *'' The Dark Judges'': "Judge Fear's Big Day Out " (with Simon Spurrier, in ''

Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content Like ...

'' #224, 2004) *''

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'' (inks, with co-authors

Keith Giffen Keith Ian Giffen (born November 30, 1952) is an American comics artist and writer. He is known for his work for DC Comics on their ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Justice League'' titles as well as for being the co-creator of Lobo. Biography K ...

, and pencils by Keith Giffen/ Jim Muniz, 6-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, May–October 2008) *''

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'' #535-543, 561-568 (inks, Marvel Comics, April 2006 - March 2007, January–August 2009) * ''

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'' #1-4 (inks, with writer

Zeb Wells Zeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, a television writer/director known for his work on the animated TV series ''Robot Chicken'', and the co-creator/showrunner of '' SuperMansion''. Career Wells is an ...

, and pencils by

Diogenes Neves Diogenes ( ; grc, Διογένης, Diogénēs ), also known as Diogenes the Cynic (, ) or Diogenes of Sinope, was a Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism (philosophy). He was born in Sinope, an Ionian colony on the Black Sea ...

, Marvel Comics, July–October 2009) * ''The Incredible Hulk'' #603-604 (inks, with writer

Greg Pak Greg Pak is an American comic book writer and film director. Pak is best known for his work on books published by Marvel Comics, including ''X-Men'' (most notably '' X-Treme X-Men''), several titles featuring the Hulk (including ''Planet Hulk'', w ...

, and pencils by

Giuseppe Camuncoli Giuseppe Camuncoli (born March 2, 1975) is an Italian comic book artist best known for his work on the Marvel Comics titles ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' and '' The Superior Spider-Man'' and the DC Comics/Vertigo series ''Hellblazer'' as well as hi ...

, Marvel Comics, December 2009 - January 2010) * '' X-Necrosha: The Gathering'': "Mortis" (inks, with writers

Craig Kyle Craig Paul Kyle (born November 3, 1971) is an American writer for Marvel Comics. He is best known for his creation of the character X-23. He has also produced several of Marvel's direct-to-DVD animated films and worked on several aspects of the ...

Christopher Yost Christopher Lee Yost (born February 21, 1973) is an American film, television, animation, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe with '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) and '' Thor: Ragnarok'' ( ...

and pencils by

Kalman Andrasofszky Kalman Andrasofszky (born August 21, 1975 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian comic book artist, writer, inker, letterer, penciller, and designer. Kalman is a native Torontonian and resides there still. Career Much of his work has been i ...

, Marvel Comics, February 2010)

Awards

*1997: Nominated for "Best Inker"

, for ''Supergirl''

Notes

References

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