Laurence Campbell is a British comics artist best known for his work in '' 2000 AD'', but he has also recently received attention from his work for

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Biography

Campbell started evening courses at the London Cartoon Centre and then studied graphic design at

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.Maximum Punishment
Broken Frontier, December 4, 2007 He got early comics work at

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, on their anthology ''

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'' as well as titles on their New Worlds imprint, like ''

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''. Starting in 2000 he worked at '' 2000 AD'', collaborating there, and at Image Comics, with writers Colin Clayton and Chris Dows on titles like '' Bison'' and '' Synnamon''. He also worked with Rob Williams on '' Breathing Space''. Since 2005 he has been working for

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, starting with a Christmas Special written by Williams. He then worked on the

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Annual before becoming the artist on a story in ''

'' for

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Bibliography

Comics work includes: * ''

'' (with Paul Carstairs,

): ** "Norma Jean's Knickers" (in ''Negative Burn'' #19, 1995) ** "The Day Job" (inks, with pencils by Katrin Geilhausen, in ''Negative Burn'' #44, 1997) * '' Raven Chronicles'' #13 (pencils, with Scott Andrews and inks by Tim Perkins, New Worlds, Caliber Comics, 1995) * '' The Red Diaries'' (pencils, with Gary Reed and inks by Larry Shuput, 4-issue mini-series, New Worlds, Caliber Comics, 1997) *''

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'': ** "The Des Lynham Story" (with

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, in '' 2000 AD'' #1482, 2000) ** "Dominoes" (pencils, with script by

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and inks by Kris Justice, in ''2000 AD'' #1482, 2006) ** "Splashdown" (pencils, with script by Simon Spurrier and inks by Kris Justice, in ''

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'' #245, 2006) *'' DeMarco'': "DeMarco PI" (pencils, with script by

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and inks by

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, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #3.70-3.71, 2000) * '' Disciples: Wheel of Fortune'' (pencils, with writers Colin Clayton/ Chris Dows and inks by Larry Shuput, one-shot, Image Comics, 2001) * '' Bison'' (pencils, with writers Colin Clayton/Chris Dows and inks by

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, in ''2000 AD'' #1301-1309, 2001, collected in ''Bison'' ) * '' Synnamon'' (with writers Colin Clayton/Chris Dows): ** "Facing Mecha" (pencils, with inks by Lee Townsend, in ''2000 AD'' #1362-1370, 2003) ** "Recalibration" (pencils, with inks by

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, in ''2000 AD'' #1416-1418, 2004) * '' Past Imperfect'': "Cosmonaut X" (pencils, with script by

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and inks by Kris Justice, in ''2000 AD'' #1376, 2004) *'' Breathing Space'' (pencils, with script by Rob Williams and inks by Lee Townsend, in ''2000 AD'' #1453-1459, 2005) * ''

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'' #49 (with Rob Williams, Special Double-Sized X-Mas Special, 2006,

, collected in ''Wolverine: Blood and Sorrow'', June 2007, ) * ''

'' (collected in ''Punisher MAX Volume 11: Girls in White Dresses'', 120 pages, March 2009, ): ** ''Punisher Annual'' #1: "The Hunted" (with Mike Benson, one-shot, Marvel Comics, November 2007) ** ''

'' #61-65: "Girls in White Dresses" (pencils, with writer

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, October 2008 - February 2009) * '' Moon Knight'': "Moon Knight: Silent Knight" (with

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, one-shot, Marvel Comics, November 2008) * '' Deadpool Pulp'' (with Mike Benson/Adam Glass, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2010, forthcoming) *'' Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine'' (with

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, 4-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, June–August 2011, tpb, 112 pages, hardcover, November 2011, , softcover, May 2012, )

Notes

References

* *
Laurence Campbell
at 2000AD online.com
Laurence Campbell
at Marvel.com

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Laurence Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) British comics artists