Sophie Campbell (formerly Ross Campbell) is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics such as ''

Wet Moon ''Wet Moon'' is a series of graphic novels by Sophie Campbell and published by Oni Press. Primarily set in the fictional southern American college town of Wet Moon, the series stars a large cast of characters, most in their late teens and earl ...

'' and ''Shadoweyes'', and for her art on the ''Jem and the Holograms'' comics. She primarily writes and draws characters who are adolescent or young adult women, including various races, body types, sexual orientations, and abilities.

Career

Campbell is the creator of several graphic novels, including ''The Abandoned'', ''Mountain Girl'', ''Shadoweyes'', ''

'', and ''Water Baby''. She has also done art for comics publishers. In 2008, she drew the story "The Hollows" for the first issue of the DC/Vertigo comic ''

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'' written by

Bill Willingham William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ...

. Beginning in 2012 she drew a run of Image Comics' '' Glory'' series written by

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. She drew issues of ''

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'' for IDW, and in March 2015 she became the artist for their new ''

Jem and the Holograms ''Jem'', also known as ''Jem and the Holograms'', is an American animated musical television series that ran from 1985 to 1988. The series is about record company owner Jerrica Benton, her singer alter-ego Jem, and the adventures of Jem and her ...

'' series written by

Kelly Thompson Kelly Thompson is an American writer of novels and comic books. She is best known for the ''Jem and the Holograms'' comic with co-creator and artist Sophie Campbell, a modern re-imagining of the 1980s cartoon of the same name, the Eisner-nomi ...

. Her artwork has been praised for affording dignity to all the characters she draws. From June 2009 to March 2013, then known as Ross Campbell, she was co-host on AudioShocker's "A Podcast with Ross and Nick", followed by "Everything Blows with Ross and Nick". In January 2020, Campbell took over as both writer and artist of the mainline IDW ''TMNT'' book. Campbell accepted a deal from

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in August, 2021 to work on ''Shadoweyes For Good'', the sequel to ''Shadoweyes''. The graphic novel will be available on the site to subscribers.

Personal life

Campbell is a transgender woman, and began her career under her former name. In March 2015 she publicly announced she had changed her name to Sophie, explaining via Twitter that she had been transitioning for the previous year.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''Too Much Hopeless Savages!'' (

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Grou ...

, 2003) *''Spooked'' (with

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, Oni Press, 168 pages, February 2004, ) *''

'' (

graphic novels A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

, from 2005) *''The Abandoned'' (

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed J ...

, 2006) *''Raphael: Bad Moon Rising'' (covers only,

Mirage Publishing Mirage Publishing was a publisher of true crime books, founded by Stephen Richards in 1998. History The first book to come off the press was about murdered Tyneside gangland figure Viv Graham, written by investigative author Stephen Richard ...

, 2007) *''

'' #1: "The Hollows" (with

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, 2008) *''Water Baby'' (

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, 2008) *'' Hack/Slash'' (contributing artist,

Image Comics Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...

, 2008–2009) *''Resurrection V2'' (back-up story, Oni Press, 2010) *''

Milestone Forever Milestone Media is a company best known for creating Milestone Comics, which were published and distributed by DC Comics and the ''Static Shock'' animated series. It was founded in 1993 by a coalition of African-American artists and writers, con ...

'' (pin-up,

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, 2010) *''Shadoweyes'' (

Slave Labor Graphics Slave Labor Graphics (SLG) is an independent American comic book publisher, well known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics. Creators associated with SLG over the years include Evan Dorkin, Roman Dirge, Sarah Dyer, Woodrow Phoenix, Jhon ...

, 2010) *''Shadoweyes in Love'' (

, Slave Labor Graphics, 2011) *''

Fraggle Rock ''Fraggle Rock'' (also known as ''Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock'' or ''Fraggle Rock with Jim Henson's Muppets'') is a children's musical fantasy comedy puppet television series about interconnected societies of Muppet creatures, created by Jim H ...

'' v2 #2 (with Tim Beedle,

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Archaia Studios Press Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an imprint of American comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios. Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an American comic book publ ...

, 2011) *''

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ''Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', called ''Tales of the TMNT'' in its later Volume 2 incarnation, is an anthology comic book series published by Mirage Studios, starting in May 1987, presenting additional stories featuring the Teena ...

'' (pin-up, Mirage Publishing, 2006) *'' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series: Leonardo'' (artist, IDW, 2012) *'' Glory'' (artist, #23-34,

, 2012) *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series: Alopex'' (artist, IDW, 2013) *''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (artist, #29-32, IDW, 2013–2014) *''

'' (artist; #1-6, 11-16; IDW; 2015) *''

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'' #2: "All Cats are Grey" (

, 2021)

Notes

References

*, as well as ** *

External links

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''The Abandoned'' review
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