Scott Hampton (born April 10, 1959) is an

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known for his painted artwork. He is the brother of fellow comics-creator

Bo Hampton 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 grad ...

. 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

. Both Scott and Bo studied under

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in 1976. Scott's first professional comics work was the three-page story "Victims" published in

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's ''

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'' #101 in 1981. Scott's work on '' Silverheels'' from

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in 1983 is regarded as the first continuing painted comic (of U.S. origin). Working as a freelance

, Hampton has illustrated such iconic properties as

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, Black Widow,

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, and

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

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'', 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 ''Simon Dark'' is a fictional comic book character in the DC Comics universe, with an ongoing eponymous series beginning in October 2007 and ending in 2009. While ostensibly set in Gotham City, the comic focused exclusively on Simon Dark and his ...

'' with writer

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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

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, 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 ''

'' comic series. The 29-minute film was shot at the same cabin used in Eli Roth's ''

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''. The complete short can be found on

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as well as versions of it available to view on Myspace (partial),

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(full), and

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(split into 3 parts).

Personal life

Hampton lives with his wife Letitia in

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Bibliography

Interior comics work includes: *My Ainsel (with P. Craig Russell) - volume 2 of a three-part comics adaptation of

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's ''

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'' (April 2019) *G.I. Zombie: A Star-Spangled War Story Vol. 1 ''(Star Spangled War Stories)'' (2014-2015) *JSA 80-Page Giant (DC Comics, 2010) *

#1-18 (with Steve Niles, ongoing series, DC Comics, December 2007 - May 2009) *Sky Horizon: Colony High book 1 (with

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#13 (DC Comics, 2006) * Batman: Gotham County Line #1-3 (with

, 3-issue mini-series, DC Comics, 2005) *Solo #9 (DC Comics, 2004) *Black Widow: Breakdown #1-3 (with

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, Marvel Comics, 2001) * Sandman Presents:

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(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

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

, 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

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References

External links

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The Tontine on IMDB
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