Scott Hampton

Background

Scott Hampton was born in 1959 in High Point, North Carolina.

Education

Both Scott and Bo studied under Will Eisner in 1976.

Career

He is the brother of fellow-comics-creator Bo Hampton. Hampton began his career following in the footsteps of brother and fellow comic book creator Bo Hampton. 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 United States origin).

Working as a freelance comic book artist, Hampton has illustrated such iconic properties as Batman, Sandman, Black Widow, Hellraiser, and Star Trek in addition to work on his creator-owned projects such as The Upturned Stone. Hampton is currently working full-time on the creator-owned series Simon Dark with writer Steve Niles for District of Columbia 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: film making.

He completed his first short independent film "The Tontine" in April 2006. lieutenant"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 IMDB as well as versions of it available to view on Myspace (partial), Google Video (full), and YouTube (split into 3 parts).

Achievements

• 1993: Won "Special Award for Excellence in Presentation" Harvey Award, for Batman: Night Cries.

Works

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  • Silverheels

    (Signed and numbered hardcover edition, limited to 750 cop...)