Something Wicked by Scott Hampton

 Scott Hampton has worked in the comic book and illustration field for over 40 years. He came to the attention of many people in 1983 with the publication of his fully-painted comic Silverheels. He has since gone on to do an adaptation of Robert E. Howard's Pigeons From Hell, the Batman graphic novels Night Cries and Gotham County Line. Scott has also published the original horror graphic novels The Upturned Stone and recently Trespassers. His credits also include Neil Gaiman's American Gods and Books of Magic. Scott recently did a graphic novel adaptation of the novel Wicked, which the hit Broadway play is based on.

His career has long cried out for a retrospective volume, and here it is: Something Wicked: The Art of Scott Hampton. As of this writing, it is a Kickstarter that has been fully funded and will be published. The current funding level is at about $11,000. If they can hit $15,000 a piece of original art by Scott will be included with orders of physical copies of the book. A few samples of art from the book below.

You can support this project here. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott Hampton Graphic Novel

 Scott Hampton, creator and / or artist on such notable projects as Pigeons From Hell, Silverheels, the Batman Graphic Novel Night Cries, Neil Gaiman's American Gods and a host of other projects has just started a Kickstarter campaign for a 150-page horror graphic novel. The art is completed and the money is being raised to print it.

In Scott's words:

About ten years ago, my graphic novel, The Upturned Stone, was optioned for a movie and I decided to use that windfall to fund a personal project that I’d been dreaming about for quite a while – essentially, a horror movie on paper – called Trespassers.

Trespassers – my take on the cabin in the woods sub-genre – took fifteen months to complete, and while it is also a fully painted work, is a pretty radical departure from The Upturned Stone. At approximately 150 pages it's also considerably longer.

I’ve always been drawn to stories where the protagonists are up against an elusive enemy who's hard to find and even to see. In Trespassers, the other-worldly creatures can only be revealed in flashes of lightning, making their appearance unpredictable and especially frightening. 

Once I finished this graphic novel, I took a two-week nap, then got back to work earning dollars.:) Now, ten years later, I’m working on a BIG project for a book publisher that will take the better part of two years to complete (another long nap is looming), and since I don’t want to be entirely forgotten while I'm toiling away I’m thinking now might be the perfect time to bring this baby out. I hope folks enjoy reading this as much as I did making it. Thanks again for the support. Cheers!

 

You can participate in the Kickstarter campaign here. Below are images of a couple pages from the book. 

A TRIBUTE TO BERNIE WRIGHTSON: HEROESCON 2017

Bernie Wrightson Tribute panel at the Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Convention in Charlotte NC, June 2017. Participants are John Totleben, Jason Moore, Tom Yeates, Scott Hampton and Joe Jusko.

The Thing by Wrightson & Hampton: Benefit Auction

You still have a few hours to bid on this depiction of John Carpenter's The Thing by master horror artists Bernie Wrightson and Scott Hampton. The proceeds go to Steve Niles, author of 30 Days of Night, Breath of Bones, and Frankenstein Alive, Alive! who recently lost his home in a flood.

Pigeons From Hell

Art by Scott Hampton, Eclipse Books 1988. In my
opinion, one of the best comic books of the 1980's.

Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Convention 2011

Here's some photos from the Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Convention in Charlotte NC on June 4, 2011. It was a good show. Last year I got a nice piece of original art by Wrightson. This year I just spent too much money on comic books.





Neal Adams.




Convention floor.




Powerpuff Girls.




Scott Hampton. Scott is working on a piece for the Art Auction. Bernie Wrightson penciled the dinosaur.




Art for the auction.




Bernie Wrightson.




Scott Hampton.




Dr. Strange.




Savannah Pedigree Comic Books.




Not sure who they're supposed to be.

ThorsDay

Thor #337, November 1983. Cover art by Walt Simonson.




"Thor's Flight," preliminary, circa 1968. Art by Frank Frazetta.




Silver Surfer #4, February 1969. Cover art by John Buscema.




The Lifeaters, 2003. Story by David Brin, art by Scott Hampton.




Journey Into Mystery #89, February 1963. Cover art by Jack Kirby.




Thor's Battle Against the Ettins, 1872. Art by Marten Eskil Winge.