Cover of Danger Girl: Back in Black, by J. Scott Campbell.

Jeffrey Scott Campbell (April 12, 1973, East Tawas, Michigan) is an American comics artist. He has had several pen names, including "Jeff Scott", but is best known as J. Scott Campbell. He currently resides in Colorado, with his wife and daughter. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (479x750, 231 KB) danger Girl : back in black cover This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (479x750, 231 KB) danger Girl : back in black cover This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or... cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... East Tawas is a city located in Iosco County, Michigan. ...

Biography

Early success

In the late 1980s, Campbell entered for and won an "Invent the Ultimate Video Game" contest featured in the pages of Nintendo's official magazine, Nintendo Power, whereby submitted contest entries were to consist of drawings and concepts for a video game. Color drawings from "Lockarm," the videogame idea he pitched, were published in the magazine as the winning entry. He was 15 years old at the time of his submission. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ... The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ...

The 200th issue of Nintendo Power includes a poster featuring prominent Nintendo characters drawn by Campbell in his unique art style, along with an interview whereby Campbell recalled his memories of the "Invent the Ultimate Video Game" Contest. The first cover of Nintendo Power featured a clay sculpture of Mario from . ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section can be improved by converting lengthy lists to text. ...

Wildstorm

Campbell is best known as the original artist and co-creator of Gen¹³ and Danger Girl. He got his big break at Jim Lee's Wildstorm Productions with his work on Gen¹³, his first comic book series, which featured a group of teenage heroes. He soon gained a reputation in the American comics industry for his illustrations of sexy, young women. Gen¹³ is a fictional superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ... cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ... Fantastic Four #1 (1996) cover by Jim Lee. ... WildStorm WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... Gen¹³ is a fictional superhero team and comic book series originally written by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi and illustrated by J. Scott Campbell. ...

Cliffhanger

In 1998, Campbell, together with fellow comics artists Joe Madureira and Humberto Ramos, founded the Cliffhanger imprint as part of Wildstorm Productions. He then launched his highly popular comic series Danger Girl through this imprint. Jose Madureira (born December 3, 1974, in Philadelphia. ... Cover to Impulse #2. ... Cliffhanger was an imprint of Wildstorm, publishing creator-owned comic books. ... WildStorm WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ...

The Danger Girl series has since generated a Danger Girl video game for the Sony PlayStation, several comic spinoffs in the forms of limited series as well as one-shots that were drawn by different artists in the American comics industry. Most of these spinoffs featured story outlines from Campbell himself. cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ... cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ... For other versions of PlayStation, please see PlayStation (disambiguation) The PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション) is a rubbish game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ...

Deadline Problems

Like a few of his fellow star artists in the American comics industry such as Joe Madureira, Campbell has problems with meeting deadlines. Campbell's Danger Girl took years to complete (partly due to the artist having a collapsed lung), while Joe Mad's Battle Chasers ceased publication with no plans to ever conclude the series. Even with this reputation, Campbell remains a popular and highly sought after artist by comic publishers. Jose Madureira (born December 3, 1974, in Philadelphia. ... cover to Danger Girl : Back in Black #1 by J. Scott Campbell Danger Girl is a best-selling comic book series created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell. ... Cover to Battle Chasers #9 Battle Chasers is a fantasy comic book series by Joe Madureira, launched in April 1998. ...

Current Work

Campbell is currently at work on the final few issues of a limited comics series called Wildsiderz, which he co-created with his Danger Girl writing partner Andy Hartnell. Wildsiderz is a comic book series from the creative minds of J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell, published by Wildstorm. ... Andy Hartnell is a comic book writer who got his big break at Wildstorm Productions and eventually worked his way up be become co-creator of the hit Danger Girl series with artist J. Scott Campbell. ...

During the WizardWorld 2006 comics convention held at Los Angeles, it was announced by Marvel Comics that Campbell has signed an exclusive with the company, and will work on a Spider-Man series with writer Jeph Loeb. This will not be the first time that Campbell has tackled Spider-Man. He had a successful run a few years back as the cover artist of the Amazing Spider-Man series. Marvel has scheduled Campbell and Jeph Loeb's new Spider-Man series for publication sometime in 2007. In an interview with Newsarama, Campbell stated that he will start work on it as soon as he wraps up his Wildsiderz limited series. Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ... Jeph Loeb with his son Sam Joseph Jeph Loeb III is a United States comic book writer, screen and television writer as well as television and motion picture producer. ... Amazing Spider-Man #509 cover art by Mike Deodato Jr. ... Newsarama. ...

Campbell also delivers variant covers for different comic series, most of which feature female characters such as Vampirella. In July 2006, DC Comics published JLA#0, which featured a variant cover drawn by Campbell. He has drawn a variant cover for the upcoming Gen¹³#1, a relaunch by Wildstorm, and is due to ship to in Mid-October 2006. Vampirella is a comic book vampire heroine created by Forrest J. Ackerman for Warren Publishings namesake black-and-white horror-comics magazine, and developed by Archie Goodwin with artists Frank Frazetta and Tom Sutton. ...

External links

• J. Scott Campbell Official site.
• JSCFan J. Scott Campbell fansite.
• Go Behind the Scenes with Comic Genius and Nintendo Super Fan J. Scott Campbell Nintendo Power's interview with J. Scott Campbell.
• J. Scott Campbell signs exclusive with Marvel Campbell speaks to Newsarama about his exclusive deal with Marvel and what it means for his career.