Scott Hampton

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Scott Hampton was born in 1959 in High Point, North Carolina. A freelance artist known for his diversity, 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.

He began his career following in the footsteps of brother and fellow comic book creator Bo Hampton. Both Scott and Bo studied under Will Eisner in 1976. Scott's first professional comics work was the six-page story "Godfather Death" released by Epic Illustrated in 1982. Scott's work on Silverheels from Pacific Comics in 1983 is regarded as the first continuing painted comic. His latest works include "Spookhouse," released in 2004 by IDW Publishing, in which he adapted his favorite ghost stories into sequential form, and Batman: Gotham County line from DC comics in 2005.

"The Upturned Stone" was optioned in Summer of 2005 for film production by David Foster, 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. It'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. Bit of trivia: the 29 minute film was shot at the same cabin used in Eli Roth's "Cabin Fever (film)." The short is currently being submitted to various film festivals including Sundance Film Festival and the North Carolina based RiverRun.

Scott lives with his wife Letitia in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.