Steve Crompton

Steve Crompton
Born Steve Crompton
1962
Area(s) Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
 Demi the Demoness, Grimtooth's Traps, Nuclear War Card Games, Tunnels & Trolls, City of the Gods

Steven S. Crompton (born 1962) is a Canadian-born artist and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the Grimtooth Traps books as well as other Catalyst (role-playing game supplements) and the Nuclear War (card game).[1]

Education

Steven Crompton went to Arizona State University art college for two years,[2] the Scottsdale Community College, and the Vo-Tech Commercial Art School.

Career

His first widely distributed comic was Elves of Lejenita #1 - 3, in 1987. In 1991, he was hired by Todd Loren to work on Psychoman and his own creation, Demi the Demoness. The Demi comics have been in continuous publication since 1992. Demi was adapted into a live-action movie and released on dvd in 2008 and new Demi comics continue to be published.[3]

He developed the art and marketing for the City of the Gods: Forgotten novel and related books, games and comics.[4]

Art for Games

Besides Grimtooth's Traps and Nuclear War, other notable games his work has appeared include Traveller, Immortal, GURPS, Space Opera, Tunnels & Trolls, Space: 1889, Lejentia Campaigns, Grid Iron, Lost Worlds, the Powerz Card Game, and many others.

Several of the games he has worked on have won the HG Wells "Origins Award", including Citybook, Stormhaven, Nuclear Escalation & Nuclear Proliferation card Games. Nuclear War won the "Hall of Fame Award" as one of the best card games of all time.[5]

Selected Game Bibliography

Along with art, he also contributed to the design and writing of some of these products.[6]

Grimtooth's Traps - 1981 Flying Buffalo;[7]:168 Catacombs of the Bear Cult - 1981 Flying Buffalo; Grimtooth's Traps Too - 1982 Flying Buffalo;[7]:168 CityBook I: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker - 1982 Flying Buffalo;[7]:164 Nuclear Escalation - 1983 Flying Buffalo; Traveller Adventure, The - 1983 Game Designers' Workshop; Alderson Yards Shipbook - 1985 Fantasy Games Unlimited;[7]:309 Grimtooth's Traps Fore - 1986 Flying Buffalo; Lejentia Campaigns Book 1 - 1988 Flying Buffalo;[7]:170 Lejentia Campaigns Book 2 - 1989 Flying Buffalo; Grimtooth's Traps Ate - 1989 Flying Buffalo;[7]:169 Grimtooth's Traps Lite - 1991 Flying Buffalo; Case of the Pacific Clipper - Mugshots 1 - 1991 Flying Buffalo; T&T Solo: Cat’s Away - 1992 Flying Buffalo; Lost World: Flaming Cherry - 1992 Flying Buffalo; Lost World: Gargoyle w/ Spear - 1992 Flying Buffalo; Nuclear War Booster Cards - 1993 Flying Buffalo; Grimtooth's Dungeon of Doom - 1993 Flying Buffalo; Maps 1 - Cities - 1993 Flying Buffalo; Maps 2 - Places of Legend - 1994 Flying Buffalo; Grimtooth's Traps Bazaar - 1995 Flying Buffalo; Citybook VII - King's River Bridge - 1997 Flying Buffalo; Nuclear Proliferation &.2nd ed - 1990, 2003 Flying Buffalo; Nuclear War Card Game 2nd ed - 2001 Flying Buffalo; Wurst of Grimtooth’s Traps - 2005 Necromancer Games; Weapons of Mass Destruction - 2005 Flying Buffalo; Origins Poker Decks 2007-2011 Flying Buffalo/Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA); Obama Nation Card Game - 2009 Twisted Ent.; Powerz Card Game - 2011 Twisted Ent.

Art for Comics

Crompton is best known for his creation Demi the Demoness and his work as editor and designer of the Carnal Comics line since 2001, with over 30 books including Frank Brunner's Carnal Delights and Carnal Comics: the Inside Story He has worked for Rip Off Press, Hippy Comix, Kitchen Sink Press, Cry for Dawn Productions, Revolutionary Comics and many others. He also created 100 comic-style art cards for the Topps Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series.[8]

Selected Comics Bibliography

Lejentia Stanza #1 - 3. 1987, Opus Graphics; Psychoman #1. 1992, Revolutionary Comics; Demi the Demoness #1 - 7. 1992 - 2003, Revolutionary Comics; Contemporary Bios: Ross Perot. 1992, Revolutionary Comics; Rock & Roll #59: Eric Clapton. 1993, Revolutionary Comics; Heavy Metal Monsters 3D. 1993, Ray 3D Zone; Cherry’s Jubilee #4. 1994, Kitchen Sink Press NOIR #1 & 2, 1995, CryForDawn; Tracey Adams/Demi #1. 1995, Revisionary Press; Demi Adventure Special #1. 1995, Rip Off Press; Pantheon #1 - 2. 1996, Archer Books and Games; OUI - Demi the Demoness Color Strip. 1996/98; Letha Weapons #1. 1997 Revisionary Press; Demi meets Cassiopeia #1. 1997, Rip Off Press; Demi & Capt. Fortune #1. 1997 Rip Off Press; Demi & Shaundra #1. 1998, Rip Off Press; Demi Art Card Set. 1998, Opus Graphics; Demi's Wild Kingdom #1. 2000, Carnal/MU Press; Wild Kingdom #12. 2001 (artist, letterer), MU Press; Demi's Strange Bedfellows #1 - 4. 2001, Carnal Comics; Felecia Adult Star Stories #1. 2002, Hippy Comix; Sex Squad #1 & 2. 2003, Carnal Comics; Jenna Jameson Collection. 2004, Carnal Comics; Carnal Comics: Inside Story. 2004, Carnal Comics; Djustine - Twisted West #1. 2004, Carnal Comics; Sex Squad #2. 2004, Carnal Comics; Wild! #13/Minkenstein #1. 2005, MU Press; Demi Demoness Graphic Novel. 2006, Carnal Comics; Demi & Vampirooni #1. 2006, Carnal Comics; Demi the Demoness Movie. 2008, Carnal Comics/MSD Productions; Crimson Gash Meets Demi #1. 2009, Carnal Comics; Aurora Snow Bio Comic # 1. 2009, Carnal Comics; Demi & the Sex Squad #1. 2010, Carnal Comics; Girl Meets Tentacle #1. 2010, Carnal Comics; Underground Comix Price Guide Supplement. 2010, Hippy Comix; City of the Gods: Forgotten. 2011, Raven Press; The Last Goddess. 2011, Raven Press; Mythic Tales: City of the Gods. 2011, Raven Press; One Day in Hell #1. 2012, 3nd N Press; Pantheon of the Gods. 2012, Raven Press; Lost Comics of SS Crompton. 2013, Opus Graphics; This Conquered Earth. 2013, Opus Graphics. ; Demi vs the Monsters of the Third Reich. 2014, Carnal Comics; Fogel's Underground Comix Price Guide. 2014, Hippy Comix.

References

  1. ↑ Lindsay, Randy (January 28, 2012). "Interview with Steve Crompton - Part I". Randylindsay.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  2. ↑ Bails, Jerry (2006). "Crompton, Steven S.". Who's Who of American Comics Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Carnal Comics & Demi". Carnal Comics. 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Crompton, Steve (December 18, 2010). "City of the Gods Forum". Citytofthegods.ning.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Origins Award Winners (1997)". Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  6. ↑ Crompton, Steve (July 4, 2000). "Home Page of Steve Crompton, Artist". Flyingbuffalo.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  8. ↑ Steve Crompton at the Grand Comics Database

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