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Spookhouse, Volume 1
There's nothing like a good ghost story, and Scott Hampton (Life Eaters) has made a career specialty of illustrating some of the best. This collection, the first of two volumes, contains a mixture of some of Hampton's most famous ghost stories, including his original Eisner Award-nominated story The Upturned Stone, and brand new work, all fully painted in his rich, lush style. Chilling and beautiful at the same time, this is illustrated fiction guaranteed to haunt for years to come.
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
136 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Scott Hampton
230 books38 followersA freelance comic book 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 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. 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. Scott is currently working full time on the creator-owned series "Simon Dark" with writer Steve Niles for DC Comics.
"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. The 29 minute film was shot at the same cabin used in Eli Roth's "Cabin Fever (film)". There are versions of it available to view on Myspace (partial), Google Video (full), and Youtube (split into 3 parts).
Scott lives with his wife Letitia in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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 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. 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. Scott is currently working full time on the creator-owned series "Simon Dark" with writer Steve Niles for DC Comics.
"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. The 29 minute film was shot at the same cabin used in Eli Roth's "Cabin Fever (film)". There are versions of it available to view on Myspace (partial), Google Video (full), and Youtube (split into 3 parts).
Scott lives with his wife Letitia in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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December 6, 2019
This is a curated love letter to all things haunted, and I so enjoyed it.
The mix of short stories and graphic content was great, and I had such a good time with the classic stories. But the jewel of this collection is definitely the first story, "The Upturned Stone." This is one of the most haunting and brilliant ghost stories I've read in a long time. At the same time, it is a heartfelt coming-of-age story, which I love. Horror and stories about kids go so well together! There is a sequence in this story that is image only, and I could look at it over and over again. Chilling and wonderful.
I am completely enamored with the art in this collection as well. It is moody and dark but also uses light so well, often in ways that are quite haunting.
I will definitely be checking out the second volume of this!
The mix of short stories and graphic content was great, and I had such a good time with the classic stories. But the jewel of this collection is definitely the first story, "The Upturned Stone." This is one of the most haunting and brilliant ghost stories I've read in a long time. At the same time, it is a heartfelt coming-of-age story, which I love. Horror and stories about kids go so well together! There is a sequence in this story that is image only, and I could look at it over and over again. Chilling and wonderful.
I am completely enamored with the art in this collection as well. It is moody and dark but also uses light so well, often in ways that are quite haunting.
I will definitely be checking out the second volume of this!
November 4, 2010
I didn't like this as much as I expected to. The art was great, and the stories are the kind of quiet, ghostly fare that I usually love. I don't know why the two didn't gel into something more to my taste.
Which is not to say that Spookhouse is bad. I can't really find anything wrong with it at all, just that it didn't grab me quite as thoroughly as I would have imagined.
Which is not to say that Spookhouse is bad. I can't really find anything wrong with it at all, just that it didn't grab me quite as thoroughly as I would have imagined.
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