David Campiti#Glass House Graphics

Campiti is the adopted son of Charles H. and Rose Campiti.{{Cite web|url=http://quantumleappodcast.com/interviews/david-campiti/|title=David Campiti|website=quantumleappodcast.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 16, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasshousegraphics.com/index.php/david-campiti|title=David Campiti|website=www.glasshousegraphics.com|language=en-gb|access-date=March 16, 2017}} He graduated from Warwood High School and West Liberty University. He began writing as a child.

Campiti sold his first writing to the Wheeling News-Register while still in college, and to such magazines as Writer's Digest and Comics Buyer's Guide soon after.

He was an on-air news reporter at WKWK radio, where he also wrote, performed, and produced humorous radio commercials. He soon moved on to WANJ-FM Radio.

In 1982, Campiti moved from his hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia, to North Attleboro, Massachusetts, where he worked as chief copywriter at the L.G. Balfour Company and, later on, as a writer for the United Way of New England.

Campiti sold comic book scripts to Pacific Comics in 1982. In 1985, Campiti wrote a short story for Action Comics #573 at DC Comics, then turned to freelance editing and comics packaging full-time.

Campiti's packager, Campiti and Associates (also known as Creative Concepts) supplied content for a number of small publishers launched during the so-called "black-and-white boom" of the mid-1980s, employing creators like Mark Beachum, Rick Bryant, Ron Lim, and David Lawrence.[http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CAMPITI+AND+ASSOCIATES Campiti and Associates], Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Retrieved December 27, 2021.

Campiti first provided content for the short-lived publisher Sirius Comics (1985–1986), where he spearheaded the creation of the superhero team Hero Alliance. Early in 1986, Campiti and writer-editor Brian Marshall co-founded the comics packager TriCorp Entertainment.{{cite web|url=http://www.bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=MARSHALL%2c+BRIAN|title=Brian Marshall entry|work=Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999|access-date=March 13, 2023}} With private financing from Sunrise Distribution's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg,{{cite magazine|title=Distributor Finances Five Publishers|pages=12–13|magazine=The Comics Journal|number=115|date=Apr 1987}} Marshall and Tony Eng formed Eternity Comics; Campiti packaged material for Eternity to publish, including Lawrence & Lim's Ex-Mutants.{{cite comic|writer=David Lawrence|story=An Explanation|title=Lawrence & Lim's THE NEW HUMANS|volume=1|issue=1|date=July 1987|publisher=Pied Piper Comics}}

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Beginning in the summer of 1986, after disputes arose between Marshall and Campiti, Rosenberg and some investors provided capital for Campiti to form two new small publishers: Amazing and Wonder Color. Meanwhile, Campiti, Mark L. Hamlin, and Roger McKenzie formed Pied Piper Comics, with Hamlin, McKenzie, and Campiti sharing the title of Publisher and Campiti also holding the title of Editor-in-Chief. Campiti personally edited most of Pied Piper's comics as well as writing a number of titles. The plan was that Campiti would package comics for all three publishers through Campiti and Associates,{{cite web|url=http://bailsprojects.com/bio.aspx?Name=CAMPITI+AND+ASSOCIATES|title=Campiti and Associates entry|work=Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999|access-date=December 25, 2021}} with Pied Piper handling "special projects such as posters and graphic novels; black-and-white [comics] were Amazing's domain, and Wonder Color would product strictly color comics."

In the spring of 1987, Rosenberg revealed his involvement with the various small publishers he was financing.{{cite magazine|title=New Goals... New Directions... New Management...! A Re-Organization of Amazing Comics|first=Scott |last=Rosenberg|author-link=Scott Mitchell Rosenberg|date=March 1, 1987|magazine=Amazing Comics Premieres|issue=5}} The resulting fallout led to the consolidation of the various Rosenberg properties, with Amazing and Wonder Color both being shut down and a few of their titles moving to Pied Piper.

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Pied Piper collapsed in 1988, but Campiti wrote a business proposal that helped raise $400,000 to finance the launch of his own venture,{{cite web|url=https://treasurechambers.com/Periodicals/Innovation/DavidCampitiInterview.pdf|title=Special Interview: David Camptiti|website=TreasureChambers.com|date=October 2020}} Innovation Publishing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-campiti-78338a10|title=David Campiti – LinkedIn}} Innovation brought literary, film, and TV tie-in series and adaptations, such as Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat, Dark Shadows, Quantum Leap, and Lost in Space. Innovation also continued a number of titles from Pied Piper/Amazing/Wonder Color, including Hero Alliance and Power Factor.{{cite web|title=Dinosaurs for Hire: Tom Mason interview...|first=J.C.|last=Vaughn|work=Overstreet Comic Book Marketplace Yearbook 2015-2016|date=2015|publisher=Diamond Comic Distributors|url=https://scoop.previewsworld.com/Home/4/1/73/1017?articleID=195091|access-date=March 16, 2023|quote=Of [Rosenberg]'s four original secret companies, Amazing and Wonder were run out of West Virginia by David Campiti.... Amazing, and Wonder were closed down, and Campiti went on to his own company, Pied Piper (and later Innovation). Ex-Mutants had been created by David Lawrence and Ron Lim, and was published by Campiti through the Amazing imprint. But they lost control of the title in a bizarre dispute with Scott that I could never figure out – this had all happened just before I signed on to Malibu.}} Under Campiti's leadership, Innovation was one of the first companies to delve heavily into recruiting talents from Brazil, starting the American careers of Mike Deodato and Joe Bennett. According to Campiti, Innovation became number four in market share, below Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics.

In 1993, Campiti resigned from Innovation{{cite news|title=Newswatch: Campiti Leaves Innovation|work=The Comics Journal|number=161|date=August 1993|page=27}} and founded Glass House Graphics,{{Cite news|author= MHCHICAGO|url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-475786|title=Comic Book Creator Interview David Campiti|website=CNN iReport|language=en|access-date=February 13, 2023|date= July 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317054208/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-475786|archive-date=March 17, 2017}} a new comics packager. Campiti gave comics workshops at conventions and art schools in Brazil and the Philippines,{{cite news|title=Newswatch: Campiti Holds Art Seminar in Brazil|work=The Comics Journal|number=175|date=March 1995|page=29}} cementing further relationships with Brazilian comics artist, including Al Rio.{{cite news|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/recent-updates/remembering-al-rio-by-david-campiti/|title=Remembering Al Rio|first= David |last=Campiti|date=January 31, 2012 |work=Bleeding Cool}} One of Glass House's clients was the short-lived publisher Topps Comics.{{cite magazine|title=The Truth Is Out There? Dispute over Topps' X-Files |first=Jordan |last=Raphael |pages=14–15 |magazine=The Comics Journal |issue=179 |date=Aug 1995 |department=Newswatch}}

In 1995, Campiti briefly served as art director of Pop Comics, a publisher of unauthorized comic book biographies.{{cite news|title=Pacific Comics: The Inside Story, plus RIP Rocketeer Creator, Comics & Censorship|first=Jay Allen|last=Sanford|author-link=Jay Allen Sanford|date=April 21, 2008|work=San Diego Reader|url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/apr/21/pacific-comics-the-inside-story-plus-rip-rocketeer/}}

In 1997, Campiti and Glass House Graphics packaged material for the short-lived publisher Amazing Comics Group, founded by Howard Feltman. Amazing Comics released three crossover titles in 1997 (most of it using talent Campiti recruited in Brazil), all of which told the story of the "Jewels of the Rising Sun." The company was based in Shepherd, Michigan,{{cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/publisher/2449/|title=Amazing Comics Group|work=Grand Comics Database|access-date=March 18, 2023}} and had a publishing agreement with Gary Reed of Caliber Comics.{{cite magazine|first=Howard|last=Feltman|url=https://www.comics.org/issue/1172639/|title=The Ninth Order|magazine=Angel Heat: The Ninth Order|issue=1|date=1997|publisher=Amazing Comics Group}}

In the early 2020s Campiti/Glass House Graphics produced graphic novel adaptations for two middle-grade series for Simon & Schuster: The Goddess Girls{{cite book|publisher=Aladdin|date=February 22, 2022|isbn=978-1534473867|title=Goddess Girls: Athena the Brain}} and Heroes in Training.{{cite book|url=https://parents.simonandschuster.com/9781665940078|title=Heroes in Training Graphic Novel Mythical Collection (Boxed Set)|date=October 24, 2023 |publisher=Simon & Schuster|isbn=9781665940078 |access-date=March 17, 2023}}

Campiti holds the position of CEO/Manager — USA & South America at Glass House Graphics. The company has offices in the U.S., Brazil, Manila, Jakarta, and various locations in Europe, coordinating a roster of worldwide talents that produce art, stories, and digital graphics for a range of publishers and studios.

From March 2013{{cite press release|url=http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/top-comics-industry-talent-agent-joins-red-giant-entertainment-otcqb-redg-1764589.htm |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530234641/http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/top-comics-industry-talent-agent-joins-red-giant-entertainment-otcqb-redg-1764589.htm|archive-date=May 30, 2013|title=Top Comics Industry Talent Agent Joins Red Giant Entertainment: David Campiti Brings Over Three Decades Experience to Red Giant Board of Directors|work=Marketwired |date=March 5, 2013}} to 2018,{{cn|date=March 2023}} Campiti served on the board of directors and as COO of Red Giant Entertainment, a comic book publisher and "transmedia" entertainment company.

Campiti was listed as producer and character actor for Journey to Magika, the first animated film from Red Giant Entertainment, which aired on Hulu in 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/red-giant-entertainment-wraps-magika-post-production-1765156.htm |title=Red Giant Entertainment Wraps "Magika" Post-Production |work=Marketwired |date=March 6, 2013}} His Glass House Studios animation animated The Grubbs, a TV pilot for Keenspot Entertainment.

Campiti's credits as writer include Action Comics #573, Exposure and Jade Warriors for Image Comics and Keenspot. Most of his work in comics was as an editor on titles like T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Beauty and the Beast, Dark Shadows, and Hero Alliance.

He was a "contributing writer" to Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics, released in November 2010 by Watson-Guptill/Dynamite Entertainment.{{cite news|title=Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics|first=Wolfen|last=Moondaughter|date=December 6, 2010|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=7507&issue=2010-12-06|work=Sequential Tart}}{{cite web|last=Fratz|first=D. Douglas|url=http://www.sfsite.com/01a/st359.htm |title=Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics review|website=SFSite|date=2012}}

• Angel Heat (1997)
• Dangerous Secrets (Amazing Comics, 1997)
• The Experimentals (Amazing Comics, 1997)

• Dream Angel (1996)

• Exposure Second Coming (2000)
• Exposure Special 2001 (2001)
• Jade Warriors: Slave of the Dragon (2001)

• (with co-writer Kevin Juaire and artists Alex Saviuk & Eduardo Barreto) "If I Were Superman...", in Action Comics #573 (Nov. 1985)

• (as contributing writer) Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics (Nov. 2010)

• (with artist Al Rio) Exposure (1999–2000)
• (with co-writer Mike Buckley and artist Mike Deodato) Jade Warriors (1999)

• Beauty and the Beast (1993)
• Forbidden Planet (1992–1993)
• Mike Baron's The Group Larue (1989)
• Hero Alliance Annual (1990)
• Hero Alliance Manual
• Hero Alliance Quarterly (1991–1992)
• Hero Alliance Special (1992)
• Legends of the Stargazers (1989–1990)
• Lost in Space (1991–1993)
• Piers Anthony's On a Pale Horse (1991)
• Quantum Leap (1991–1993)
• The Vampire Companion (1990–1992)

• (stories in anthology title) Vanguard Illustrated #1–3 (1983–1984)
• (with co-writer and artist David Ross) "Avalone Episode One: Survival," in Vanity #2 (1984)

• Greylore #1–5 (1985–1986)

• Galaxy Girl
• Oscarzinho (Brazilian comics)
• Terra One
• T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents

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