Sophie Campbell
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{{short description|Comic writer and artist}}
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| notable works = The Abandoned
Mountain Girl
Wet Moon
Shadoweyes
Jem and the Holograms
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Sophie Campbell{{cite tweet | user=mooncalfe1 | author=Sophie Campbell|number=573958381960040449 | date=6 March 2015 | title=deep breath okay here goes. Time to stop hiding, now's the time. I'm transgender and have been transitioning for the past year. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305074609/https://twitter.com/mooncalfe1/status/573958381960040449 | archive-date=March 5, 2016}} (formerly Ross Campbell, and known professionally as Moon Calfe) is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics such as Wet Moon and Shadoweyes, and for her art on the Jem and the Holograms comics, as well as IDW Publishing's ongoing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series. She primarily writes and draws characters who are adolescent or young adult women, including various races, body types, sexual orientations, and abilities. In 2019, she became the lead writer of IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, for which she designed the character Jennika.{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/15/jennika-female-ninja-turtle-yellow-mask|title=New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's Mask Color and Weapons Revealed|last=Yehl|first=Joshua|date=July 15, 2019|website=IGN|access-date=September 5, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/longtime-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-fan-sophie-campbell-leads-the-five-into-a-dynamic-new-era/|title=Longtime Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan Sophie Campbell leads the five into a dynamic new era|last=Arrant|first=Chris|date=October 29, 2019|website=GamesRadar+|access-date=September 5, 2023}}
Career
Campbell is the creator of several graphic novels, including The Abandoned,[http://classic.newsarama.com/tokyopop/Abandoned/TheAbandoned.htm Ross Campbell Talks The Abandoned] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204000739/http://classic.newsarama.com/tokyopop/Abandoned/TheAbandoned.htm |date=2008-12-04 }}, Newsarama, November 9, 2005 Mountain Girl, Shadoweyes, Wet Moon, and Water Baby.
She has also done art for comics publishers. In 2008, she drew the story "The Hollows" for the first issue of the DC/Vertigo comic House of Mystery written by Bill Willingham. Beginning in 2012 she drew a run of Image Comics' Glory series written by Joe Keatinge. She drew issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for IDW, and in March 2015 she became the artist for their new Jem and the Holograms series written by Kelly Thompson. Her artwork has been praised for affording dignity to all the characters she draws.{{cite web | url=https://www.tcj.com/metamorphosis-the-comics-of-sophie-campbell/ | first=Tom | last=Shapira | title=Metamorphosis – The Comics of Sophie Campbell | work=The Comics Journal | date=September 29, 2021 | access-date=December 4, 2021}}
From June 2009 to March 2013, then known as Ross Campbell, she was co-host on AudioShocker's "A Podcast with Ross and Nick", followed by "Everything Blows with Ross and Nick".[http://www.audioshocker.com/podcasts/everything-blows Everything Blows with Ross and Nick]
In January 2020, Campbell took over as both writer and artist of the mainline IDW TMNT book.{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Tim |date=2019-07-24 |title=TMNT's Female Turtle Steps Up with New Series Writer/Artist Sophie Campbell |url=https://www.cbr.com/tmnt-female-turtle-jennika-sophie-campbell-new-series-writer-artist/ |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}
Campbell accepted a deal from Substack in August, 2021 to work on Shadoweyes For Good, the sequel to Shadoweyes. The graphic novel will be available on the site to subscribers.{{cite web | url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/sophie-campbell-brings-back-shadoweyes-for-good-as-a-substack-comic/ | first=Rich | last=Johnston | title=Sophie Campbell Brings Back Shadoweyes For Good As A Substack Comic | publisher=Bleeding Cool | date=August 26, 2021 | access-date=December 4, 2021}}
Personal life
Campbell is a transgender woman and began her career under her former name. In March 2015 she publicly announced she had changed her name to Sophie, explaining via Twitter that she had been transitioning for the previous year.{{cite web | url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/03/08/jem-wikipedia-entry | first=Rich | last=Johnston | title=Jem And The Wikipedia Entry | publisher=Bleeding Cool | date=March 8, 2015 | access-date=March 8, 2015}}
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
- Too Much Hopeless Savages! (Oni Press, 2003)
- Spooked (with Antony Johnston, graphic novel, Oni Press, 168 pages, February 2004, {{ISBN|1-929998-79-1}})
- Wet Moon (graphic novels, Oni Press, from 2005)
- The Abandoned (graphic novel, Tokyopop, 2006)
- Raphael: Bad Moon Rising (covers only, Mirage Publishing, 2007)
- House of Mystery #1: "The Hollows" (with Bill Willingham, Short story, Vertigo, 2008)
- Water Baby (graphic novel, Minx, 2008)
- Hack/Slash (contributing artist, Image Comics, 2008–2009)
- Resurrection V2 (back-up story, Oni Press, 2010)
- Milestone Forever (pin-up, DC Comics, 2010)
- Shadoweyes (graphic novel, Slave Labor Graphics, 2010)
- Shadoweyes in Love (graphic novel, Slave Labor Graphics, 2011)
- Fraggle Rock v2 #2 (with Tim Beedle, comic book, Archaia Studios Press, 2011)
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (pin-up, Mirage Publishing, 2006)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series: Leonardo (artist, IDW, 2012)
- Glory (artist, #23-34, Image Comics, 2012)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villains Micro-Series: Alopex (artist, IDW, 2013)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (artist, #29-32, IDW, 2013–2014)
- Jem and the Holograms (artist; #1-6, 11-16; IDW; 2015)
- Batman Black and White #2: "All Cats are Grey" (DC Comics, 2021)
Notes
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References
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- {{gcdb|type=credit|search=Sophie+Campbell|title=Sophie Campbell}}, as well as
- {{gcdb|type=credit|search=Ross+Campbell|title=Ross Campbell}}
- {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=6972|title=Sophie Campbell}}
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External links
- {{Tumblr|mooncalfe-art}}
- [http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/119264759163431.htm The Abandoned review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205043000/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/119264759163431.htm |date=2009-02-05 }}, Comics Bulletin
- [http://www.audioshocker.com/ Audioshocker Podcast]
=Interviews=
- {{cite web |first=Kelly |last=Thompson |url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/20/she-has-no-head-interview-with-creator-ross-campbell/ |title=Interview With Creator Ross Campbell |work=She Has No Head |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date=April 20, 2010 |accessdate=June 3, 2010 |archive-date=April 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429073730/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/20/she-has-no-head-interview-with-creator-ross-campbell/ |url-status=dead }}
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