Keith Champagne

Keith Champagne (born August 4, 1970) is an American comic artist, who has also moved into writing, and is known for his work at DC Comics.

Biography

Champagne graduated from Montville High School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 1988, and from the Kubert School in 1994. Champagne began working professionally as a comic book inker during his second year at the Kubert School.

Titles he has contributed to (as writer) include: JSA, Green Lantern Corps, and World War III.[1] As an artist/inker, his work has appeared in many titles, most notably JSA, Firestorm, and Superboy.

Champagne also wrote Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, when the license was acquired by Dynamite Entertainment.[2][3] His other work includes Ghostbusters for IDW Publishing and The Mighty, a creator-owned title for DC Comics, co-written with Peter Tomasi.[4][5][6]

Champagne currently lives in Mansfield Center, Connecticut.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

  • Aztek (pencils (1) and inks (2-10), with authors Grant Morrison/Mark Millar, DC Comics, 1996, tpb, collects Aztek, the Ultimate Man #1-10, 240 pages, April 30, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1688-9)[7]
  • World War III #1-2 (script, with pencils by Pat Olliffe and inks by Drew Geraci, 4-issue mini-series, DC Comics, 2007)
  • Countdown: Arena (script, with art by Scott McDaniel, 4-issue mini-series, DC Comics, December 2007)
  • Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters (script, with Tom Nguyen, 4-issue mini-series, Dynamite Entertainment, January 2008)
  • Ghostbusters (script, with art by Tom Nguyen, IDW Publishing)
  • The Mighty (with co-author Peter Tomasi and art by Peter Snejbjerg, 12-issue limited series, DC Comics)
  • WWE Heroes, 7 issue series, Titan Publishing
  • Stranger Things (all published by Dark Horse)
  • Stranger Things (a.k.a. Stranger Things: The Other Side) (inks, with author Jody Houser and penciler Stefano Martino; 4-issue miniseries, 2018-2019)
  • Stranger Things: Six (inks, with author Jody Houser and penciler Stefano Martino; 4-issue miniseries, 2019)
  • Stranger Things: Science Camp (inks, with author Jody Houser and penciler Edgar Salazar; 4-issue miniseries, 2020)
  • Stranger Things Summer Special (script, with artist Caio Filipe; one-shot; 2022)

References

  1. Vaneta Rogers. Keith Champagne on his two 52/WWIII one-shots Newsarama, January 13, 2007^
  2. Dynamite Lands Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters License Newsarama, March 30, 2007^
  3. Jeffrey Renaud. Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Return Comic Book Resources, October 11, 2007^
  4. Kiel Phegley. CCI: Bustin' Makes Keith Feel Good Comic Book Resources, July 26, 2008, retrieved August 1, 2008^
  5. Vaneta Rogers. Tomasi and Champagne Introduce 'The Mighty' Newsarama, November 17, 2008^
  6. First Look: The Mighty #1 Newsarama, November 20, 2008^
  7. JLA Presents: Aztek, the Ultimate Man profile at DC retrieved August 1, 2008^