Bo Hampton
Author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [graphic novel]
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Image credit: Bo Hampton. Photo by "5 of 7" on flickr.
Works by Bo Hampton
Associated Works
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [short story] (1819) — Illustrator, some editions — 5,046 copies, 144 reviews
Strip AIDS U.S.A.: A Collection of Cartoon Art to Benefit People With AIDS (1988) — Contributor — 65 copies
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- Canonical name
- Hampton, Bo
- Birthdate
- 1954
- Gender
- male
- Relationships
- Hampton, Scott (Brother)
- Short biography
- Bo Hampton attended college at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he studied under Will Eisner. He went to work as Eisner's assistant afterwards. In 1980 he started to work for Witching Hour. In 1994, Hampton completed the painted art for 'Batman: Castle of the Bat', and a vampire graphic novel entitled 'Verdilak' followed, based on a short story by A.K. Tolstoy. Later on, he pencilled the final issues of 'Batman and Robin Adventures', as well as the mini-series 'Batman Adventures: The Lost Year'. In between, Hampton has done several works, varying from 'Swamp Thing' to 'New Mutants' and the graphic novel 'Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. He has also contributed to 'Confessions of a Cereal Eater' by Rob Maisch, 1995. He then spent a year as a professor at Savannah College of Art and Design, helping to develop the original incarnation of their Sequential Arts program before moving into the realms of storyboarding animated shows and TV commercials.
- Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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This 'Elseworlds' graphic novel takes the character of Bruce Wayne and transplants him to the 1800s where he takes on a Frankenstein-esque role and constructs a monster from the brain of his father that morphs into the Batman. I really, really didn't like this. The Batman-Frankenstein myth-melding did nothing for me. It didn't make me view the Batman in a new light nor did it provide an interesting setting for a familiar character. It was nothing more than a Shelley pastiche with a modern show more novetly edge. I didn't like the artwork either - traditional simulated brushwork or not, it wasn't stylistically something that gripped my attention. There are better works in the Batman canon and the original Frankenstein is steeped further in gothic horror than this slightly limp-wristed effort. show less
This was a fun read, particularly close to Halloween. The artwork is very spooky and ethereal with lots of watercolors and lots of blues, blacks, and oranges. Seeing the original sketches at the back was also neat.
The wording is pretty much all taken from the original story, though this is not word-for-word the whole story. The selected parts and accompanying illustrations set up a nice flow and definitely give it the feeling of listening to a ghost story by the fire.
The wording is pretty much all taken from the original story, though this is not word-for-word the whole story. The selected parts and accompanying illustrations set up a nice flow and definitely give it the feeling of listening to a ghost story by the fire.
This is such a classic tale...one that I know well even though this is the first time I've actually read it. Growing up on Long Island, NY, I remember visiting Washington Irving's home in Tarry Town as a child and hearing the story of Ichabod Crane at that point. I also vaguely remember watching the 1948 Disney version when I was younger (and I just re-watched on youtube...amazing how much the coquettish Katrina resembles Disney's Cinderella! ;)). However, I am so glad that I finally read show more Washington Irving's story, effectively set in the framework of early post-Revolution America, with its beautiful descriptions of the Hudson Valley region and eerily suspenseful language which really leaves the reader wondering "What REALLY happened to Ichabod Crane?" show less
Listened to the free Librivox recording, and the narrator was well suited to the story.
I've always meant to read this and I'm not sure what I was expecting to happen. I thought that perhaps the headless horseman appeared more often, but this was pitched just right. In Sleepy Hollow, not long after the War of Independance, when many lives were lost, ghost stories have been built up around what happened.
Ichibod Crane, the school teacher, has been courting one of the local women, much to the show more dismay of others who would like to also court her. He has become aware of the local war stories - both the British and the Americans can past nearby - and these stories are repeated at a local party thrown by the father of his beau. Once the party finishes, he stays behind to talk to the girl but gets turfed out with a flea in his ear not long after - Irving not going into detail. He has to ride his horse through the haunted area, only to be chased by the headless horseman.
Crane is never to be seen again, and rumours abound for a while about what happened and whether he is still alive
Good haunting story, and well suited for a reading on a dark and stormy night..... show less
I've always meant to read this and I'm not sure what I was expecting to happen. I thought that perhaps the headless horseman appeared more often, but this was pitched just right. In Sleepy Hollow, not long after the War of Independance, when many lives were lost, ghost stories have been built up around what happened.
Ichibod Crane, the school teacher, has been courting one of the local women, much to the show more dismay of others who would like to also court her. He has become aware of the local war stories - both the British and the Americans can past nearby - and these stories are repeated at a local party thrown by the father of his beau. Once the party finishes, he stays behind to talk to the girl but gets turfed out with a flea in his ear not long after - Irving not going into detail. He has to ride his horse through the haunted area, only to be chased by the headless horseman.
Crane is never to be seen again, and rumours abound for a while about what happened and whether he is still alive
Good haunting story, and well suited for a reading on a dark and stormy night..... show less
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