Name Steve Crompton | ||
Notable works Demi the Demoness, Grimtooth's Traps, Nuclear War Card Games, Tunnels & Trolls, City of the Gods | ||
Response to steve crompton on deluxe tunnels and trolls kickstarter fiasco
Steven S. Crompton is a Canadian-born artist, author and designer who has worked in the role-playing and comic genres since 1981. In the gaming industry he is best known as the artist for the Grimtooth Traps books as well as other Catalyst role-playing game supplements, Tunnels & Trolls and the Nuclear War card game.
Contents
- Response to steve crompton on deluxe tunnels and trolls kickstarter fiasco
- Education
- Career
- Art for games
- Selected game bibliography
- Art for comics
- Demi the Demoness
- Other titles
- Pen name
- Additional reading
- References
Education
Steven Crompton went to Arizona State University art college for two years, the Scottsdale Community College, and the Vo-Tech Commercial Art School.
Career
His first widely distributed comic was Elves of Lejentia #1 - 3, in 1987. In 1991, he was hired by Todd Loren to work on Psychoman and his own creation, Demi the Demoness. The Demi comics have been in continuous publication since 1992. Demi was adapted into a live-action movie and released on dvd in 2008 and new Demi comics continue to be published.
He developed the art and marketing for the City of the Gods: Forgotten novel and related books, games and comics.
Since 2005 he has managed entire projects, contributing to all aspects of a publishing endeavor including marketing, working directly with other creators, design, writing, art, maps, pre-press, printing liaison and final delivery to the end users. Recent examples include Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls RPG, 50th AnniversaryNuclear War (card game), Ace of Aces (picture book game) limited edition reprint and the Grimtooth's Ultimate Traps Collection.
Art for games
Besides Grimtooth's Traps and Nuclear War, other notable games his work has appeared include Traveller, Immortal, GURPS, Space Opera, Tunnels & Trolls, Space: 1889, Lejentia Campaigns, Grid Iron, Lost Worlds, the Powerz Card Game, and many others.
Several of the games he has worked on have won the HG Wells "Origins Award", including Citybook, Stormhaven, Nuclear Escalation & Nuclear Proliferation card Games. Nuclear War won the "Hall of Fame Award" as one of the best card games of all time.
Selected game bibliography
Along with art, he also contributed to the design and writing of some of these products.
Art for comics
Crompton is best known for his creation Demi the Demoness and his work as editor and designer of the Carnal Comics line since 2001, with over 30 books including Frank Brunner's Carnal Delights and Carnal Comics: the Inside Story He has worked for Rip Off Press, Hippy Comix, Kitchen Sink Press, Cry for Dawn Productions, Revolutionary Comics and many others. He also created 100 comic-style art cards for the Topps Mars Attacks Invasion trading card series.
Demi the Demoness
Other titles
Pen name
Steve his written a series of novels and short stories under the pen name M.Scott Verne. Currently these works are all related to the City of the Gods: Forgotten novels and other related books/ games.