Cam Smith (artist)

Cam Smithis aBritishcomic book artistandinkerknown to British comic book readers for his work on2000 ADand in theAmerican comic bookmarket for his collaborations withEd McGuinnessandGary Frank,inking that would earn him anEisner Awardnomination.

Cam Smith
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Penciller,Inker
Notable works	Supergirl The Incredible Hulk The Amazing Spider-Man

Biography

Smith, also known as Smudge, started out atMarvel UKas a comic book artist, providing the art for a number of issues. This is something he would continue to do over the years, moving on to work on2000 AD.Here, he got his big break inking the pencil art of fellow British artistGary Frankon theMotormouthtitle, that would be renamedMotormouth andKillpower.The inking talent from this work would go on earn Smith an Eisner Award nomination. From this collaboration, Smith became widely known to the American comic book market as well. Their art team would quickly move on to join writerPeter Davidfor a long run onThe Incredible HulkatMarvel Comicsin 1993, and then in 1997 they reunited over toDC Comicsfor the start of theSupergirlseries. The artists then moved on to theImage ComicsimprintWildstormwhere they began work onGen¹³in late 1997.

His other work includesAction Comics,BishopVol.1,Detective Comics,Green Lantern,SupermanandX-Men.

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• The Transformers#254 (withSimon Furman,Marvel UK,January 1990)
• "Teenage Kicks" (withPaul Cornell,inDoctor Who Magazine#163, August 1990)
• Motormouth#1-4 (inks, with writer Graham Marks, and pencils byGary Frank,Marvel UK, June–August 1992)
• Motormouth andKillpower#4-7 (inks, with writer Graham Marks, and pencils by Gary Frank, Marvel UK, September–December 1992)
• Bloodseed(inks, with writerPaul Neary,and pencils byLiam Sharp,2-issue mini-series, Marvel UK, October–November 1993)
• The Incredible Hulk#403-422 (inks, with writerPeter David,and pencils by Gary Frank,Marvel Comics,March 1993 - October 1994)
• X-Men#43, 45-47, 50, 52-53 (inks, with writerFabian Nicieza,and pencils byPaul Smith,Marvel Comics, August 1995 - June 1996)
• Detective Comics#711 (inks, with writerChuck Dixonand pencils byGraham Nolan,DC Comics,July 1997)
• Supergirl#1-9, 13-20 (inks, with writer Peter David (1-9) andDarren Vincenzo(13-20), and pencils by Gary Frank (1-9) andLeonard Kirk(13-20), September 1996 - May 1997, September 1997 - April 1998)
• Gen¹³#25-42 (inks, with writerJohn Arcudi(25-41) andJoe Casey(42), and pencils by Gary Frank (25-41) andKevin Maguire(42),Wildstorm(Image Comics), December 1997 - August 1999)
• Superman#154-157, 159-168, 170-173, 175, 177-178, 181-186 (inks, DC Comics, March 2000 - November 2002)
• Tharg's Future Shocks:
  • "Holed Up" (withRichard McTighe,in2000 AD#1249, 2001)
  • "Given to Fly" (withSimon Spurrier,in2000 AD#1257, 2001)
• Sinister Dexter(withDan Abnett):
  • "Night of the Living Dude" (in2000 AD#1269, 2001)
  • "Animal Firm" (in2000 AD#1296-98, 2002)
  • "Big Game" (in2000 AD#1343-1344, 2003)
  • "Scare Tactics" (in2000 AD#1397-1399, 2004)
• Action Comics#793.798, 800, 803-810 (inks, DC Comics, September 2002 - February 2004)
• Gen¹³(vol. 2) #2-3 (inks, with writerChris Claremont,and pencils byAlé Garza,Wildstorm (DC Comics), December 2002 - January 2003)
• Detective Comics#790-794, 798-800 (inks, DC Comics, March 2004 - January 2005)
• Tharg's Terror Tales:"Keeping it Real" (withAl Ewing,in2000 AD#1386, 2004)
• The Dark Judges:"Judge Fear's Big Day Out" (with Simon Spurrier, inJudge Dredd Megazine#224, 2004)
• The Last Defenders(inks, with co-authorsJoe Casey/Keith Giffen,and pencils by Keith Giffen/Jim Muniz,6-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, May–October 2008)
• Fantastic Four#535-543, 561-568 (inks, Marvel Comics, April 2006 - March 2007, January–August 2009)
• New Mutants#1-4 (inks, with writerZeb Wells,and pencils byDiogenes Neves,Marvel Comics, July–October 2009)
• The Incredible Hulk#603-604 (inks, with writerGreg Pak,and pencils byGiuseppe Camuncoli,Marvel Comics, December 2009 - January 2010)
• X-Necrosha:The Gathering:"Mortis" (inks, with writersCraig Kyle/Christopher Yostand pencils byKalman Andrasofszky,Marvel Comics, February 2010)

Awards

• 1997: Nominated for "Best Inker"Eisner Award,forSupergirl

References

• Cam Smithat theGrand Comics Database
• Cam Smithat the Comic Book DB (archived fromthe original)
• Cam Smithat Barney