Keith Champagne

American comic artist

Keith Champagne
Born	(1970-08-04) August 4, 1970 (age 53) Providence, Rhode Island
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Artist, Inker
http://www.keithchampagne.blogspot.com

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

Keith graduated from Montville High School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 1988. He is a 1994 graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Keith 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.

Recently he wrote Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, when the license was acquired by Dynamite Entertainment.^[2]^[3]

Upcoming work includes Ghostbusters for IDW Publishing^[4] and The Mighty, a creator-owned title for DC Comics, co-written with Peter Tomasi.^[5]^[6]

Keith 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)

Notes

^ Keith Champagne on his two 52/WWIII One-shots Archived 2007-01-27 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, January 13, 2007
^ Dynamite Lands Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters License Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, Newsarama, March 30, 2007
^ Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters Return Archived 2015-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, Comic Book Resources, October 11, 2007
^ CCI: Bustin' Makes Keith Feel Good, Comic Book Resources, July 26, 2008
^ Tomasi and Champagne Introduce 'The Mighty', Newsarama, November 17, 2008
^ First Look: The Mighty #1, Newsarama, November 20, 2008
^ JLA Presents: Aztek, the Ultimate Man profile at DC