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Dave Accampo

Dave Accampo is a writer, producer and designer living in Portland, Oregon. He co-created the Wormwood: A Serialized Mystery audio drama, the Sparrow & Crowe comics series, and the digital comics series, Lost Angels. Follow him on Twitter: @daccampo.

Constantine 01×08: The Saint of Last Resorts

This is John Constantine. Leave your name and soul, and I’ll get back to you.  Hiiiiiiiii, John. It’s Lamashtu. So…um… ...

The Art of the Start: Bitch Planet #1 and The Valiant #1

You’ve got a handful of pages to prove your concept, to introduce your character, to get your hooks into your ...

My Kryptonite: The Big Weird Mystery

A few months ago, I was reading Annihilation, the first book in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy (a book-book, not ...

So, Suicide Squad is a Thing Now, and it’s About Damn Time

Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, and Tom Hardy sign up for a movie, and everybody’s suddenly all, like, waitaminute… ...

Constantine: 01×06 – Rage of Caliban

This is John Constantine. Leave your name and soul, and I’ll get back to you.  Hi, Mister Constantine, my name ...

My (Not So) Secret History with the Comics Spinner Rack

I honestly can’t say how I started reading comics. It’s possible that Micronauts toys led me to Marvel’s Micronauts comic ...

Doctor Strange: Where Do I Start?

I don’t have time for this. Just give me the the overview. Okay, the easiest way to think of Doctor ...

Constantine: 01×04 – A Feast of Friends

This is John Constantine. Leave your name and soul, and I’ll get back to you.  John? It’s me, Gaz. They’ve ...

For the Love of Big Comic Conventions

So, Jessica Pryde wrote an amazing post extolling the virtues of the smaller comic book convention. And she’s absolutely right ...

Comics Taste Like Strawberries: How Rucka Got the Right Question

A faceless protagonist from the ’60s, recreated as a warrior on a spiritual quest for identity — one of the most ...