Northwest Louisiana Art Gallery, featuring Contemporary Cartooning and Graphic Art by Brad Campbell.    All images of the artists work found on this site are Copyright (c) Protected.   For information on how to purchase a work of art, please contact the artist through the "e-mail" link, or contact the gallery at info@nwlaartgallery.com.

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For information on how to purchase a work of art, please contact the artist through the "e-mail" link, or contact the gallery at info@nwlaartgallery.com.

Artist Statement:

BRAD K. CAMPBELL

When asked what kids want to be when they grow up, most respond with your average kid fantasy jobs: baseball player, astronaut, ballerina, professional wrestler, etc. I was the only kid in my fifth grade class who wanted to be a syndicated cartoonist (or for that matter knew what one was).  I taught myself how to draw by reading the Sunday comics. every Sunday, I would pull out my trusty drawing tablet and draw my favorite characters. At ten years old, I had created my own comics page featuring five different original comic strips. At eleven years of age, I had created my own original character, Slick the Dog, and he appeared in 25 books which I wrote and illustrated for ten years throughout my high school career. At the same time, I created a weekly comic strip for my high school newspaper called Tiger Stripe, featuring the school mascot. As if two comic strips (and puberty) weren’t enough, I created a third strip, Boswald T. Bass, which followed the adventures of boswald and his underwater friends.

In my sophomore year of college, I noticed that the Almagest (the campus newspaper), did not have a comic strip. This inspired me to create Roofus^©, a comic strip about college life as seen through the eyes of a dog. After attending college for two years, I was overflowing with ideas that I wanted to express based on my personal life and college experiences. I presented my comic strip to the college newspaper and the editor loved it. Roofus was published every week in the Almagest and I was finally a published cartoonist.

Things have come full circle. Currently, Roofus is published on a daily comics page and weekly in 18 different newspapers. My childhood fantasy has become a reality. With any luck, Roofus will become nationally syndicated and I will be able to share my dream with the world. If not, there’s always professional wrestling.

Brad Campbell is a native of Benton, LA and is currently employed as a Graphic Designer at Graphic Industries and SB Magazine.

Contact info: E-mail: roofus@rocketmail.com

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Resume:

BRAD K. CAMPBELL

OBJECTIVE:  to become a syndicated cartoonist at the professional level.

EDUCATION:  Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, with an area of concentration in Graphic Art/Design. Louisiana State University in Shreveport, May 1998. Cum Laude. GPA: 3.6.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY.

   Cartoonist. NTN Media, Bossier City, LA, 3/99-6/04.

   • write and illustrate daily comic strip, Roofus^©, for the Natchitoches Times.

   • publish Roofus weekly in 18 other Northwest Louisiana newspapers.

   • illustrated the 2003 NTN Media company christmas card (featuring roofus).

• illustrated the cartoon mascot for the red river rooster newspaper, which was featured  business cards, coffee mugs, shirts, media packages, and throughout the newspaper.

   • conceived and developed an unpublished comic strip featuring the Red River Rooster.

   • illustrate clip art for advertising upon customer request.

   Graphic Artist. develop and create advertising.

   Creative Director.  oversee/manage advertising and newspaper production.

   Editor. manage contributing features, writers, and editorial content.

   Cartoonist. Nina’s Southern Sno, Bossier City, LA, 6/94-5/98.

   • illustrated signs for advertising and cartoon logo for business card.

   Cartoonist. Louisiana State University in Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, 8/96-5/98.

   • wrote and illustrated weekly comic strip, Roofus, for the Almagest (campus newspaper).

   • illustrated front covers and clip art for the Almagest .

   Cartoonist. Benton High School, Benton, LA, 1990-1993.

   • wrote and illustrated weekly comic strip, Tiger Stripe, for high school newspaper

PUBLISHED WORK.

   Roofus. created by Brad Campbell, © 2004.

   • published daily on the Natchitoches Times comics page. 1/04-current.

   • published weekly in the following newspapers: Bienville Democrat, Bienville Progress, Bossier Post, Caddo Citizen, Colfax Chronicle, Coushatta Citizen, Coushatta Shopper, Desoto Guide, Haynesville News, Homer Advertiser, Jena Times, Mansfield Enterprise, Nakatosh Chief, Sabine Index, Sabine Banner, Springhill Press, Springhill Press Plus, Winn Parish Enterprise. 1/04-current.

   • published monthly in the armed forces retiree news. 1/04-current.

   • published weekly in the red river rooster. 8/02-7/03.

   • published weekly in the almagest, lsus newspaper. 8/96-5/98.

ACHIEVEMENTS/ACTIVITIES.

   member of the Cartoonist Society. 8/95-present.

   recipient of LSUS Fine Art/Academic award. 3/96.

   Louisiana Honors Scholarship recipient. 8/93-5/98.

   recipient of the Who’s Who Among American College Students award. 96-97.

   Chancellor’s List. Fall ‘96. Spring ‘98.

   Dean’s List. Fall ‘93-Fall ‘94. Fall ‘97.

   drummer for the Mason Dixon Show Band. 8/98-present.

REFERENCES.

   available upon request.

Contact info: E-mail: roofus@rocketmail.com