Alison Sampson

Alison Sampson is a British artist, illustrator and architect. She is known for her work with Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, and Dark Horse. She has provided illustrations for Hellboy, Wolverine and Bloodlines as well as for Sleeping Beauties and Hit-Girl. Her work covers a broad range, but she is mostly drawn to supernatural or horror themes.

Career

Architecture Alison Sampson was born in Yorkshire, and initially studied design and architecture at The Bartlett School, London, going on to become an architect for 25 years.

Comics Sampson enjoyed comics as a child and cites 2000AD and Carlos Ezquerra’s depiction of Judge Dredd as early influences on her art. After having lost interest for a time, she was once again drawn to comics after reading Watchmen. In about 2010, the artist Rob Davis suggested to Sampson that she should create her own comic. The result (a comic about architecture), was published in Solipsistic Pop 4. This led to an offer of work from Nathan Edmondson, which eventually led to the project that became Genesis.

Sampson says of her study of architecture:

In 2018 Sampson was commissioned to create a poster and assets for BBC R4's We British for National Poetry Day.

In 2024 she was announced as the first British woman to write for Marvel Comics.

As of 2025, Sampson still works as an architect.

Personal life Sampson is the niece of the Booker-shortlisted writer J. L. Carr, and cites his influence in her own work and her early love of poetry. Broken Frontier Award: Best Anthology; Let Her Be Evil (2024) Clampett Humanitarian Award (2025) with Prof. John Yoder, as part of a fundraiser making L.A. Strong, for Mad Cave Comics Will Eisner Nomination for Best Continuing Series; The Department of Truth (2023) Will Eisner Nomination for Best Adaptation From Another Medium; Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes (2023) Will Eisner Nomination for Best Anthology: Tori Amos; Little Earthquakes (2023) Will Eisner Nomination for Best Anthology; Cruel Universe (2025) Will Eisner Nomination for Best Continuing Series; Department of Truth (2025)