[1] At age 10, while recuperating from a tonsillectomy, a family friend brought him a stack of underground comix, a gesture that would have a lasting impact on his art.
[6] At 13, he became the cartoonist of his middle school's publication, Smoke Signals, and began selling Ed Roth-inspired hot rod drawings at local craft fairs.
'[6] After being expelled, Campbell's parents bought him a one-way ticket to San Francisco and soon after arriving in the Bay Area, he began self-publishing minicomics.
[6] At a comix artist party he attended with Dori Seda, Campbell met Gay Comics editor Robert Triptow.
[4] Campbell took and held that position, illustrating the majority of the covers including final issue published in the spring of 2001.
[6] Loeffler was also the “publisher” of the ARTCOM ELECTRONIC LINK, one of the first online art ‘magazines’ which Campbell guest edited in 1986.
[12] In 1990, he received a Visual Grants Award to create commemorative stamps and envelopes for the city of Los Angeles as part of the opening celebration of the Metro Blue Line.
[18] As an illustrator in the music industry, he got his start with BRC in 1990, working as the assistant art director to clients Tom Petty, Michael Jackson and other major rock acts.