 Campbell made his earliest attempts at autobiographical comics in the late 1970s with "In the Days of the Ace Rock 'n' Roll Club" (1978–1979).This evolved into "Alec", with the character of Alec MacGarry standing in for the author.Campbell self-published these early comics in the amateur press association "BAPA" and then as short-run photocopied pamphlets in London in the early 1980s, selling them at conventions and comic marts and via Paul Gravett's ""Fast Fiction"" market stall.