Ben Caldwell

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Ben Caldwell (born 1973) is a cartoonist who has worked in a variety of art and design fields over the past decade, including toy design, animation development, children's book illustration, and comic book illustration. Most of his work has been for Toybiz, on projects including The Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, the X-Men, WCW, and Harry Potter. He has contributed to Justice League Unlimited covers, Wonder Woman children's books, and Star Wars: Clone Wars comic art. His most widely known work is the Action! Cartooning series of 'how-to' books, while his Dare Detectives comic, nominated for the Russ Manning Award for Most Promising Newcomer in Cartooning in 2005, has received less commercial and critical attention. Caldwell's latest cartoon/comic work is the All-Action Classics comics, including Dracula, The War of the Worlds, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Beowulf.

Ben Caldwell graduated from the Parsons School of Design for illustration, and Eugene Lang College for ancient history. He currently resides with his wife and baby daughters.