Ben Templesmith

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Ben Templesmith
Ben Templesmith (March 20, 2008)
Born	March 7, 1978 (1978-03-07) (age 30)
Nationality	Dual Australian & British
Area(s)	Writer & Illustrator
Notable works	"30 Days of Night" "Fell" "Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse" "Singularity 7"
Awards	Spike TV Scream Award

Ben Templesmith (b. 7 March 1978) is an Australian commercial artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry - most notably Fell with writer Warren Ellis, published by Image Comics, where he helped pioneer a new format for commercial comics[1], and 30 Days of Night with writer Steve Niles published by IDW Publishing which has since been turned into a major motion picture of the same name. As well as being nominated for multiple Eisner Awards four years in a row for his comic work, he has also created book covers, movie posters, trading cards, and concept work for film.

1 Biography
2 Current projects
3 Selected bibliography
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links
- 6.1 Interviews

[edit] Biography

At the age of 17 he attended Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia

He graduated with a Bachelor in Design degree, majoring in Illustration, in 1998. After several years as a local freelance illustrator he produced his first commercial American comics work in 2002, providing the art for Todd Macfarlane Producton's Hellspawn. He has gone on create his own original works as well as contribute to many licensed properties at various publishers, most notably IDW Publishing with which he has a close working relationship.

He currently resides in San Diego, California and has since early 2008.

[edit] Current projects

Currently Templesmith is collaborating with well-known British comics writer Warren Ellis on Fell at Image Comics. He writes and draws his own semi-regular series,Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse with IDW Publishing as well as Singularity 7, Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith and Conluvio: The Art of Ben Templesmith, Vol. 2. He also provides covers for the Oni Press series Wasteland.

[edit] Selected bibliography

[edit] Comics

Hellspawn (artist, Image Comics, 2002)
30 Days of Night (co-creator & artist, IDW Publishing, 2002)
Dark Days (co-creator & artist, IDW Publishing, 2003)
Criminal Macabre (artist, with Steve Niles, Dark Horse Comics, 2003)
Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse (creator & writer/artist, LOFI Magazine, 2004-2006, IDW Publishing, 2006-present)
30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (co-creator & artist, IDW Publishing, 2004)
Singularity 7 (creator & writer/artist, IDW Publishing, 2004)
Blood-Stained Sword (co-creator & artist, IDW Publishing, 2004)
Silent Hill: Dying Inside (artist, with Scott Ciencin, IDW Publishing, 2004)
30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales (co-creator & artist, with Steve Niles, IDW Publishing, 2004-2005)
Hatter M (artist, with Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier, Image Comics, 2004-2006)
Shadowplay (co-creator & artist, IDW Publishing, 2005)
Fell (co-creator & artist, with Warren Ellis, Image Comics, 2005-present)
30 Days of Night: Red Snow (co-creator & writer/artist, with Steve Niles, IDW Publishing, 2007)
Dead Space (artist, with Antony Johnston, 2008, Image Comics)^[1]

[edit] Game Books

Nomads (2004; artist; White Wolf Game Studio)

[edit] Art Books

Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith (IDW Publishing)
Conluvio: The Art of Ben Templesmith, Vol. 2 (IDW Publishing)

[edit] Notes

^ Ben Templesmith: Moving into Dead Space, Newsarama, February 28, 2008

[edit] References

Ben Templesmith at the Comic Book DB

[edit] External links

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