Ben Templesmith

Ben Templesmith
Templesmith at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born	7 March 1978 (1978-03-07) (age 33) Perth, Western Australia
Nationality	Dual: Australian and British
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	30 Days of Night Fell Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse Singularity 7 Welcome To Hoxford
Awards	Spike TV Scream Award IHG Award Eagle Award

Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1978) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series Fell, with writer Warren Ellis, which is credited with pioneering a new format for commercial comics,^{[1][dead link]} and IDW's 30 Days of Night with writer Steve Niles, which was adapted into a motion picture of the same name. As well as being nominated for multiple Eisner Awards four years in a row for his comic work, 2005-2008 as well as a 2008 International Horror Guild Award for The Nightmare Factory. He has also created book covers, movie posters, trading cards, and concept work for film.

Career

Templesmith produced his first commercial American comics work in 2002, providing the art for Todd McFarlane Productions' Hellspawn, which was published by Image Comics. He has gone on to create his own original works as well as contribute to many licensed properties at various publishers, most notably IDW Publishing, with which he had an exclusive agreement through most of 2008 and part of 2009 before returning to being a freelancer.

Licensed properties that Templesmith has worked on include illustrating "Dark Journey", a story in issue #17 of the Dark Horse Comics anthology series Star Wars Tales in 2003, and the covers to Devil's Due Publishing's Army of Darkness: Ashes to Ashes #1 in 2004 and IDW's G.I. Joe #0 in 2008.

Other works Templesmith has produced include Welcome to Hoxford, Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith and Conluvio. He also provides covers for the Oni Press series Wasteland.

Currently Templesmith is collaborating with British comics writer Ben McCool on Choker at Image Comics. He writes and draws his own semi-regular series, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, for IDW Publishing.

Awards

• 2007 International Horror Guild Award for Illustrated Narrative (with Thomas Ligotti, Joe Harris, Stuart Moore, Michael Gaydos, Colleen Doran and Ted McKeever for The Nightmare Factory)^[2]
• 2007 Spike TV Scream Award for Best Comic Book (with Steve Niles for 30 Days of Night)^[3]
• 2010 Eagle Award for Favourite Colourist^[4]

Nominations

• 2005 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series (for 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow, with Steve Niles)^[5]
• 2005 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (for 30 for Days of Night: Return to Barrow)^[5]
• 2006 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series (with Warren Ellis for Fell)^[6]
• 2006 Eisner Award for Best New Series (with Warren Ellis for Fell)^[6]
• 2006 Eisner Award for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (for Fell)^[6]
• 2007 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series (with Frank Beddor, Liz Cavalier for The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M)^[7]
• 2007 Eisner Award for Painter/Multimedia Artist (for The Looking Glass Wars: Hatter M)^[7]
• 2006 International Horror Guild Award for Illustrated Narrative (with Steve Niles for Dark Days)^[8]
• 2006 International Horror Guild Award for Graphic Narrative (with Steve Niles and Ashley Wood for 30 Days of Night issues 1 -3)^[8]
• 2007 Horror Guild Award for Illustrated Narrative (for Wormwood Gentleman Corpse: Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer)^[2]

Selected bibliography

Comics

• Hellspawn (artist, Image Comics, 2002)
• 30 Days of Night (co-creator & artist, with Steve Niles, IDW Publishing, 2002)
• Dark Days (co-creator & artist, with Steve Niles, 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, with Steve Niles, 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 Matt Fraction, 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, IDW Publishing, 2007)
• Dead Space (artist, with Antony Johnston, 2008, Image Comics)^[9]
• Welcome To Hoxford (creator & writer/artist, IDW Publishing, 2008)
• Doctor Who - The Whispering Gallery (artist, with Leah Moore & John Reppion, 2009)
• Groom Lake (artist, with Chris Ryall, IDW Publishing, 2009)

Game books

• Superiors 4: Rogues to Riches (In Nomine) (2000) Steve Jackson Games, Interior Artist
• Faiths and Pantheons (Forgotten Realms) (2002) Wizards of the Coast, Interior Artist
• City of the Spider Queen (Forgotten Realms) (2002) Wizards of the Coast, Interior Artist
• Fiend Folio (Dungeons & Dragons) (2003) Wizards of the Coast, Interior Artist
• Nomads (2004; artist; White Wolf Game Studio)

Art books

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

References

1. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
2. ^ ^{a b} The INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD AWARDS for WORKS from 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
3. ^ Furey, Emmett. "CBR @ Spike TV's Scream Awards 2007" Comic Book Resources; 23 October 2007
4. ^ The Beat: Comics Culture. [2] 30 October 2010
5. ^ ^{a b} 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards; Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
6. ^ ^{a b c} 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards; Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
7. ^ ^{a b} 2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards; Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
8. ^ ^{a b} 2006 Horror Guild Award winners and nominees; HorrorAward.org. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
9. ^ Ekstrom, Steve. Ben Templesmith - Moving into Dead Space, Newsarama, 28 February 2008

External links

• Templesmith.com Official Website
• Templesmith Livejournal - Official blog
• Ben Templesmith at Pen n Paper

Interviews

• PopImage Interview Dec.2003
• PopImage interview June 2001
• PopPreview: Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith 06/21/06
• Buzzscope interview July 2005
• The Outhouse interview for April 2006
• Silver Bullet Comics interview for October 2006
• Articulate: ABC Online interview April 2007
• SCIFI Channel: Sam Raimi talks Templesmith art July 2007
• An Audio Interview with Ben Templesmith by SiDEBAR
• Doctor, Jason. "Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 1"; Backroom Comics Podcast; March 2010
• Where Monsters Dwell Interview

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Name	Templesmith, Ben
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Date of birth	7 March 1978
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
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