| Ben Templesmith | |
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 Ben Templesmith at NYCC 2011 | |
| Born | (1984-03-07)7 March 1984 (age 41) Perth,Western Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
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Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the Americancomic book industry, most notably theImage Comics seriesFell, with writerWarren Ellis, andIDW's30 Days of Night with writerSteve Niles, which was adapted into amotion picture of the same name. He has also created book covers, movie posters, trading cards, and concept work for film.
Templesmith was born 7 March 1984, inPerth, Western Australia.[1] He graduated fromCurtin University with a bachelor's degree in Design, and holds a diploma of Cartoon and Graphic Art from the Australian College of Journalism.[2]
Templesmith produced his first commercial American comics work in 2001, providing the art forTodd McFarlane Productions'Hellspawn, which was published byImage Comics. He has gone on to create his own original works as well as contribute to many licensed properties at various publishers, most notablyIDW Publishing, with which he had an exclusive agreement through most of 2008 and part of 2009 before returning to being a freelancer.
Other licensed properties that Templesmith has worked on include illustrating "Dark Journey", a story in issue #17 of theDark Horse Comics anthology seriesStar Wars Tales in 2003, and the covers toDevil's Due Publishing'sArmy of Darkness: Ashes to Ashes #1 in 2004 and IDW'sG.I. Joe #0 in 2008.
Original works Templesmith has produced include the miniseriesWelcome to Hoxford, theNew York Times best-sellingWormwood: Gentleman Corpse[3]Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith,Conluvio andChoker at Image Comics with writerBen McCool. He also provided a number of covers for theOni Press seriesWasteland.
In April 2012,DC Entertainment announced that Templesmith would be one of the artists illustrating a new digitalBatman series with stories set outside regular DC continuity.[4]
Starting in November 2014, Templesmith launchedGotham by Midnight from DC Comics with writer Ray Fawkes.[5]
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