Ben Templesmith

Guns, Drugs And Monsters: Steve Niles’ ‘Criminal Macabre’ [20-Page Preview]
Guns, Drugs And Monsters: Steve Niles’ ‘Criminal Macabre’ [20-Page Preview]
Guns, Drugs And Monsters: Steve Niles’ ‘Criminal Macabre’ [20-Page Preview]
On sale now is Criminal Macabre Omnibus volume 1, a handsome new volume from Dark Horse collecting the early issues of the series by Steve Niles, Ben Templesmith and Kelly Jones. Criminal Macabre tells the variously dark and depraved stories of Cal McDonald, a hard-drinking, hard-drugging private eye in a version of Los Angeles that's brimming with every form of supernatural irritation from vampir
Link Ink: ‘Herc’ Launching in April, Iron Pizza and PBS Rules
Link Ink: ‘Herc’ Launching in April, Iron Pizza and PBS Rules
Link Ink: ‘Herc’ Launching in April, Iron Pizza and PBS Rules
Upcoming: Out of Chaos War comes Greg Pak, Fred Van Lente and artist Neil Edwards' Herc #1, an ongoing series debuting in April that pits a far more mortal Hercules against new challenges in a decidedly more street-level setting. Digital: Much of Ben Templesmith's IDW work (Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Welcome to Hoxford and more) is now available digitally on iTunes through a new Templesmith-cen
New ‘Black Sky’ Teaser Brings Ben Templesmith’s Illustrations to Film [Video]
New ‘Black Sky’ Teaser Brings Ben Templesmith’s Illustrations to Film [Video]
New ‘Black Sky’ Teaser Brings Ben Templesmith’s Illustrations to Film [Video]
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Link Ink: Tom Hardy Joins ‘Batman 3,’ Nick Fury’s Jacket and Ben Templesmith Bros Down
Link Ink: Tom Hardy Joins ‘Batman 3,’ Nick Fury’s Jacket and Ben Templesmith Bros Down
Link Ink: Tom Hardy Joins ‘Batman 3,’ Nick Fury’s Jacket and Ben Templesmith Bros Down
Movies: "Inception" star Tom Hardy has been cast as a lead in the upcoming third Batman film to be directed by Christopher Nolan. It's unclear whether he'll play a hero or villain. Some suspect he'll play the Riddler, but I think we should just go totally nuts and start a rumor that he's playing Azrael or something...
Ben Templesmith’s Custom ‘Dracula’ Novel Now On eBay
Ben Templesmith’s Custom ‘Dracula’ Novel Now On eBay
Ben Templesmith’s Custom ‘Dracula’ Novel Now On eBay
Between the premiere of the new "Twilight" movie, the "Curse of the Mutants" storyline launching in the X-Men tomorrow, and the thousand other stories, comics and goddamn cell phone commercials about vampires that sprout up every time you kick over a rock, one could be forgiven for feeling a little weary of the mythical bloodsucking monsters, who have managed to supplant zombi
Ben McCool Talks About the Sold-Out ‘Choker,’ Templesmith, Lobo
Ben McCool Talks About the Sold-Out ‘Choker,’ Templesmith, Lobo
Ben McCool Talks About the Sold-Out ‘Choker,’ Templesmith, Lobo
Writer Ben McCool recently published his first creator-owned comic, "Choker," through Image, a 6-issue miniseries marked his major debut in comics -- and promptly sold out of the two issues that have hit shelves so far. As debuts go, it's been a good one, and it certainly had the right collaborator, with artist Ben Templesmith ("30 Days of Night") providing the art for the noir
Insane Ben Templesmith Signing Video by Zeus Comics Promotes Creator, Evil Trees
Insane Ben Templesmith Signing Video by Zeus Comics Promotes Creator, Evil Trees
Insane Ben Templesmith Signing Video by Zeus Comics Promotes Creator, Evil Trees
When you're running a comic book store that's got a big event coming up and you want to promote it, there are a lot of different routes you can go with. And if you're Richard Neal, owner of Zeus Comics in Dallas, Texas, you go with the most awesome option possible: Zeus, the real-life store behind the fictionalized web series "The Variants," will be hosting a signing with "Choker&qu
Emerald City Comic-Con: The Photo Roundup
Emerald City Comic-Con: The Photo Roundup
Emerald City Comic-Con: The Photo Roundup
If you missed Emerald City Comic-Con over the weekend in Seattle, no worries -- we've still got the highlights here on CA. And while we were making our rounds on the floor, we also snapped photos of the entertaining things and people we found, including Jeff Parker, Ben Templesmith, Steve Lieber, Kate Beaton, and the world's gayest He-Man animation cel...
Choker #1 – Hot Ink Advance Review
Choker #1 – Hot Ink Advance Review
Choker #1 – Hot Ink Advance Review
While a few damaged (and probably now collectible) copies of "Choker" #1 have made to the stands, the official release date of the new miniseries by writer Ben McCool and artist Ben Templesmith isn't till the 24th, but we've got an advance review of the comic to tide you over while you wait...
EXCLUSIVE: A Page from the Diary of ‘Choker’
EXCLUSIVE: A Page from the Diary of ‘Choker’
EXCLUSIVE: A Page from the Diary of ‘Choker’
"Choker" #1 hits shops early this Wednesday, a teamup between artist Ben Templesmith and writer Ben McCool set in sick, wonderfully sleazy environs of Shotgun City, a retro-futuristic hellhole that McCool describes as " a crazed amalgamation of 1930's gangland Chicago and 'Blade Runner's Los Angeles" with a dash of "Sin City" and "Transmetropolitan...