Twangers and balls.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
Oh Crap. It's the Andromeda Strain.
Meteorite makes villagers ill
VILLAGERS in southern Peru have been struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area.
Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was a plane crashing near their remote village, in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.
Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odour," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.
Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being taken to hospital, Mr Lopez said.
Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene where the meteorite had left a crater 30m wide and 6m deep, said local official Marco Limache.
"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said.
VILLAGERS in southern Peru have been struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area.
Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was a plane crashing near their remote village, in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia.
Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odour," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.
Seven policemen who went to check on the reports also became ill and had to be given oxygen before being taken to hospital, Mr Lopez said.
Rescue teams and experts were dispatched to the scene where the meteorite had left a crater 30m wide and 6m deep, said local official Marco Limache.
"Boiling water started coming out of the crater and particles of rock and cinders were found nearby. Residents are very concerned," he said.
Snowtown is everywhere.
Many thanks to Benchilada for showing me this.
And yes, there is more FELL to come. Working on some frantically right now actually.
And yes, there is more FELL to come. Working on some frantically right now actually.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
More proof the universe is far more beautiful than we can imagine
I guess shooting all that plutonium up into the sky was worth it in the end.
Inky Stains on a Frozen Moon
September 12, 2007 Full-Res: PIA08374
Dark material splatters the walls and floors of craters in the surreal, frozen wastelands of Iapetus. This image shows terrain in the transition region between the moon's dark leading hemisphere and its bright trailing hemisphere. The view was acquired during Cassini's only close flyby of the two-toned Saturn moon.
Inky Stains on a Frozen Moon
September 12, 2007 Full-Res: PIA08374
Dark material splatters the walls and floors of craters in the surreal, frozen wastelands of Iapetus. This image shows terrain in the transition region between the moon's dark leading hemisphere and its bright trailing hemisphere. The view was acquired during Cassini's only close flyby of the two-toned Saturn moon.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Original Art 15: Singularity7 #4 Page 06
Apart from donating a few pages of Singularity 7 art for a charitable cause a few months ago, I've pretty much kept the art for my first ever writing jaunt under lock and key. That's not likely to change all that much but figured I may as well let a couple go, as I was leafing through a lot of my stuff just now to decide what I can put in Poppycock. ( Lots of big art, covers and stuff, but also a bunch of comic pages with giclee prints side by side too! )
Thursday, September 13, 2007
pOppycOck: Exhibition At The Secret Headquarters
Yep, it's finally happened. Check for up to date details on my main site, ( which has a slight revamp with more info and a new gallery soonish ) www.templesmith.com in the events section or just watch for where people are running and screaming from, it'll be close by.
And super thanks to some special of peeps who helped get this going, they know who they are. :)
So feel free to come on down, abuse me, attempt to drink me under the table, deport me etc etc. Lots of fun with whatever you guys do to Australians. There'll be a bunch of originals for sale, hopefully a new sketchbook and am happy to sign anything you want. ( Well almost anything...you know what I mean )
Yes, this image will no doubt be in the show, plus many more of the Leprechaun Queen in several compromising positions. Below is the back of the same postcard that should be going out.
12 October 2007
Poppycock! Opening Reception
Opening Reception for my art show: Poppycock at Secret Headquarters in Los Angeles. Join me at 8pm for drinks and art!
Los Angeles, CA. United States
12 October - 12 November 2007
Poppycock! The Comics and Art of Ben Templesmith.
A show featuring work from 30 Days of Night, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse and some other bits a pieces.
Secret Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA. United States
Inseminating women is now a fetish
This is the only think I can conclude after reading this news. I'm sure it's been making the rounds in the media already but:
We struggle to pay the cost of living and study taxes for one or two kids (when it comes to the third, we already have an odd case) and look what a 60-years-old "daddy" with only one leg was able to do: he had 15 wives, now has 78 children (80 if the count the two on the way).
But his target in less than 10
years is to have 100 children. "In 2015 I will be 68 years old and will have 100 children," Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman told Emirates Today. "After that I will stop marrying. I have to have at least three more marriages to hit the century."
You could not even say he hurried up, as he started ‘mass producing’ children when he was 24. His youngest child is 20 days and his oldest 36 years.
His wives and ex-wives are Bedouin women from the UAE but also women from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Oman. He has now 15 grandchildren. "After Ramadan, I will go to Jaipur to get an artificial leg and marry a beautiful Rajasthani girl. I have had seven Indian brides.", said the retired truck driver/cop/soldier, victim of a traffic accident in which he lost his leg.
One wedding has already been arranged in Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan.
The Islam law (and that of the UAE) permits only four wives at a time, so Daad Mohammed has to divorce one whenever Cupido's poisoned arrow shoots him.
How does he manage to keep 15 households and feed so many mouths? Government support for housing and cash. Plus a military pension of $ 6,534. "Even though my family is big, I don’t have any problem managing the budget. I take care of their requirements — and pay pocket money to each and every child." said Daad. "If I buy fish for the entire family I have to spend a minimum of Dh500 ($ 136) per day. If the menu includes mutton at least Dh1,000 ($ 272) per day is required, and that’s just for the meat."
Now, apart from the probable cultural differences, where in all likelihood the "wives" have anything but a choice to marry this idiot who treats marriage and divorce like ordering at a drive thru, I have to say I agree with this one comment I read on a feedback page about the story.
Meet the Best Stud of Our Times: 15 Wives, 80 Children now and 100 by 2015! And Just One Leg!
- From the Emirates
We struggle to pay the cost of living and study taxes for one or two kids (when it comes to the third, we already have an odd case) and look what a 60-years-old "daddy" with only one leg was able to do: he had 15 wives, now has 78 children (80 if the count the two on the way).
But his target in less than 10
years is to have 100 children. "In 2015 I will be 68 years old and will have 100 children," Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman told Emirates Today. "After that I will stop marrying. I have to have at least three more marriages to hit the century."
You could not even say he hurried up, as he started ‘mass producing’ children when he was 24. His youngest child is 20 days and his oldest 36 years.
His wives and ex-wives are Bedouin women from the UAE but also women from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Oman. He has now 15 grandchildren. "After Ramadan, I will go to Jaipur to get an artificial leg and marry a beautiful Rajasthani girl. I have had seven Indian brides.", said the retired truck driver/cop/soldier, victim of a traffic accident in which he lost his leg.
One wedding has already been arranged in Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan.
The Islam law (and that of the UAE) permits only four wives at a time, so Daad Mohammed has to divorce one whenever Cupido's poisoned arrow shoots him.
How does he manage to keep 15 households and feed so many mouths? Government support for housing and cash. Plus a military pension of $ 6,534. "Even though my family is big, I don’t have any problem managing the budget. I take care of their requirements — and pay pocket money to each and every child." said Daad. "If I buy fish for the entire family I have to spend a minimum of Dh500 ($ 136) per day. If the menu includes mutton at least Dh1,000 ($ 272) per day is required, and that’s just for the meat."
"wait until he has had 99 kids and then chop it off"
Currently on the work desk 43: Wormwood #8
I don't know if this makes me eccentric.
I never write on computer. It doesn't feel natural. The ideas never flow. Everything is brainstorming on paper, right up to the dialogue. Only when the pages are completely finished art wise, do I clean up and type up a script to give to a letterer so they can make sense of my rantings. This here is my notes and rough guts for Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse #8.
Lots of blowjobs and wanking this issue.
I figure if I'm labeled "for mature readers" without actually bothering to swear much at all in the book, I should make it worth it in other ways.
I never write on computer. It doesn't feel natural. The ideas never flow. Everything is brainstorming on paper, right up to the dialogue. Only when the pages are completely finished art wise, do I clean up and type up a script to give to a letterer so they can make sense of my rantings. This here is my notes and rough guts for Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse #8.
Lots of blowjobs and wanking this issue.
I figure if I'm labeled "for mature readers" without actually bothering to swear much at all in the book, I should make it worth it in other ways.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Currently on the work desk 42: Wormwood #10 WIP
I fear I may have stuffed it up...
Hopefully saved...though I should have used a heavier stock methinks. Decided to do too much more work for a paper that can't necessarily take as much.
Hopefully saved...though I should have used a heavier stock methinks. Decided to do too much more work for a paper that can't necessarily take as much.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
30 Days of Night Signed editions at ComicZone in Perth
Got down to the local store again today ( hey, it's a 15 minute walk to the city ) and since 30 Days of Night: Red Snow was finally in, signed em all. So hopefully every single book with my name on it anywhere should now be a signed edition, at no extra charge, just as a little incentive to get on down to see the fine chaps at ComicZone. They're at 572 Hat Street, Perth, if you're lucky enough to live around these parts.
There's still a couple copies left of the other books I've signed as well. Going fast, but not as fast as the first lot, which went almost immediately I'm told.
There's still a couple copies left of the other books I've signed as well. Going fast, but not as fast as the first lot, which went almost immediately I'm told.
Monday, September 10, 2007
30 Days of Night: Red Snow "the strongest followup since the original limited series"
Well damn, I think I owe somebody a beer or two.
From Don MacPherson over at Eye on Comics:
From Don MacPherson over at Eye on Comics:
30 Days of Night: Red Snow #1 (IDW Publishing)
by Ben Templesmith IDW has really been pumping out the 30 Days of Night spinoff series since the success of the original title five years ago, and for a while, I gobbled them up. My interest in those stories waned, though. Obviously, with the advent of the 30 Days movie upon us, IDW is keeping the vampire stories flowing. Red Snow caught my attention, in part because it features the artwork of the original 30 Days artist Ben Templesmith. But what piqued my interest even more is the fact that Templesmith wrote this story as well. He does a great job with the property, offering up the strongest followup since the original limited series. He takes the reader to a different far-north setting from which the property derives its name, but he also takes the audience back in time as well. The result is a fresh take on the notion of vampires running amok during a lengthy arctic night. Three disparate groups — Russian Allied soldiers, German aggressors and frightened Russian villagers — face a horror even greater than the bloodshed of the Second World War. The vampires are clearly the antagonists, but even the victims/protagonists have distasteful souls among their numbers. It makes for a multi-faceted storytelling dynamic that sets Red Snow apart from typical horror fare. Of course, as anyone who’s checked out the original 30 Days of Night knows, Templesmith’s art is perfectly suited to bringing the dark setting and feral villains to life. He does a great job of conveying the remote and decades-old setting. Red Snow boasts an extensive cast of characters, and Templesmith’s three-pronged approach to the story makes for a riveting, unpredictable read. 9/10
And yes, shameless plug time...if you can't find a copy because your retailer refuses to order in an "indy" book etc etc then you can still more than likely grab a copy here, if you're so inclined.
Currently on the work desk 42: Wormwood #10 Cover
I think this might be something very very wrong...
At least, I hope so.
At least, I hope so.
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