Be back soon

Deadlines coupled with the impending move to a different country kinda cramping the style right now obviously, though that'll all be over soon.

For now though, happy Australia Day. This has nothing to do with that, but enjoy anyway:

Back finally...

Been away oh so long on the work bender.

Mostly back now, and recovering. Probably shaved a few years off my life. Little food, sleep and not much more than the stuff in the photo below can't be that healthy.

I'm getting old, man.



So much stuff happening.

Fell #9 finally out this week!


30 Days of Night: Red Snow the TPB came out recently. If you can get to ComicZone in Perth, all their copies are signed...just because.



And then there's more Wormwood coming, and Deadspace...

A vid for the weekend

Currently swamped with mega deadlines, so doing little more than work-eat-sleep-work-eat-sleep-repeat for awhile longer, so no real time to blog unfortunately.

But for now, I discovered Adam Buxton. ( I don't get to watch UK tv, so yes, I am ignorant. )

REMEMBRANCE ON XANTIAR



Bin Laden tape interview

Where I'll be this new years eve...

Have a happy and safe one all. 2007 was a wild ride. I got a movie made of my work, met some of the best people ever ( those two are quite related ) I got to abuse Paris Hilton, meet Tarantino, exhibit my work, drink Champagne in Paris, Red Horse in Manila and Tequila in LA, win some awards and get Eisner nominations third year in a row.

2008 will be interesting, whatever happens, not sure it'll match that though.

Here's where I'll be mostly...



Though I did get out a bit. Singapore is the closest decent city to Perth and we're even on the same timezone. ( when we're not being retarded. )





They even have Wormwood here.

Uberbot Love

Apparently. Cthulhumas is getting around.

I smell some toys or an exhibition maybe later on. Right Uberbot? ;)

You knew this was coming....

Have a happy and safe festive season, whatever religion, or lack thereof you follow! Personally think Cthulhumas would be better than Christmas, but maybe that's just me. Yeah. Probably is.

Oh, and happy Solstice too while we're at it.

Your vid for the weekend.

I am drinking a beer right now.

This is all you need to know.

Since some consider Xmas a religious holiday ( you know, having it based on the Roman festival of Saturnalia, possibly also the worship of Mithras, using various pagan things like Xmas trees, and using a character designed by a soda corporation based off a dubious "Saint" only legitimized during the mere 19th century...etc etc ) I figured a more religious themed vid was needed. So I bring to you, Bluejuice. Courtesy of Mr Wooller.

Thankyou Mr Wooller.

Signed Comics! ( At ComicZone )

Yep, since Wormwood: Segue to Destruction is now out, ComicZone now have every single copy of it, plus a bunch of other books of mine they got in, signed. So if you want one at no extra cost, there's your place to get em. ComicZone are at 572 Hay Street, Perth, WA. ( That's Australia unfortunately for you peeps who think it's in Washington )

Currently on the work desk 54

Completely frazzled right now, so haven't been posting much! The irony being, I have so much I could be posting about...doing lots of book covers, maybe some album art, far too many comics needing to be finished by the new year and stuff. Sending me insane. I didn't need Xmas day off anyways I guess.

So here's a look at some of what's been on the desk recently.



A work in progress on a Wasteland comic cover



For Jeff Vandermeer's "Shriek". You can see the final here with Jeff, but I'll post it myself later too.

And some progress shots from a page from some upcoming Wormwood...

My new pet

Is starting to smell.

His name is "Rob".

Octopus juice. I don't recommend getting too much of it on your hands.

Still, nothing beats tentacle ref. No doubt you'll be seeing more of "Rob" real soon.

Vids for the weekend.

"I'm afraid the Jews were right. "



Nigerian TV. Ignore British narrator who also needs medication.



Kuato sings Chocolate Rain.

My Wormwood Cameo

Yeah, Wormwood: Segue to Destruction from IDW Publishing is out ( yay! ) and it marks my first ( and perhaps not last ) appearance in a comic book. ( We'll ignore the CSI comic I was in as that wasn't *looking like me* all that much...at least not enough to serve my Brachiosaurus sized vanity apparently.)

So yeah. Frustrated and pissed and at the bar. Typical Ben Templesmith I'd say. ( despite the fact I'm usually just chained to the drawing desk and survive on coffee )

Ladies and Gents...

Baroque Starwars. By the very awesome, Mattias Adolfsson. I always find these things late.

The Stranger

Have I posted this before? Looking through my artfiles for a job and took a trip down memory lane. There's a whole set of these.

The Stranger, probably, in all honesty, my favourite character from the movie overall. Not least, because of Mr Foster.

Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday from Gestalt

Gestalt= Perth Publisher=damn good=good comics=repo man=Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday.

Plus, my pal Mr Justin Randall ( recently of 30 Days of Night stuff ) has a hand in it.

If you ever liked the cult film Repo Man, Gestalt are doing the official sequel to it. "Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday", in Comicbook form. You can even pre-order it on Amazon.