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There’s always a moment in any project where you start to realize its full potential.
That moment for us was at the end of the 2014 Tricon. When we saw the total
number of people who had passed through our doors, we started to realize that the
show was developing a following that was enjoying it as much as we do.
People started seeing themselves in the con, signing up for table space to showcase
their own talents and projects. Asking us how they could help improve areas of the
show they wanted to see stand out. Tricon went from a show that two friends were
putting on to an event fueled by its own small community of comic enthusiasts.
Tricon’s fourth year needed to have a voice all its own, and thanks to a TON of
planning and pre-preparation, we’ve finally stepped back and see where all the hard
work has landed us, and we’re happy to report we have the makings of a great show.
Our guest list this year features creators like Ben Templesmith, Cory Smith, Paul
Allor, Eryk Donovan, Brian Level, and so many other amazing creators of the best
comics in print today. We’re also very proud to have Jewel City Championship
Wrestling stepping up to sponsor special guest Diamond Dallas Page.
One of the best new features of this year’s show, however, is the Tricon Exclusive
covers for titles like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ‘68 and Eccentrix! What better
way to showcase the great talents we have available at Tricon than with specially
made comic covers! Many creators that have produced these books—and the special covers for these books—have long-time associations with the show, and we’re
hoping that these titles will help to shine a brighter light on comics that range from
independent productions to full-blown mainstream titles.
As always, being comic creators ourselves, we want to push a spotlight on Independent Press. With our background as the heads of Broken Icon Comics, we have an
interest in gaining attention for both our independent label and others in the same
field. While the promotion of independent labels will never be as high-profile as,
say, Marvel or DC, independent presses make up a vital role in the comics industry,
and a lot of what Tricon stands for is geared toward helping the independents stand
out and provide an atmosphere where we all can thrive, so—as we said in previous
years—don’t be shy about treating yourself! The creators appreciate it and you’ll get
some excellent stories out of the deal. Enjoy!
James Maddox & Eric Watkins, Tricon Organizers
S P E C I A L T H A N K S:
We couldn’t have pulled Tricon off without the help and generosity
of a number of different contributors.
Mary Maddox - For keeping James from totally losing his mind
and providing the right words when times got tough.
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Amanda Watkins - For putting up with long work nights &
sporadic tickle fights with Eric.
Ryan Zipperian - For hosting panels and being a comic gangster.
Jamie Snell - For our badge and cover artwork.
Nick Anderson & Marnie Riddell - For getting the word out.
Any and all who volunteered their time - You have given us the
opportunity to produce something amazing!
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TRICON CREATORS
JAMES MADDOX
After completing titles like
the critically acclaimed The
Horror Show and Nightmare
Unknown, Maddox has continued his comic career with
praised stories like THE DEAD,
Clown,and the wildly anticipated Eccentrix. A versatile and
prolific writer/creator, Maddox’s
work has quickly found and impressed his audience.
He can be found online at www.
jamesmaddox.net and
@jamescmaddox.
ERIC WATKINS
When Eric is not out saving
the world from Nazi penguins
or flying giraffes, he is stocking
Broken Icon with talented writers and artist. He also moonlights as a writer with titles like
G-Raver, Night of the Living
Tricon, and Chosen & Forsaken.
Currently he has plenty of stories in production like The Man
in the Kitty Coat, Mars and The
Cowboy’s Gauntlet.
Find more at www.brokeniconcomics.com and at www.ericwatkins.net.
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EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHTS
CHRIS CHARLTON
Writer/creator of Black of
Heart, Binary Gray, OPEN
TREE: Legends & Tall Tales
and Sleepless. Fans of Charlton’s work have a lot to look
forward to in 2014, including the continuation of his
current books and the not
one, but TWO new miniseries from Assailant Comics! AssailantComics.com
Charlton was also the recipient of Tricon’s Larry Award
for best comic in 2014.
SANTANA
Santana is a big cosplay enthusiast who has been internationally recognized. She
has been featured in various
forms of media, including a
feature in Japanese Magazine Cosmode Magazine in
Japan, and won an award
for best [solo] skit performing her other art, singing.
She is a public figure, promotional model and singer, who
has opened shows for Brad Paisely, and has her own original music videos featuring country star legend Tanya Tucker.
Santana has been an entertainer since her early childhood
years and continues to do so in various formats. For more
information on her, visit her page: www.facebook.com/santanacosplay. Santana Cosplay can also be found on youtube:
www.youtube.com/santanacosplay.
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BRANDON LAUHON
Brandon Lauhon is the artist
on Clown, written by James
Maddox. He also works in
illustration, graphic design,
fine art, photography and
film with his company Sleepy
Hollow Studios. He is a
member of the Ignite Startup
in Ashland, KY and recently finished designing their
shirts. Brandon lives with his beautiful wife Alison (who is
the business end of Sleepy Hollow Studios), their children,
and a cat who barely tolerates them all. Mr. Lauhon only occasionally screams and flails wildly at street performers. He
spends his time away from the soul suck that is his day job
either with his family in the backend of nowhere or working in his office at Ignite. One day he aspires to be the next
Alan Moore and growing his glorious beard to Gimli proportions, hanging out in his increasingly saggy underwear
and hating everyone.
EDWARD CHOI
Louisville based writer/artist who has adapted a cinema style method for comic
book storytelling and is
currently working on selfpublishing his graphic novel. Using a very specific pen
and ink crosshatching style,
realistic facial rendering,
and his attention to detail,
the upcoming book will be
very unique. He is currently promoting his artwork by selling
prints, sketchcards, and original art comic book variant covers. Like him on www.facebook.com/eddiechoiart. UKO SMITH
From his work in the sketch card
arena to his comics art in the graphic
novel FX-The Lost Land from IDW,
The Art of Uko Smith is awesome by
his use of line, design and color. He
also teaches The Comic Book Illustration class and Continuing Education
courses at The Columbus College of
Art & Design. His commissioned
pieces are getting global attention in
the world of art and comics. And he
draws awesome women! And currently, Uko is hard at work on his
creator owned books titled 1500 and
Salem Erotica. (Bill Nichols - Editor,
Sketch Magazine)
HANNAH BIRD
Hannah Bird is an artist currently
residing in Huntington, WV. She
has recently teamed up with her
mother, Nikki, to create PopStitch,
a collaborative needlework shop.
Hannah creates cross stitch images of pop culture characters while
Nikki (who resides in Hurricane,
WV) creates characters in amigurumi form, a type of crochet. She also crochets pop culture
based clothing accessories. MARC LEWIS
The D20 Girls Project is a non-profit organization that
combats the negative portrayal of women in geek culture
by empowering women who identify as fans of various nerd
industries. The D20 Girls Project is committed to creating
opportunities for women and strengthening the nerd community. Links: West Virginia Facebook - www.facebook.
com/WVD20Girls / Official Facebook - www.facebook.
com/D20GirlsProject / Website - d20girls.org/ / Magazine
Website - d20girlsmagazine.com/
An illustrator and comic book colorist from Milton, WV, Marc Lewis spends his time honing his craft
and working on his creator-owned
comic, The Conjurer (theconjurercomic.com). Some of his comic
work can be seen in The Unique
Tales, HACKoween and Zenescope’s
Grimm Fairy Tales Myths & Legends. Marc will be taking commissions and selling prints at the show. If you’d like a pre-show
commission contact Marc via his website, colorsbymal.com.
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GUE S T S
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BEN TEMPLESMITH
CHECK OUT THE Q&A
WITH BEN ON PAGE 9
PAUL ALLOR
Ben Templesmith is a New York Times best selling artist and writer most widely known for his work in
the comic book industry where he has received multiple nominations for the International Horror Guild
Awards as well as the industry’s top prize, the Eisner Award. He also won a Spike TV Scream Award.
He was born March 7th 1984, in Perth, Australia. Raised as an orphan by monks & studied marine biology and design at UWA.
As a creator, his most notable works have been 30 Days of Night (which spawned a major motion picture)
and Fell. His other projects include the critically acclaimed serial Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, as well as The
Squidder, Welcome to Hoxford, and Singularity 7, all of which he also wrote.
He’s also worked on Star Wars, Ten Grand, Doctor Who, GI Joe, Army of Darkness, Silent Hill and Buffy: The
Vampire Slayer, among others.
He does art for money in a strange & hugely lucky thing some would call a “career” & follows the Giant
Space Squid. He loiters in Chicago with his amazing lady, Ashley & two very spoiled cats.
DIAMOND DALLAS PAGE
CHECK OUT THE Q&A
WITH DDP ON PAGE 7
Film and television actor and personality Dallas Page has been entertaining millions of fans for over
20 years. The athletic, 52 year-old Page knew at an early age that he was born to entertain. During
Page’s fourteen-year pro wrestling career, he captivated audiences and became a three-time world
champion. His matches with wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan, Randy “Macho Man” Savage, and
Bill Goldberg became legendary. Throughout Page’s wrestling career, Hollywood has recognized
his ability to be more than just a wrestling icon and easily bridged the gap, starring in feature films
including director Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects.
Page is the co-developer of YRG, a revolutionary fitness program that takes the principles of
yoga and charges them with old school calisthenics, core stability training and isometric and Dynamic resistance training to give an intense, complete body workout, which is featured in his second book YRG: Yoga for Regular Guys. DDP is sponsored by Jewel City Championship Wrestling.
Paul Allor has written Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and GI Joe for
IDW publishing, in addition to
creator-owned books such as Orc
Girl for Challenger Comics, and
Strange Nation for Monkeybrain.
He is also an alumni of several
Comics Experience classes, and is
now on staff at Comics Experience,
where he offers professional script critiques to workshop members. Paul started reading comics at the age of 28, but has done
his best to make up for lost time.
CORY SMITH
Cory Smith is an illustrator
and comic artist living in New
York. Since breaking into
the business in 2011 Cory
has drawn for various titles
for Aspen Comics, as well as
Magnus Robot Fighter for Dynamite and Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles for IDW.
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ROB DUMO.
JAY LEISTEN
Rob Dumo. is a professional comic artist from the area of Buffalo, NY. At the
age of 17, he became a caricature artist at a theme park while dipping into
comics.
Rob illustrated and co-created Eccentrix and Nightmare Unknown, as well as
illustrated Chosen & Forsaken #0 for Broken Icon and Robyn
Hood #3 for Zenescope. Rob is the Art Director for Broken
Icon Comics, and is currently working on the comic SPF,
among other upcoming titles.
Jay Leisten started his career in Comics as an intern at Top Cow. After 2
years in L.A. working on titles like
Tomb Raider, Witchblade, Darkness
& Inferno, he re-located to Florida
to work at Crossgen with long time
friend Greg Land on Sojourn. When
Crossgen closed its doors, he began
working for Marvel & DC on covers
for several titles.
Within a few months, he was working on titles like Thor,
Legion, and Black Panther. In the past few years, Jay recently
finished working on a 3 year run with Greg Land on Uncanny
X-men, 1 year on Iron Man, Moon Knight with Jerome Opena,
Nightwing with Don Kramer, Outsiders with Fernando Pasarin, Captain Britain & Dark X-men with Leonard Kirk, Uncanny Avengers and Captain America with Steve McNiven, as
well as several other Marvel projects.
Currently Jay is working on Mighty Avengers, Death of Wolverine and a creator owned project.
BRIAN LEVEL
Brian is a man-child from
Cincinnati who barely
crawled out of bed this
morning. He only did it to
hang out with his family and
draw.
Brian is currently the cocreator/artist of Image comics’ The Mantle and Challenger Comics The Brothers James. Additionally he has worked
on other projects from Image Comics, Valiant Entertainment,
and Black Mask Studios, and Ghostface Killah among others.
You can keep up with his projects on Twitter where he goes
by the imaginative name of @brian_level. Or look for him on
Tumblr, if your feeling nasty.
MARK KIDWELL
Mark Kidwell is the co-creator/writer of the ongoing
Vietnam/zombie epic 68
from Image comics.
Mark is also the writer/illustrator/creator of the splatterpunk horror mini-series
Bump and provided scripts for Frazetta Comics’ Dark Kingdom series as well as the Frazetta western, Freedom. His recent
work with Jay Fotos and Jeff Zornow, Tyrannosaurus Rex from
Image Comics, sold out in one day.
Other projects include: Writing/illustrating the Lovecraftian
one-shot Creature from the Depths, the story 39 Spikes for IDW
and Gene Simmons’ House of Horrors and penciling/inking the
horror graphic novel Jack Lantern: War of the Soul for Castle
Rain Entertainment.
He has illustrated gaming manuals for Reaper Games and
Hackmaster and has designed creature and makeup effects for
Robert Kurtzman’s Precinct 13 studio on such projects as Dee
Snider’s Strangeland 2, Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee’s The
Woman and the upcoming John Dies at the End by Don Coscarelli.
JUSTIN STEWART
Justin Stewart is informed in all
facets of comic making. Pencilling, inking, coloring, lettering,
layout, logos and design. Justin
began his professional comics
career in 2005 coloring a Jim
Mahfood-drawn story in Speakeasy’s Beowulf #7. That pairing
would spark a collaboration that
lasts to this day, most recently with the Lion Forge/IDW series
Miami Vice: Remix. Justin has also done artwork for Disney,
Image Comics, Archaia, Boom! Studios, Viper Comics, and
Zenescope Entertainment and is lead graphic designer for
publisher Apex Book Company. Find Justin on Twitter @Justin3000 or visit his site www.justin3000.com
TOMMY PATTERSON
Tommy Patterson is a Kentucky
native who has used his impressive
skills to draw some of the greatest
fantasy and science fiction comics
on the market.
Tommy’s credits include many
film and television adaptations
like The Warriors, science fiction
icon, Farscape and the hit novel/HBO series Game of Thrones.
Other comic works include Irredemable and Tales from Wonderland.
Aside from interiors Tommy has wowed fans with his cover
work on titles like the Jungle Book and Robyn Hood for Zenescope.
ERYK DONOVAN
Eryk is a comic artist and writer best
know for his work on Boom! Studios hit comic Memetic with James
Tynion IV, Thrillbent’s The House
in the Wall, and IDW’s In the Dark
Anthology.
Eryk graduated Class of 2013 with
a BFA in Sequential Art from Savannah College of Art and Design,
and He currently lives and inks in
Newport News. VA.
NICHOLAS WENTLAND
Nicholas Wentland is an artist and
writer from the great state of Iowa.
Though he hasn’t spent much time
on the scene, Nicholas is making a
name for himself by diving in head
first. Working with Broken Icon
Comics on lines, colors, writing and
lettering, there isn’t a stage of creating comics he isn’t familiar with.
With this first round of Nicholas’ multifaceted talents hitting shelves in 2015, we’ll see if he has what it takes to scrap
with the big dogs. His current and upcoming work with BIC
includes: G-Raver (art), Rigel Raine (art), Eccentrix (colors),
Alone! (letters), Traitor’s Grace (writing, colors), and more in
the wings.
DARRYL BANKS
Darryl Banks is from Columbus, Ohio, and a graduate of the Columbus College
of Art and Design with a
bachelor’s degree. He began
his comics career in 1989,
working for various independent comic companies
such as Innovation and Millennium Publishing.
Darryl worked on titles such as Doc Savage: Man of Bronze,
The Wild Wild West and Justice Machine. In 1993 he started
working with DC Comics on Legion of Superheroes and later
on Green Lantern. Co-creating the Kyle Rayner Green Lantern, Parallax, and other characters was a great honor and challenge for Darryl’s costume design skills.
In addition to various other projects for DC, his work also
includes Captain America and X-Men for Marvel, Tomb Raider: Epiphany from Top Cow, GI Joe Reloaded for Devil’s Due
Publishing, Johnnie Zombie for Midgard Comics and covers to
Moonstone’s Phantom series. In August 2011, Darryl Banks,
Ron Marz and Terry Austin were reunited for the Green Lantern Retroactive 1990s issue for DC Comics.
Darryl also does concept art and toy design. Clients include
Hawthorne Village collectibles, Hasbro, Mattel, Filsinger
Games, and many others.
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GUE S T S
LORA INNES
Lora Innes’s romantic, time-travel adventure comic about the
Revolutionary War, The Dreamer (IDW), has been nominated
for four Harvey Awards, a CYBILS Award, and is the recipient
of the S.P.A.C.E. Prize.
In addition to The Dreamer, Innes co-hosts the Paper Wings
podcast, an educational show for aspiring comic creators.
GAVIN SMITH
Gavin Smith is an artist from Indianapolis, IN, working on the
comic The Accelerators and Charge: an All Superheroes Must Die
Comic. He is also the artist for a series of Motion Comics for
AT&T. In 2012, he created and self published his own comic
book Human City.
He is also a 2011 graduate of the Joe Kubert School.
SEAN FORNEY
Sean Forney is an artist currently working on colors for Marat
Mychael’s Notti & Nyce and Blindside #2, along with two covers
for WarZone Girls #2 and #3. His pencil and ink work can be
seen in Cut the Rope. A new issue of his creator-owned title Scarlet Huntress called Scarlet Huntress: Tales through Time was successfully funded on Kickstarter and will be released soon.
MATT SLAY
Matt Slay has been in production art for a decade most recently illustrating the Sci-Fi/Fantasy anthology Time Traveled
Tales. He also did covers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Image Comics, The CBLDF, Upper Deck’s Marvel Premiere, Marvel Beginnings series 2, Iron Man 3, Marvel Masterpieces and
others; as well as Cryptozoic’s Tarzan 100th Anniversary sets.
CHAD LAMBERT
Chad Lambert writes the original tales Lost Grooves, Possum
At Large, Kill the Revisionist, and Return to Point Pleasant. Ray
Bradbury referred to Return to Point Pleasant as “superb and
frightening! Bravo!”
Chad was also one of the writers of the Megamind and Kung
Fu Panda comics (APE), also BloodRayne (Digital Webbing).
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GUEST BADGE ARTIST
JAMIE SNELL
Jamie has worked on various sketch card sets from Topps,
Brygent, UpperDeck and Rittenhouse. From Marvel, Indiana
Jones, Mars Attacks, Transformers to Star Wars. He also has
done a couple of posters for LFL and Acme Archives: Celebrations V and the 30th Anniversary of ESB.
He has also worked covers for Godzilla #1 for IDW.
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SP E CI A L GUE S T
Q&A:
DIAMOND
DALLAS PAGE
SPONSORED BY:
Jewel City Championship Wrestling reached out to pro wrestler
Diamond Dallas Page to help promote the work they are doing in
Huntington’s wrestling scene.
TRICON: You’ve made a big splash with your use of yoga. Since this form of exercise was never widely related with pro wrestling before, why did this particular fitness style appeal to you?
TRICON: Did you have any push-back when
publicizing DDP Y, or was it quickly adopted?
TRICON: How was it getting back in the
ring at the Royal Rumble this past January?
DDP: Before the age of 42, Yoga by itself never
appealed to me. I didn’t start wrestling till I was
35 years old and my career didn’t take off until
I was 40, which was back in 1996. Throughout 1997-1998. At 42 I was one of the top 10
Sports Entertainers in the world and I was a
guy who wouldn’t be caught dead doing yoga,
but I blew my back out and 3 of the top spine
specialists in the world told me my career was
over.
At that point I was ready to try anything
which is when yoga entered into the picture.
I was blown away by how much it helped me
with my flexibility and core strength. I took the
basics of yoga and added in rehab techniques,
old school calisthenics, and a slow-motion burn
DDP: I don’t know what you mean by pushback? If you’re asking was it easy to get the
word out about DDP YOGA...HA HA HA,
Hell No! You have to remember that I never
created DDPY for people who do yoga. I developed DDPY for people like me who originally
wouldn’t be caught dead doing yoga! Think
about that...there are over 20 million+ yogi’s
out there that love all different degrees of yoga,
so I had to make one person after another understand what DDPY was all about.
As they saw the amazing transformations
on www.DDPYOGA.com come about, they
quickly realized that it was a Kick-Ass Cardio
workout that will dramatically increase your
flexibility and strengthen your core with minimal joint impact. Today, over 100 professional
wrestlers use DDPY along with MMA fighters
and professional football players etc. But the
real explosion came from regular people around
the world doing extraordinary things, transforming their bodies and owning their life with DDPY.
DDP: It was Awesome! The Crowd POPPED
HUGE when my music hit. Everyone jumped
to their feet making the Diamond Cutter hand
sign, which felt amazing considering I haven’t
been in a match in WWE in over 13 years and
I really only wrestled for WWE for about 6
months.
It really was mind blowing. I got to hit 3
Diamond Cutters before getting tossed out...I
couldn’t have booked it any better if I booked
it myself!
This was my last time in the ring and an incredible end to my wrestling career. I would
have NEVER been able to do any of what
you saw at The Rumble if I wasn’t doing DDP
YOGA 5 days a week! The craziest part is that
within the next two years, DDPY will surpass
what I did in my professional wrestling career...
and that is truly amazing!
movement that I call Dynamic Resistance.
This type of resistance jacks your heart rate
up into the fat burning zone literally standing
still. In less than 3 months of doing this type
of workout, which would later become DDP
YOGA, I was back in the ring.
At 42 years old the spine specialist said my career was over at 43 years young I was the Heavy
Weight Champion of the World! I decided
right then and there I would keep doing DDP
YOGA for the rest of my life! With in a year I
was sharing my workouts with other men and
women who wouldn’t be caught dead doing
yoga but loved DDPY. The rest is history.
RYAN ZIPPERIAN
PANEL HOST
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SCHEDULE OF E VENTS
MAKING COSPLAY HAPPEN
11:00 AM
You’ve seen them at conventions all over the world, and now you have the chance to ask
regional cosplayers Marnie Riddell and Santana how they choose their characters, create
their costumes and decide which shows to attend.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 12:00 PM
Paul Allor and Cory Smith step up to answer questions about how they choose to approach everyone’s four favorite green, reptilian ninjas. Covering both art and storytelling,
any fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will want to be in the audience to get a
sneak peak at how the professionals keep the series moving forward.
INDEPENDENT COMICS
1:00 PM
HORROR FROM THE GROUND UP
2:00 PM
Ever wanted to make comics? Do you know where to start? We have the perfect place,
this panel. Some of the best independent creators were hand picked by us for you to ask
questions to and listen to their advice.
Good horror is hard to come by, and making it is even more difficult, so we’ve put together a panel of expert horror creators that will help provide some direction for aspiring
writers and illustrators of the macabre. From mainstream publishing to independents, we
bring you the whole spectrum of horror in comics. Don’t miss it!
CHARITY AUCTION4:30 PM
The Charity Auction will take great some of the best selections from the comics industry, our guests and our exhibitors, and will auction them for the Comic Book Legal
Defense Fund. The CBLDF is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First
Amendment rights of the comics medium.
Their work takes them into courtrooms, classrooms, conventions and libraries all over
the United States where they provide legal aid, education, and advocacy to protect the
First Amendment rights of the readers, creators, retailers, publishers, and librarians of
comics, manga, and graphic novels.
COSTUME CONTEST
5:00 PM
The costume contest calls all the cosplay geniuses in the area to show their stuff!
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BEN TEMPLESMITH - Q&A
TRICON:
Your subjects usually gravitate toward
noir and science fiction settings that often
tangle with supernatural elements. What
is it about these genres that keeps you engaged?
BEN TEMPLESMITH:
My style just lends itself to more moody
subject matter I think, plus, the darker I can
go, the less my horrible drawing ability is
noticed! I like the more fantastical stuff in
general because, well, who doesn’t. You can
do so much more and still speak to current
events, if you’re clever. In comics your only
budget is what you can literally draw. No
CGI, no need to hire a thousand extras and
put them in Namibia. Just your imagination
and a pen.
TRICON:
Talking head panels suck, but sometimes
they’re necessary. What are your approaches to making them more interesting on the
page?
BEN TEMPLESMITH:
I quite often like talking head panels. It’s
what they’re saying that matters. For me it’s
the storytelling that’s key, not the big splash
pages of buff men punching each other. (
Sometimes they’re fun too though ). It’s all
in the angles and the pacing, a lot of which
has to do with how good a script is. I’ve been
lucky to work with one of the best, Warren
Ellis. I learned so much from his scripts, his
dialogue and sense of timing.
The Tricon Creators - By James Maddox & Vladimir Popov
TRICON:
You’ve completed a lot of cover art and sequential art. Which do you enjoy more, and
why?
BEN TEMPLESMITH:
I feel much more accomplished finishing entire
books. Used to be the way that you only got to
do covers if you did the hard yards on interiors.
That’s not really the case anymore, sadly... now
anyone seems to be able to do covers, which are
an art in themselves, for better or worse! I still
love doing covers, especially if I’m given free
range and know what’s actually in the book to
pick the moment to illustrate. And I’m a BIG
fan of a cover reflecting the story, instead of just
being a pinup of a random character. Don’t always get to make that call though myself.
TRICON:
Asking which of your personal projects
you like most is usually a dead end, but
which of your for-hire books have you enjoyed the most?
BEN TEMPLESMITH:
Yeah, you can’t ask that. It’s like asking a parent who their favourite child is. Each job,
each property is different on many levels.
My favourite work is often the thing I most
recently finished. Sometimes it was because
of the finances, sometimes it was the challenge, sometimes it was the people I worked
with, or a never ending combination!
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