There are many words that can be used to describe the art of Ben
Templesmith. Haunting yet handsome. Gruesome yet gorgeous. Scary yet stunning.
But perhaps no word best describes this collection of Templesmith’s art
than Tommyrot (n. – Utter foolishness and nonsense). This collection of his
work, Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith, promises to be one of the
more beautifully horrific collections of foolishness.

Ben Templesmith’s unique art style has highlighted such titles as
30 Days of Night, Singularity 7, Fell, and the upcoming all-eerie and
humorous Wormwood. Tommyrot will feature many of the major images and
covers from many of Templesmith’s books as well as never before seen
unpublished paintings and personal work, including looks behind the scenes into
his distinctive artistic process.

“I feel hugely honored that IDW Publishing would give me an opportunity to
collect some of my favorite works, both published and personal into one
volume,” comments Ben Templesmith. “I get asked if there’s an art
book of mine out there all the time, now finally I can say ‘Yes!’ I
sure hope people dig it.”

Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith, with 96-pages of gruesomely
gorgeous and delightfully demented art presented in a special over-sized
8-12” x 11’ format, premieres in June 2006.