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TY TEMPLETON American Splendor, Howard the Duck, Exterminators, Marvel Adventures Avengers, Justice League Unlimited

Ty Templeton is a popular Canadian comic book artist and writer who has drawn a number of popular mainstream titles, TV-associated titles and his own series.

He first received attention for Stig's Inferno (Vortex Comics), now a cult favourite, which detailed the journey of its lead character into Hell in a parody of Dante's Divine Comedy. He has gone on to do titles for Marvel Comics & DC Comics including Batman Adventures, Justice League International, Ren & Stimpy, as well as The Simpsons Comics for Bongo, and many others. He also created his own graphic novel, Bigg Time, published by DC Comics adult brand, Vertigo. He was editor for independent Canadian comic company, Mr.Comics and wrote Revolution on the Planet of the Apes for the company with Joe O'Brien. He is also the author of the books 'How to Draw Batman' and 'How to Draw Superman' and is a popular teacher at Toronto's Max the Mutt Animation School.