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    Ben Templesmith Brings You Doctor Who and the Decapitated Corpse

    Welcome to a new column about science fiction art by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. Artist Ben Templesmith's daring, horrific, and sometimes just plain perverse approach in graphic novels like 30 Days of Night and his solo creation Wormwood, Gentleman Corpse is influenced by the science-fantasy cosmos of H.P. Lovecraft's Old Ones and the work of H.R. Giger. However, Templesmith says "The biggest influence on me sci-fi wise has to be the BBC prop and art departments on old classic Doctor Who episodes." More »