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.
Templeton was born on May 9, 1962. 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 for Bongo, including Batman Adventures, The Simpsons and many others. He also created his own graphic novel, Bigg Time, published by DC Comics' mature readers imprint, Vertigo. He was recently editor of an independent Canadian comic company, Mr.Comics.
Currently, Ty is writing IDW's Star Trek comic book, working for Bongo, DC, Marvel and others, as well as teaching at the Toronto Cartoonists Workshop.
Ty is the brother of internet pioneer and entrepreneur Brad Templeton and son of Canadian celebrities Charles Templeton and Sylvia Murphy.