By Ben Templesmith. In order to get to the bottom of the murders, Wormwood must make the ultimate sacrifice - his own body. Whatever it is gestating inside his withered womb, it's not human. There'll be no happy snaps or cigars at this birth. Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Fell) continues with his new all-eerie and humorous series.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Birds, Bees, Blood, and Beer!" Collects Wormwood Gentleman Corpse (2006 IDW) #1-4.
Story and art by Ben Templesmith.
At last, a special hardcover edition of Ben Templesmith's (Welcome to Hoxford, 30 Days of Night, Fell) all-eerie and humorous series, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse. Collecting the original Wormwood story, "The Taster," plus the four-issue "Birds, Bees, Blood & Beer," in which we discover that things are awakening in the city. Things that have a nasty habit of leaving mutilated bodies in their wake. Also includes additional bonus sketches, art, and original comic pages from Templesmith.
Hardcover, 160 pages, full color.
Ben Templesmith returns with his first solo project since Singularity 7. Meet Wormwood, the English-accented, beer-drinking, sentient corpse possessing a maggot expat from the Hell dimension. Well, one of them. If he's not attempting to save Earth from demonic, parasitic fungal infections or undead strippers, then he's off drinking with his homemade mechanical sidekick, Mr. Pendulum. Collecting one of the original short stories first seen in Lo-Fi Magazine, this book also includes extra pages, new artwork and background material.
Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Calamari Rising!"
Collects Wormwood: Calamari Rising (2007) #1-4. Story and art by Ben Templesmith.
Just when Wormwood thought he could finally have that quiet drink without worrying about the world coming to an end, or a friend with a parasitic infection trying to kill him, The Brotherhood of the Calamari decide to crash the party. Since their last meeting, they've tracked him across the thousand million dimensional possibilities of existence-and this time the entire Squideeverse is with them. Wormwood is going to learn the hard way he can't keep running from his problems as his oldest foe now threatens his favorite watering hole, Earth, with absorption into the Calamari group mind. Complete with additional sketches and doodlings from the twisted mind of Scream Award-nominated writer/artist (and 30 Days of Night co-creator) Ben Templesmith.
Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.
