• A Man Named Hawken

    Collecting the entire series, published by IDW Publishing. Illustrated by Timothy Truman.

  • Black Mesa

    Story Lead for the critically acclaimed recreation of Half-Life

  • FUBAR

    Featured work in all 3 Volumes of the New York Times Bestselling Zombie War Anthology

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

"FUBAR: American History Z" Released!

The newest volume of the New York Times Bestselling series, FUBAR: American History Z was released today!
March on over to your local comic book retailer to pick up your copy, and keep an eye out for the FUBAR Free Comic Book Day special (available to read online for free).



Monday, March 25, 2013

You can help get Native American Classics in the American Library Association's "Great Graphic Novels for Teens" list!

Please take a moment and nominate it to be available in libraries across the US.


Friday, March 22, 2013

Free Comic Book Day + FUBAR:AHZ signing!

I'll be signing copies of FUBAR: American History Z at Fantasy Comics in Tucson, AZ for Free Comic Book Day, the first saturday of May (5/4/13)!

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Native American Classics released!

Native American Classics, the 24th volume of Graphic Classics, is now available to order.











The Soft-Hearted Sioux
Written by Zitkala-Sa
Adapted by Ben Truman
Pencils by Jim McMunn
Inks by Tim Truman
Colors by Mark Nelson
Lettered by Tom Pomplun

Buy Native American Classics
144 pages, full color 


"The Soft-Hearted Sioux' by Zitkala-Sa, adapted here by Benjamin Truman and rendered in gorgeous painterly style by the triumvirate of Jim McMunn, Timothy Truman and Mark A. Nelson... [is] one of the highlights of an anthology that seems chockablock with highlights both literary and artistic." Bob Wake, Cambridge Book Review

Wednesday, January 9, 2013


I know my Mom is proud that I'm in a best selling book, but I think that book being mentioned on NPR is the cherry on top. 

From the FUBAR Blog:
FUBAR Central Command is beyond proud to be featured in Kickstarter’s year in review. We got a mention for being the first ever Kickstarter funded graphic novel to hit the New York Times Best Seller’s list. We’re beyond proud to use a platform like Kickstarter to fund our projects. After reviewing the whole slide show of Kickstarter’ssuccesses of 2012 I think it’s clear that the site and model aren’t going anywhere AND that they do amazing work and provide an incredible service by allowing independent projects to finance their dreams. Truly inspiring.
This morning NPR’s blog featured the list of projects mentioned in the KS slideshow. Once again we were humbled to see that FUBAR is at the top of the list of featured success stories.

Thursday, December 13, 2012

My Dad and I were interviewed by Jim Martin, for his blog "Comics and... Other Imaginary Tales" to talk about A Man Named Hawken.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

"A Man Named Hawken" Released!

Now available!

Head over to your local comic shop, amazon or comixology to get your copy today and read the "dirty and foul" horror western that critics call "too damn good to pass up"!

Monday, November 19, 2012

A small collection of student work from Lab Rats, the afterschool game development class I teach at City High School.

"Combining their artistic creativity, ingenuity, and technical savvy, participants construct their own puzzles using the Portal 2 game engine — an intuitive, physics based tool set. Each student shares their work with their peers in many iterations, always observing what works with their creation and incorporating feedback to improve the users experience  Opening themselves to criticism and learning from the community, participants become critical thinkers while blurring the lines between work and play."


Monday, October 15, 2012

Ben & Tim @ Tucson Comic Con

Ben & Tim will be attending the Tucson Comic Con, thanks to Fantasy Comics, promoting the upcoming Hawken collection, "A Man Named Hawken." We'll be sharing the Fantasy Comics table with some amazing talent!

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Westfield Comics Interview

Roger Ash, friend from the Baltimore Comic Convention, interviewed Dad and I about our series A Man Named Hawken for Westfield Comics Blog.