Ben Templeton
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Ben Templeton is the co-creator of the classic comic strip Motley's Crew
along with his late partner Tom Forman
. After the death of his partner, Templeton completed the strip on its own until its cancellation on January 1, 2000. As of 2007, Ben Templeton is semi-retired and has fond memories of working on the Motley's Crew comic strip.
Motley's Crew
Motley's Crew was an American newspaper comic strip by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman with satirical social commentary.With readership spread among 250 newspapers in the United States alone, the comic strip acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans during its 23 years of operation...
along with his late partner Tom Forman
Tom Forman (comics)
Tom Forman was an American comic strip cartoonist, co-creator of the classic comic strip Motley's Crew along with Ben Templeton. His pre-1997 take on the comic strip involved Mike Motley's career as a blue-collar worker, sports, and his friends...
. After the death of his partner, Templeton completed the strip on its own until its cancellation on January 1, 2000. As of 2007, Ben Templeton is semi-retired and has fond memories of working on the Motley's Crew comic strip.
Trivia
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creator David SimonDavid SimonDavid Simon is an American author, journalist, and a writer/producer of television series. He worked for the Baltimore Sun City Desk for twelve years. He wrote Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and co-wrote The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood with Ed Burns...
used Templeton's name for the name of a character on his HBO drama. - Ben Templeton took over the writing end of the production after the death of his partner Forman.
- He implemented many funny lines, including Mike Motley in a disheveled looking white tie outfit saying a very informal greeting to his brother- and sister-in-law while having his white underwearBriefsBriefs are a type of short, tight underwear and swimwear, as opposed to styles where the material extends down the legs.In the case of men's underwear, briefs, unlike boxer shorts, hold the wearer's genitals in a relatively fixed position, which make briefs a popular underwear choice for men who...
sticking out from his formal trousersTrousersTrousers are an item of clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles, covering both legs separately...
. The waistband resembled that of a pair of men's briefs.