Ben Stenbeck


Ben Stenbeck is a New Zealand comic book creator, primarily an artist. He has frequently collaborated with Mike Mignola on stories for the Baltimore series and the Hellboy Universe, and co-created the Lands Unknown series with him.

Career

He started his comic book career in 2003 when he illustrated a short Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book story in the anthology Tales of the Vampires for Dark Horse Comics. In 2008, he made his Hellboy Universe debut when he illustrated a B.P.R.D. one-shot, The Ectoplasmic Man. Since then he has worked on several titles for the Hellboy Universe including Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder, Frankenstein Underground, Koshchei, and Hellboy.
In 2010, Mike Mignola and writer Christopher Golden chose Stenbeck to illustrate the comic book adaptation of their novel, Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire. He continued working on Baltimore over the next five years with his final story, The Wolf and the Apostle, coming out in late 2014.
Image Comics published his first creator owned comic, Our Bones Dust in 2023. As a first-time writer, he focused on telling the story through the art with long stretches of silence. In January 2025, the Lands Unknown series he co-created with Mike Mignola will be debuting in Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown from Dark Horse Comics.
He also worked as a concept artist on video games and films, being part of the design department of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings movies. In 2005, he directed a short film called Zombie Movie.

Art

  • "Antique"
  • Living With The Dead #1–3
  • Hellboy Universe :
  • * Hellboy Animated: The Yearning
  • * B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man
  • * Sir Edward Grey: Witchfinder:
  • ** "Murderous Intent"
  • ** In the Service of Angels #1–5
  • ** "Beware the Ape"
  • ** City of the Dead #1–5
  • * Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.:
  • ** 1953: The Phantom Hand & The Kelpie
  • ** 1953: The Witch Tree & Rawhead and Bloody Bones
  • *Frankenstein:
  • **Frankenstein Underground #1–5
  • **Frankenstein Undone #1–2
  • *Lobster Johnson: Mangekyō
  • *Koshchei:
  • **Koshchei the Deathless #1–6
  • **Koshchei in Hell #1–4
  • *Hellboy:
  • ** "Return of the Lambton Worm"
  • **"Happy New Year, Ava Galluci"
  • **The Silver Lantern Club #1–5
  • Marvel Comics Presents Vol. 2, #12: Man-Thing—Dirty Work
  • Baltimore :
  • * The Plague Ships #1–5
  • * "A Passing Stranger"
  • * The Curse Bells #1–5
  • * Dr. Leskovar's Remedy #1–2
  • * The Play
  • * The Widow and the Tank
  • * The Inquisitor #1–3
  • * The Infernal Train #1–2
  • * Chapel of Bones
  • * The Wolf and the Apostle #1–2
  • * "Monstrous"

    Writing and art

  • Our Bones Dust #1–4

    Writing

  • "Feeder"

    Awards

Nominations