Hellspawn artist extraordinaire and all-around pleasant young Australian lad Ben Templesmith will do a signing at Samurai Comics in Phoenix on Saturday, Dec. 7 beginning at 3 p.m.

Samurai Comics is located at 5024 N. 7th St. in Phoenix. You can reach the shop by calling 602-265-8886 or visiting www.samuraicomics.com.

Since Ben is from Australia, this will be a rare opportunity for American fans to meet him. And if you're not a fan of his work, well, you should be. The man's a genius, we say, genius.

Just don't be surprised if he asks you to flip him the bird while he takes your photo. Ben's just strange like that.

We're providing some prizes to give away during the signing and our comics guru (and managing editor) Brad Gould is scheduled to be there as well. Please stop by and meet Ben Templesmith if you're in the Phoenix metro area.