Templeton first received attention for Stig's Inferno (Vortex Comics), now a cult favourite, which detailed the journey of its lead character into Hell in a parody of Dante's The Divine Comedy.

Templeton recalled that after reading the three books of The Divine Comedy, "I fell in love with them as stories.

[1] According to Marks, of the five series that Vortex was publishing at the time, Stig's Inferno was the most consistently produced on schedule.

He also created his own graphic novel, Bigg Time, published by DC Comics' mature readers imprint, Vertigo.

Recent work includes writing and drawing stories for DC's Batman 66, based on the 1960s television series.