.jpg)
Benjamin K Bartlett III
Is a multi Golden Poet award winner, writer, indie actor, producer, & On air talent.
Early Years
Born in Plymouth Massachusetts September 29th 1972 the son of the late Benjamin K Bartlett Jr. and Wendy J Waterman. His farther was a call firefighter for the PFD and town employee for the highway dept. His mother held multiple jobs in the health care and customer service areas. At a very young age Benjamin had a love for sports, writing, and entertainment. At the age of 12 he was on the towns all-star baseball & basketball teams winning multiple championships. Shortly after his 13th birthday while horsing around with friends he had a life changing leg injury. Now sidelined from future sports he switched gears and began writing. When asked he replied "Sometimes life throws you a curveball so ya have to lean back and drive that SOB out of the yard" At the age of 14 he decided to enter the work force pumping gas at a friends station for a short time before moving on to become a carpenters apprentice where he found a new love for being creative.
Career
'''Writer'''
In 2003 Benjamin was awarded the editor's choice award and the first of his 3 Golden Poet Awards for his poem "OLD GLORY" which now hangs on the largest wall of peace in the International Library of Poetry. Some of his other works consist of "DAD", "3rd Time Charmed" & "Cast in Stone"
In 2018 Benjamin began writing his first novel with co-writer and life long friend Jeffrey Homan [1]. Titled "Toking with the Dead". It was then decided to put the novel on hold and spin it into a comic book series.
Legal Battle
In August of 2018 they decided to trademark their current work for intellectual properties rights with the USPTO. Being granted the trademark 6 months later. They were opposed by AMC & Robert Kirkman of the (The Walking Dead) with claims that the name would confuse the general public. This led them into a 2 plus year trademark battle within the USPTO. All the while they continued to write and produce the comic book series releasing Issues 2 & 3. In early 2020 it was decided to slightly change the name from "the Toking Dead" to "Toking with the Dead" at which point the trademark dispute was dropped.
Synopsis