Ben

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Name: Ben Towle
Date registered: 11/30/-0001
URL: http://www.benzilla.com

Latest posts

  1. Black Sabbath — 6/17/2013
  2. Heroes Con 2013 Report — 6/13/2013
  3. Making Times Infinity – Little Fish Studio Google Hangout — 6/7/2013
  4. At Heroes Con 2013: The Mega Music Panel — 6/3/2013
  5. AlphaBots J Through M! — 4/29/2013

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  1. Mockingbird Tattoo Designs — 37 comments
  2. The Comics Journal Message Board: A Requiem — 31 comments
  3. Service Review: Ka-Blam Print on Demand — 29 comments
  4. Craft: A Review of the New Koh-i-nor Rapidosketch Pen — 26 comments
  5. Ugliest Dog in the World? — 22 comments
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Jun
17

Black Sabbath

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I drew Black Sabbath. I was mainly just looking for an excuse to play with coloring in Manga Studio. I’m only on EX4, but I hear there’s some pretty serious coloring features coming to EX5 later this summer. I’d really like to get Adobe products entirely out of my workflow, given their odious new pricing …

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Jun
13

Heroes Con 2013 Report

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So, this is the first year in a long time I didn’t man a table at Heroes Con. Why? Mainly just because most of my old books have now been out for a while and I’m pretty certain any folks that regularly attend Heroes that want them have them by now. Also, though, I really …

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Jun
07

Making Times Infinity – Little Fish Studio Google Hangout

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Join me (online) for a big Google Hangout where we’ll be chatting about staying motivated, efficient, and on-schedule with your comics projects. Monday, June 17th, 9PM EDT.

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Jun
03

At Heroes Con 2013: The Mega Music Panel

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Come one, come all! This Saturday at Heroes Con 2013, Craig Fischer and I will be putting on one of our annual “mega-panels.” In this case, it’s a mega music panel, featuring a live band; panel discussion with Peter Bagge, Ed Piskor, and the guys behind the upcoming graphic novel, The Fifth Beatle; and music/comics presentations …

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Apr
29

AlphaBots J Through M!

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Just when I thought I’d never manage to get back on-board with the AlphaBots project, here I go with a batch of four that catches me back up! J is for Jocasta – from The Avengers K is for K-9 – from Doctor Who L is for Lucifer – from Battlestar Galactica  M is for …

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Apr
22

Indie Pop-Up Fair – Saturday, April 27th

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I’ll be setting up shop at the Indie Pop-Up Fair this coming Saturday, April 27th at Mary’s of Course in downtown Winston-Salem. I’ll be selling original art from the various “alpha-projects,” a few minicomics, Animal Alphabet post cards, etc. This is the first year for this event, so I don’t know what to expect, but …

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Apr
17

Come See Me At The Durham Comics Fest!

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This Saturday, April 20th, I’ll be appearing at the Comics Fest in Durham, N.C. at the Southwest Regional Library. I’ll be participating in a roundtable discussion about comics-making as well as assisting Scott Hampton in a comics workshop earlier in the day. Other great guests include Raina Telgemeier, Ursula Vernon and Jan Burger. The workshop …

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Apr
17

Oyster War Nominated for 2013 Eisner Award

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Shock and awe! I’m incredibly honored–and more than a little bit surprised, given the incredible volume of amazing comics currently being published directly to the web–to have Oyster War be nominated for a 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award in the category of Best Digital Comic. You can read the whole list of 2013 nominees …

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Apr
15

I’m Interviewed on Comics Coast To Coast

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Last week I was interviewed on the Comics Coast to Coast podcast.  I discuss Oyster War, fantasy and historical fiction, coloring, my (possible) next project and more. Listen here.

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Apr
01

I is for The Iron Giant

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I is for The Iron Giant The original art for this is for sale here.   You can find all the AlphaBots entries to-date at the AlphaBots tumblr: http://alphabots.tumblr.com. You can also follow many of the entries as they’re posted in real-time by following the #AlphaBots hashtag on Twitter on Mondays

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