Ben Towle

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Angoulême 2024: Moto Hagio!

Yeah, Angoulême was six months ago, but that doesn’t mean I’m not gonna post a few pics from the amazing Moto Hagio show! Shows of original manga pages are rarer than the proverbial hen’s teeth. I’ve seen exactly three: this one, Junji Ito at a previous Angoulême, and Kaoru Mori at the Kyoto Manga Museum. …

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Frank Miller interviews Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima!

A few years ago I was a guest at a con I won’t name… because it was an entirely dismal affair sales-wise. Needless to say, I was bored to tears after a couple of hours sitting behind a table with zero happening. So, I began wandering around the floor trying to enterntain myself. Thankfully, there …

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What I Read in 2023

As I’ve been doing for the last few years, here’s a list of comics and comics-related things that I read in the past year–with some scattered commentary as I see fit! Catwoman: Lonely City – Cliff Chiang I mentioned this book in a “so, what are you reading?” conversation with a friend at one point …

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Process: In the Weeds Sample Pages

I often get asked in interviews about my comics-making process and my answer is always the same: every book I do has a different process–and In the Weeds is no exception. So, here’s a quick look at my process for this in-progress book. First off: no, I haven’t finished penciling the entire book. I have …

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An Addendum to “The 10 Goodest Dogs in Comics”

A while back, The Beat published a list of top dog characters in comics, “SILBER LININGS: Who’s a good boy? The 10 goodest dogs in comics,” and it got me thinking about all the various great dogs in comics. Their list is generally a good one (other than Man-Wolf, who is clearly not a dog!) …

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