Ben Towle

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Amelia Exhibit Extended – At Gallery Hop Oct 2nd

Due mainly to this recent article in the Winston-Salem Journal, the exhibit of my original artwork from the forthcoming graphic novel Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean has been extended until the 19th of October.  Mainly that’s so it will be open and on display for the downtown arts district’s gallery hop this coming Friday (October …

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SPX 2009 Wrap-up

I had a fantastic time at SPX. As mentioned in my previous post, I decided to hit this year’s SPX as a “regular Joe” rather than keeping my table I’d initially bought to hawk my wares.  The difference in mindset was apparent well before I departed: instead of spending the night pre-SPX up ’till all …

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SPX 2009

With SPX 2009 right around the corner, my blog reader(s) is(are) probably wondering: why hasn’t Ben done his usual “what I’m selling and where I’m sitting” post?  The answer is simple.  I’m not selling anything and I’m not sitting anywhere this year (except perhaps at the hotel bar after the show). I’d initially purchased a …

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Sketchbook 9/19

The “main man”:

WAP Michael Jackson Tribute Now Online

Not too long ago I did a Michael Jackson pinup for a Wide Awake Press MJ tribute book.   The whole book is now online and you can check it out for free here.  It features comics an illustrations from Duane Ballenger, J Chris Campbell,  Gregory Dickens,  Juan Díaz-Faes Díaz,  Scott Elingburg,  Mike Gowan,  Jason Horn,  …

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