Ben Towle

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My Best of 2008

Between the time it became public that I’d be an Eisner judge and when the nominations were settled on and announced, I didn’t want to go “on record” about what my favorite books of the year were, but now that the Eisner nominations are out in the open, I’ll go ahead and drum up a …

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Post-Eisner Nomination Wrap-up

It’s probably not kosher to divulge a whole lot of information on the goings-on of the Eisner Awards nomination process, but given that the call for submissions notes that the nominations will be “announced in April,” and it’s now April, I feel that I can safely reveal that the nomination weekend is now over and …

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Comics Goons Are Born, Not Made

This afternoon I was clearing out some junk from the cabinets in my studio, trying to make more room in there for the stuff that’s currently clogging up my shelves, and I came upon a really hilarious research paper I had to write, apparently in high school.  Not surprisingly, the subject is superheroes.  I present …

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Craft: Full Page Aerial View Spread

Well, my old friend from a few weeks back, the aerial view of L.A. from Amelia, has returned.  This page has come up previously on this blog in a discussion of layouts vs. finishes, and I’m once again working on it.  No, not just inking that same page… but, before I get into that, here’s …

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Pre-Eisner Judging Reading (or, “Why Haven’t You Been Posting Anything?”

Just when I’d gotten into the habit of cranking out one substantive post every week or so, I’ve now pretty much ground to a halt.  Why?  Because, as some of you might know, the deadline for submissions to the 2009 Eisner Awards was a couple of days ago… which means that Eisner nomination time is …

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