Ben Towle

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Make That: Should Have Waited Two Days…

…Because yet another review of Midnight Sun has appeared on those crazy internets. This time it’s actually an early (December 24th) review of the book from—presumably—the print edition of Publishers Weekly (!), which is just now making it to the online archive. Scroll way down-the comics section is the very last. It’s a quite positive …

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Sketchbook 2/6/08

I Shoulda Waited One More Day…

…To do yesterday’s Midnight Sun roundup, that is, because today another review appeared–and a pretty high-profile one at that. The current installment of The Onion AV Club Comics Panel reviews the book largely favorably and gives it a rating of “B.” Relative to the other items reviewed this week, that puts me behind the new …

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Midnight Sun Roundup

I’ve had a few things Midnight Sun-related trickle in over the last week or so, so here’s a rundown: Brian Heater over at the Daily Cross Hatch ran a nice write-up of the book back on the 23rd. The blog itself, including the review post in question, seems to be having some technical issues and …

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Stephan Pastis Podcast (With Guests!)

In the comments section of my Pearls Before Swine post from last week, Bob Andelman (A.K.A. “Mr. Media”) posted a link to a podcast interview he recently conducted with the strip’s creator, Stephan Pastis.  Ironically, given that my initial post was mainly about Pearls winning a readers’ pole and thus being added to the Winston-Salem …

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