Ben Towle

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Sketchbook 12/24

In preparation for whatever I work on as my next comics project, I’ve been experimenting to see how much colored pencil under-drawing I can get away with, but still wind up with a decent looking final image.  Here’s a sketch that’s been heavily under-drawn in blue, orange and then red colored pencil–then had those colors …

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From the Longbox – 2

Second in a series.  Today’s topic is short and sweet: What the Hell Happened to Kilian Plunkett? OK, so here’s the short answer: he went on to draw a bunch of Star Wars comics and character designs for animation. But, before that he illustrated the Aliens: Labyrinth series, written by Jim Woodring.  (Yeah, you read …

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From the Longbox – 1

I don’t know how many of these I’ll have time for, and with what frequency I’ll wind up posting them, (I do have a baby due any day now, you know) but… With the eminent arrival of the above-mentioned “infink,” I’ve had to clear out what was previously an extra room here in the Crackhouse. …

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Midnight Sun Delayed – In Shops Dec. 28

Whether by the machinations of Diamond Comic Distributors , the printer (Lebonfon), or –most likely–some combination of the two, it looks like Midnight Sun will be in comic shops not this Wednesday, but the following Friday, the 28th.

It’s a Gocco Christmas

With each passing year, I seem to pick up at least one additional freelance project doing Christmas/holiday cards… which unfortunately means that I wind up with less and less time to put together cards for us to send. It’s like they say, I suppose: The cobbler’s kids go shoeless (or whatever that expression is). At …

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