Ben Towle

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Comixology Podcast: Midnight Sun

In one of this week’s “It Came Out on Wednesday” podcast features on Comixology.com, Peter Jaffe interviews me about the Midnight Sun graphic novel, which not coincidentally comes out on Wednesday comes out the Friday after Christmas, the 28th. Here’s a link to the podcast page, which contains the interview itself, as well as some …

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USA Today on Comics and Education

USA Today ran a story over the weekend [story here…] about the growing prevalence of comics curricula in schools and the growing critical and academic respect of the art form. I had spoken with the reporter who wrote the article last week (I’m mentioned briefly in the article) so I had a good idea what …

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Pimp My Sleigh

The Gainesville Sun (FLA) ran an article recently about a family sleigh that my father and his wife are having restored.  [article here…] The sleigh in question belonged to my great grandfather, Benjamin Herr, for whom I was named.  He used it during winter months to commute to and from his job as a schoolteacher …

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People, It’s Still 2007!

I’ve been seeing tons of lists out there of the top ten comics and graphic novels of 2007. Here are a few that I’ve stumbled upon lately: Whitney Matheson (USA Today) Heeb Magazine Favourite Comics and Art Books of 2007, From Drawn! SELECTION JEUNESSE 2008 Time Magazine Now, I certainly wouldn’t be so vain as …

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Newsarama Art Group – Week 92

Here’ s my piece for week 92 of the Newsarama Art Group: Ironically, after cracking wise with all sorts of lewd innuendo about last week’s Deathblow theme, I didn’t manage to actually draw anything for it. Anyway, I cheated a bit with this week’s subject since my “What If…” doesn’t occur within the narrative of …

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