Ben Towle

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Midnight Sun GN Cover

Things are winding down as far as Midnight Sun goes.  The folks at SLG are looking over some low res comps of the book, and a friend has graciously volunteered to proof read the thing (thus saving me from my own terrible spelling), but beyond that, the book is pretty much done–so much so, in …

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Shetchbook 10/24

Chris Ware and Perspective Drawing

The most recent Mad Magazine (the one with the insurance caveman on the cover) includes a Chris Ware parody among the gags in the “Fundalini Pages” at the beginning of the issue. Mad‘s comics/graphic novel parodies are usually presented in the form of a review, with text above and a (supposed) excerpted page from the …

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17 1/2 Hours at Bojangles’

Be sure to check out Paul Friedrich’s blog tomorrow, the 16th, as he’ll be participating in an Suburban Xtreme Endurance Event in Raleigh, spending an entire day in a Bojangle’s restaurant.  Here’s the skinny from the press release: October 16, 2007 Paul Friedrich and Bryan Pack will attempt to spend an entire 17 1/2 hour …

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SPX 2007 – Final Thoughts

Saturday night after posting my previous entry on SPX, I headed downstairs to try to catch the tail end of the Ignatz awards and then to rendezvous with some folks afterwards, but managed–as seems to be becoming my unintentional tradition–to miss the entire ceremony.  Not in a million years will I ever suggest that a …

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