Ben Towle

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Midnight Sun GN – Preview Pages

I wrote a while back about my current SLG-published series, Midnight Sun, switching mid-stream from serialized comic book format into a single volume graphic novel, but in the last few weeks I’ve gotten some emails from folks wondering when issue four is coming out.   So, I thought I’d post a quick update on the status …

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Sketchbook 8/11

Order Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology

Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology is now available for order via Comic Book Discount Service at a great 45% off cover price: http://www.dcbservice.com/search.aspx?search=Awesome&pid=1  The book will also be avialable from various contributors at SPX and there’ll be a launch party is Rocketship in Brooklyn on October 20th at 8pm.  You can check out some great preview …

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Hello Kitty Used to Punish Thai Cops

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6932801.stm  Unfortunately none of the articles on this new development feature a picture of the actual patch that’s being used to punish the officers. From the article: Police chiefs in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have come up with a new way of punishing officers who break the rules – an eye-catching Hello Kitty armband. The armband is …

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Strangely Appropriate Ad

I’ve got nothing against having kids–in fact, I’ve got one on the way myself–but I was reading with some disbelief this article about an Arkansas woman who recently gave birth to her sixteenth child. The article itself was frankly, snarky and meanspirited, but I couldn’t resist checking out the accompanying photo. As you can see, …

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