Ben Towle

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Comics Drawing Workshop at Forsyth Central Library

I’ll be giving a two part workshop at the Forsyth County Central Library in downtown Winston-Salem tomorrow (7/17) and Wednesday (7/18) from 3:00 to 4:30 each day. Further details can be found on the library’s website. I believe the program is free and open to folks ages 13 and up, but registration is required (call …

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Sketchbook 07/13

I’ve been ruminating a bit on my old character, Count Stinkula. I’m thinking maybe once Midnight Sun is wrapped up and the files are off to the good folks at SLG, I’ll perhaps return to the character for a quick 4-pager. In the story, tentatively titled “The Count is Emo,” a mopey, dressed-in-black, vampire-obsessed teenager …

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Sketching at Heroes Con

Thanks to friend and Heroes Con Creative Director, Dustin Harbin for forwarding me this photo from this year’s convention.  It was taken by James Sack, a creative director at a local Charlotte web design firm.  I believe the sketch here was being done for Ebony Looney.

Sketchbook 7/12

New Ordinance Threatens Live Music in Winston-Salem

The Winston-Salem Police Department has proposed an ordinance that would force club owners like Richard Emmett of The Garage to hire off duty police officers – the number of which would be determined by the club’s capacity – at a rate of $25 an hour between 9 p.m. and “(1) hour after the nightlife business …

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