Ben Towle

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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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Teaching Gag Cartooning

I’m currently teaching two two-week sections of comics art for the Sawtooth School’s Summer Art Honors program for rising 8th through 12th graders. Today I did a section on gag cartooning, which–aside from the occasional Nickelodeon Magazine reader–seems to be a pretty much unknown art form among this age group. I took in a couple …

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2008 Subaru WRX: Dumpy

I’m the proud owner of a 2002 Subaru WRX and despite its somewhat controversial “bug eye” styling, I think it’s a great looking car.  Styling-wise the WRX has gone through some minor changes between the 2003 and 2007 models, but all retained pretty much the same sheet metal, changing mainly things like the headlights, tail …

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Sketchbook 6/28

Sketchbook 6/27