Ben Towle

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Midnight Sun Discussed on Top of the Stack Podcast

Around Comics – The Comic Book Podcast – Episodes Check out the newest AroundComics.com podcast in which Midnight Sun gets some positive shout-outs from a call-in reader as well as the hosts!  It’s toward the end of the show–around 57 minutes in–but, if you skip to that, you’ll miss some lively debate about what TMNT …

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Batman Rocks!

Stuff I’ve Purchased/Been Listening To Lately:

Tim Buckley – Happy Sad The Beach Boys – Holland The Black Keys – Magic Potion Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding Dirty Pretty Things – Waterloo to Anywhere Dr. Dog – Takers and Leavers The Faces – A Nod is as Good as a Wink… to a Blind Horse Freddie MacGreggor – Bobby Bobylon …

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My Cat-Style Cartooning Technique is Unstoppable

If I ever get around to writing a how-to cartooning book (something I have actually considered), one technique I’m going to champion is learning how to pencil and ink with a real, live–and often moving–cat on one’s drafting table.  My thinking is that this is kind of like those “heavy hands” things that some folks …

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People who are stealing my bit – Part II

Saw this ad for Fantagraphics in the current Comics Journal a few weeks ago: Photoshopped this up a few months back to promote Midnight Sun: