Ben Towle

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Looks Like I’m Gonna Have to go to Washington

“Cartoon America” Opens Nov. 2 – The Library of Congress The exhibition will feature 100 masterworks of such celebrated artists as political cartoonists Thomas Nast, Rube Goldberg, Bill Mauldin and Patrick Oliphant; comic strip creators Winsor McCay, George Herriman, Chic Young, Milt Caniff, Charles Schulz and Lynn Johnston; humorous gag cartoonists Peter Arno and William …

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Red Auerbach 1917-2006

I neither know nore care much about basketball, but this guy was apparently a friend of my grandfather, Hardy Pearce.  They both attended George Washington Univeristy, and are both GW Hall of Famers.

It’s Halloween!

Midnight Sun #2: In Stores November 8th

Diamond Shipping Lists Coming out a week later than expected (surprisingly, for resons having nothing to do with me!) Midnight Sun #2 will be in Comic Book Stores Wednesday, November 8th. 

Lucas vs. Diesel Sweeties

Here’s an interesting page some folks have been linking to, in the aftermath of the Lucasfilm “cease and desist” letter to Richard Stevens, creator of the webcomic Diesel Sweeties as well as vendor of some admittedly Star Wars-ey merch (note: images of said merch will likely be gone in a few days). Re. the page: …

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