Ben Towle

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Inking Part II

Well, this is it: not just part two of my inking lesson, but the final installment of this column. “What?” you ask, “No final lesson on computer coloring?” No, I’m afraid not—and I’ve got a number of reasons. The most important is that there are already tons of online resources on this topic (and I’ll …

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Adam Casey’s SPX Pics up at The Three Cent Pup

More images from the show, along with Adam’s writeup, at The Camel City Cartoonists Guild & Social Club site: www.cartoonists.ws.

SPX Report #4

This is more of an addendum I guess, but… after the Ignatzes (which I missed due to dining-related delays) I was downstairs at the party hanging out with comics scholars Craig Fischer and Bart Beaty and we wandered in to the strange U.N.-like presentation room. Each seat in the room had a little “Marriot” tablet …

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SPX Report #3

Saturday at SPX cranked up at 10:00 in the morning and throughout the morning and afternoon the crowd seemed to just grow and grow.  By late afternoon there were areas of the floor that were difficult to move through–something I’ve never witnessed before at an SPX.  Again, though, given that this is a new venue, …

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SPX Report #2

The Small Press Expo (SPX) officially cranked up today at 2:00pm at its new location in scenic Rockville, MD.  Despite my earlier grousing about the new hotel’s location, the large conference hall area in which the Expo took place is admittedly much nicer than the labyrinthine multi-room layout of the old Comfort Inn location.  Gone …

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