Ben Towle

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Baseball Art

Check out this cool gallery of baseball art/ads, the above image being my favorite of the bunch.

Interview on WS NPR

If’n you’re a local Triad person, and you have any interest in my ramblings, be sure to check out tomorrow’s installment of WFDD‘s program Voices & Viewpoints hosted by Denise Franklin. The interview I did at the station earlier this week will air tomorrow, Friday the 27th, at 9:30 am and again at 6:00pm. Update: …

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MST3K Kinda Sorta Returns

Check out Mike Nelson’s RiffTrax site. It’s an interesting venture: You buy the “commentary” track as an MP3 (or whatever) of Mike riffing on a particular movie MST3K-style, but then you’re responsible for actually getting the movie itself.   You then get them both cued up, start the audio, then start the movie when Mike says …

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Just Coincidence?

These two Foxtrot strips were published a few weeks apart, but I wonder if they’re related—and indicative of some real life response to the Sunday strip from the Bill Keane/Family Circus empire.  (Especially possible, given the differing lead times cartoonists have to adhere to for daily vs. Sunday strips.) (Click for larger image) (Click for …

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Article in WS Journal’s RELISH

Here’s a recent feature article on the comics class I teach at the Sawtooth School here in Winston-Salem.  The writeup also includes mention of MIDNIGHT SUN and the Camel City Cartoonists’ Guild and Social Club. RelishNow | Ben Towle teaching others to be sequential artists