Ben Towle

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Moresukine

I’ve really been enjoying this guy’s Moleskine/comics journal project.  He’s a Westerner–German I think–living in Japan who’s recording his impressions of Tokyo in comics form, updated usually weekly, in a Moleskine notebook.

(Almost) One Hundred Demons on MONSTER BRAINS

MONSTER BRAINS: June 2006 A big thanks to Aeron Alfrey (who I know only via the Comics Journal messageboard) for adding my (Almost) One Hundred Demons project/minicomic to his great MONSTER BRAINS blog.  Man, you gotta love the internet!  I’ll gladly put up with the occasional Viagra spam finding its way to  my inbox if …

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(Almost) 100 Demons Minicomic

Here’s a completed (Almost) One Hundred Demons minicomic that I’ll be selling for the low, low introductory rate of $3.00 at Heroes Con in Charlotte in a few weeks.  Check out that snazzy hand screenprinted cover!  I just learned how to do that at the Camel City Cartoonists’ Guild and Social Club screenprinting workshop last …

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House of Bad Ideas

SPIDEY UNMASKED “My name is Peter Parker and I’ve been Spider-Man since I was 15 years old. Any questions?” the web wonder proclaims at a Times Square press conference in the comic “Civil War” No. 2, on sale today.

New Bond Can’t Drive a Stick

You know, I really want to like this new Bond actor that’s been cast for the upcoming Casino Royale, but I was stunned to hear on the radio this morning that he had to be taught how to drive a manual transmission for the chase scenes in the film!  It’s bad enough that the modern …

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