Ben Towle

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Midnight Sun #2: Cover

The system through which comic books are ordered and distributed–via a company called Diamond–functions so far in advance that I’ve actually got to submit a cover image for the second issue of Midnight Sun tomorrow… and the first is nearly a month from being released. The second one isn’t going to be out until October. …

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X3

I never went to see the new X-Men movie, because it seems to be universally hailed as terrible, but at least it gave rise to this hilarous cartoon comparison between the comics and film versions of the X-Men.

The Constant(ine) Gardener

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WWJD

I can’t believe this is a real comic book: In the near future, the United States is ruled by bloodsucking vampire hordes. Only one man can end their reign of terror: JESUS H. CHRIST. A tale of war, love, religion and severed heads, the controversial LOADED BIBLE answers an age-old question: “What Would Jesus Do?” …

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Memorial Day Crackhouse Update

Well, it’s not technically Memorial Day yet, but it really doesn’t matter around the venerable Crackhouse since renovation work is going on unfettered. Today Dennis, the drywall finisher wrapped up the third pulling of the drywall mud, thus completing that end of things. Tomorrow the dried mud gets sanded, and on monday the painter comes …

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