Ben Towle

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Wired News: Holy Homework! Comics Hit Schools

Wired News: Holy Homework! Comics Hit Schools How long must we suffer with the trite, annoying, unimaginative, uninformative, outdated, overused, and idotic trope of the “Holy something! Blah Blah Blah” headline? This stupid headline format reared its ugly head around the time Miller beer’s “You can call me Ray” ad campaign began and it’s every …

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James Doohan: 1920-2005

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San Diego

I transported my digital camera 3000 miles to San Diego, only to find it D.O.A. on the one day I took it to the convention and actually had a few hours to wander around and take pictures. Hopefully it’s just the batteries…but, anyway, this was forwarded to me. Front to back, that’s Chris Reilly, Steve …

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Ugliest Dog in the World?

I’m on the snopes.com email newsletter list and recently received this month’s issue highlighting new additions to the site. Snopes.com specializes in researching stories and news items that circulate either verbally or via the internet, then either debunking them as urban legends or verifying that they are in fact true. This one is truly stunning: …

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Count Stinkula

I’m doing a two-page story for the next Wide Awake Press anthology. The theme this time around is horror. I haven’t got the story entirely worked out yet, but it will definitely feature Count Stinkula: Hobo Vampire! (Click for larger image)