Ben Towle

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Phone Home

If, like me, you read a lot of Marvel and DC comics in the 1980s, you’ll likely recognize all of these ads from 80s comics

Summer Science Fiction

With “Steven Spielberg’s (?) War of the Worlds” approaching, we’re beginning to see the usual pre-release deluge of puff piece news stories about science fiction. Among them, though, is this anomaly: a great discussion on CNN radio online you can download as an MP3 (I refuse to use the term “podcast” under any circumstances) featuring …

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Goggles & Gloves pg.6

Here’s page six of Goggles and Gloves. I’ve actually had this one penciled and ready to go for a week or so, but I was waiting to start inking it until my summer comics class had gotten to their inking section, so I’d have an actual page to demonstrate on. I’ve got three pages to …

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Music, etc.

I’ve been neglecting my blog a bit of late due to a somewhat overwhelming workload, but after the weekend things may slow down a bit. I’ve been teaching two comics classes a day and freelancing in the afternoon/evenings–all with the Charlotte con in between. But my classes wrapped up today and, although this was by …

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More Charlotte con stuff…

…And here’s a banner/plackard-thingie I made by attaching some color copies to foamcore with spray adhesive: (Click for larger image)