Ben Towle

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Among Us Hide…The Inhumans!

All the guest artists at this summer’s HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC have been asked to contribute some artwork to the convention’s program book and this year’s theme is the Fantastic Four. I’m not known for drawing a lot of super-heroes, much less pin-ups…but I do dig the old Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Fantastic Four so I …

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God Bless America

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Farewell, “Daddy” Doo-Wop

Despite Winston-Salem’s self-ascribed status as “The City of the Arts,” its hipness factor is generally somewhat lacking; there are, however, a few jems to be found in the area. Unfortunately one of those few venerable institutions is ending as of tonight: The “Daddy” Doo-Wop show on WSNC, the Winston-Salem State University radio station. For something …

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The Supposed “Mainstream” in Comics

This little essay is a response I wrote to a message board posting. Here’s the original post: I think the reason people assign themselves to being mainstream or the reason they don’t give Indys a fair chance is because, and I may get a lot of backlash for saying this, but there aren’t that many …

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Lookit the li’l baby!

Lobel files libel suit in response to ‘Get Fuzzy’ strip …and the strip itself (Darby’s spineless jellyfish of a syndicate has pulled it from their site): (Click for larger image)