Ben Towle

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Roger Langrige nominated for NCS award

NCS News Congrats to Roger Langridge, who’s been nominated for a Reuben (the award given out by the National Cartoonists’ Society). Roger is one of the best, and most underappreciated, cartoonists working today. He’s been nominated for his brilliant new book, Fred the Clown.

Cackalacky

I’m slowly beginning work on another book of tall tales—sort of a follow up to my last book Farewell, Georgia. This one’s going to be all stuff from North Carolina, and will be mainly stories that I’ve been told personally, rather than being made up of “researched” folk tales from books. I also want to …

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TheFourthRail.com – Down The Line

TheFourthRail.com – Down The Line Thanks to the folks at The Fourth Rail for some good press for Strange Eggs (it’s about 10 or 12th from the bottom in the list).

Staying ahead of the Joneses

Yeah, I bought a razor with two blades…but then there was one with three dammit! Then I bought that one..but no sooner had I done that than they made a razor with four blades. It’s damn frustrating, that’s for sure—frankly, I’ve given up on the men’s razor arms race, but I’ve got the skinny on …

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Project: Crackhouse – The Studio V

The studio now has walls and an ceiling—in fact, it is now the warmest, quietest room in the whole house since, unlike the other rooms, it has better-than-code insulation all around. Thankfully, there are no longer any means by which the cat can access the infastructure of the house now that the sheetrock is up. …

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