Ben Towle

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Caricature

Here’s a caricature of Katherine and me done by Jon Towle who (coincidentally) is also a cartoonist. He kindly sent this to me just for fun–we Towles are liket that, you know. Jon lives on the west coast and you can check out his site here. (Click for larger image)

Dr. Michael A. Nowak – Legion of Super Pets Custom Figures!

Dr. Michael A. Nowak – Legion of Super Pets Custom Figures! People who make their own dolls…uh, I mean “action figures,” are somewhat peculiar in my book, but someone who’s chosen to manufacture figures of the “Legion of Super-Pets” is just straight-up weird.

Superman is a Dick.

Superman is a Dick. It’s true! It’s true! (Click for larger image)

Teaching comics on SilverBullet.com

Here’s the second installment of my semi-regular column on teaching comics: Teaching Comics: Expediting the Learning Process

Comics on NPR

Kudos to NPR which has done two comics-related stories in the last few days. The one on the Angouleme Festival of course features the obligatory interview with Art Spiegelman, the American cartoonst without whom NPR apparently cannot put together a comics-related story: Jim Ottaviani and Jay Hosler Angouleme Festival