Ben Towle

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Go where the huskies go

Here’s a cool pic I just got emailed of a polar bear, taken near the North Pole. That black form in the lower right corner is the USS Honolulu, a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine. I actually got a bunch of these pics sent to me, including some of the sub above the ice with …

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Boxing Bucket: pg. 3

Here’s the completed third page. Only two more to go… (Click for larger image)

Groundpig Day

Winston-Salem Journal | Groundpig Day: Lexington pig doesn’t see shadow; spring on the way? Up North folks are all a-titter today about Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog whose shadow is supposedly a predictor of seasonal change, or lack thereof. Phil saw his shadow today, fortelling of six more weeks of winter. Well, they can keep …

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Strange Eggs

So, all this “Boxing Bucket” business that I’ve been working on over the last month or so has all been for an upcoming comic book anthology called “Strange Eggs.” There’s a long, convoluted story behind the project, but basically it’s this: I got hired to do a tie-in story for a Nickelodeon Magazine-style book that …

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Winter Cookout

Neither Arctic temperatures nor a blanket of snow was going to prevent me from grilling out last night. Like all red-blooded American men, I’ll start a fire and cook food over it no matter how stupid an idea that might seem to anyone with any kind of common sense.