Ben Towle

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H is for Hiro Protagonist

I was on the fence for “H”, waffling between this guy and Humbert Humbert from Nabokov’s Lolita. Ultimately, I went with Hiro mainly because I got a better initial doodle of him on Saturday night, but also because there really is no description of Humbert in Lolita–or, rather, there is no reliable description of him. …

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This Summer: An Epidemic of Webcomics from Wide Awake Press!

Did you know that, starting this summer, you can read my webcomic, Oyster War, as well as five other great comics all at one place? Yep, right here: So, what’s there besides Oyster War? Check it: Muscles Diablo by Pat Lewis Ultra Lass by Rob Ullman Rashy Rabbit by Josh Latta Ninjasaur by Jason Horn …

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G is for Gimli

This may be the drawing that causes me to break my heretofore unbroken AlphaBooks rule of only doing one character from a particular book. I really want to do Tom Bombadil also… but we’ll see. G is for Gimli – From The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien There are a lot of things …

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F is for Flay

It’s only by about a half an hour, but this unfortunately is my first genuinely late Alpha-illustration for any of the three Alphabet projects I’ve been involved with. Chalk it up to how amazingly busy this Heroes Con was! But, anyway…. F is for Flay – From the the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake I …

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Heroes Con – Days 2 & 3

Saturday Apparently, Stan Lee’s superpower is the ability to turn Heroes Con into a complete zoo. The convention center lobby was packed like I’d never seen it before on Saturday morning, and apparently the extra hubbub was all for “Stan The Man.” Getting Stan Lee as a Heroes Con guest was a pretty big score, …

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