Ben Towle

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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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Heroes Con 2012:Day 1

As has been my tradition in the past, I’m posting a late-night Heroes Con round-up before hitting the sack. As has also been my tradition, It’s gonna be short and pretty sloppy. Here goes: After dragging myself out of bed at an hour unseemly for any true gentleman, I hit the road for Greensboro where …

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Heroes Con 2012!

“Heroes Caaaaaaahhhhhnnnnn!” Heroes Con ’12 is right around the corner, so here’s some basic info on what’s going on vis-à-vis yours truly: Where Will I Be? I’ll be seated in “Indie Island” at table AA-544. Here’s a quick map of the 500 section of Indie Island with my table marked, as well as the tables …

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E is for Elric of of Melniboné

These AlphaBooks drawings are skewing far heavier toward fantasy and SF than my actual reading habits–I guess because they make more interesting subjects visually. Anyway, here’s this week’s “E” entry, from a series I read ages ago: E is for Elric – From Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock With my last few entries, I’ve written …

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D is for Danny

I’m almost a day late–my first late entry in all the alpha-series!–but, finally, here’s my “D” entry: D is for Danny – From Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck This week was a tough choice for me character-wise, since two of my absolute favorite books have strong “D” characters. So far my roster of characters for …

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