Ben Towle

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L is for Lizard Man

This week’s “L” choice was an easy one to make. As a kid I drew tons of D&D stuff, but for some reason this little guy was my favorite. As he appears in the 1979 edition of the game, though, he’s a bit of an odd bird. Lizard men appear in two locations of the …

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“Alphabet Collective” Table At SPX 2012?

This is something I’ve been ruminating on for a bit, but (typical of me) I’ve waited until the last minute to actually do anything about it. With SPX 2012 now open for registration, I’m wondering if folks might be interested in going in on an “Alphabet Collective” table to sell minicomics by AnimalAlphabet and AlphaBeasts …

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Some Star Wars Fan Art

I was recently asked to donate a piece of artwork for a local Star Wars-themed charity benefit auction. I’m a huge Star Wars nut (the movie came out when I was six, so I’m pretty much the perfect age to be a Star Wars junkie) so I knew I had to find time to do …

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Portrait Night 12/27 (Margaret Thatcher)

As with last week’s #PortraitNight drawing, this one’s kinda lame. The holidays brouhaha is killing me, people! I promise: before I complete my year of weekly portraits, I’ll do at least one more that I can spend some time on and get a decent image from. In the meantime, here’s a quick Margaret Thatcher: As …

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K is for Killmoulis

You can follow the other “k” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AlphaBeasts hashtag. View all previous AlphaBeasts entries at the AlphaBeasts Tumblr: http://alphabeasts.tumblr.com/. You can also find some submission guidelines there, as well as links to bestiaries and lists of creatures. Sorry about the cruddy cell phone pic, …

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