Ben Towle

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Portrait Night 5/31 (Helen Marnie)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is Ladytron singer and synth player Helen Marnie. I’m not big into electronic music generally, but Ladytron does it so, so well. For a good introduction to the band, pick up their recent “best of” compilation, Best of 00-10. If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either …

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Heroes Commissions: Characters from Quentin Tarantino Movies

This is one of the more fun commissions I’ve gotten lately: Clarence and Alabama Worley from True Romance and Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs. Those are actually my two favorite Tarantino movies–and really the only two that I think hold up well over time. I loved Pulp Fiction when it came out but I re-watched …

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Animal Alphabet: I is for Indri

You can follow the other “I” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com. I is for Indri The original art for this is for sale here.

Heroes Con 2011, Here I Come!

If you’ve ever talked comics cons with me, you know that Heroes Con in Charlotte is one of my absolute favorites. Partially this is because I’ve been going there so long–maybe ten years or so, either as an attendee or an invited guest–and of course it’s right down the road from me in Charlotte. Another …

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Portrait Night 5/24 (Bob Dylan)

Tonight’s #PortraitNight subject is musician and national treasure Bob Dylan. Happy birthday, Bob. I dig you the most. If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, or via my Twitter.