Ben Towle

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One-Page Comic Strip: History of the Ukulele

I occasionally do one-page music-related comic strips for a music magazine called Signal to Noise. I enjoy doing work for them because I’m really interested in music and they give me a pretty free rein to choose a subject I like.  For example, one of my past strips for them was about the obscure but …

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Summer of Minis 2010 – Part III

(Continuing my look at the minis I’ve been reading from this summer’s comics events. Earlier installment(s): Part I, Part II) Why Did I Put this Town on My Face? – Matt Wiegle Wiegle for Tarzan – Matt Wiegle Seven More Days of not Getting Eaten – Matt Wiegle I’m not sure why it’s taken me …

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Summer of Minis 2010 – Part II

(Continuing my look at the minis I’ve been reading from this summer’s comics events. Earlier installment(s): Part I) 33 Beasties – Drew Weing This fantastic little book combines two things I dig: Drew Weing’s art and bestiaries. Each page here features a different beast and the centerfold page folds out to a full 8.5 x …

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Sketchbook 11/10

For some reason my sketchbook drawings these days are starting to look more like stuff I used to draw in college. I think it’s because I’m consciously trying to draw from imagination more, rather than using my “free sketch” time to work on character designs, draw hands or cloth folds from magazines, etc.  Fakey sepia …

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New Stuff for Sale

I’m figuring in this day and age, if anyone wants to buy a new copy of one of my books from Amazon or whatever, they can just “use the Google.” So, I’ve ditched this blog’s “Buy Stuff” page and substituted a “Buy Signed Books/Original Art” link that goes to my newly-set up Storenvy storefront. If …

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