Ben Towle

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Amelia: on Booklist’s top 10

Here’s another bit of great press for Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean: The book was named as one of Booklist’s top ten biographies for youth in 2010.  The complete list is here.

Heroes Con 2010 – Day 3

Sunday was surprisingly busy sales-wise it seemed to me.  I wound up (again) doing lots of sketchbook commissions and never really getting caught up with my five dollar superhero sketches.  I had someone request another Deadman, so I took care of that: Interesting sketchbook commissions I got Sunday were a request for The Thing in …

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Heroes Con 2010 – Day 2

Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.  Friday was a bit slow at Heroes Con ’10, but Saturday morning was busy, busy, busy.  I still feel like I’m not selling as much stuff, but I think a lot of that has to do with my not having minis this year.  Instead …

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Heroes Con 2010 – Day 1

Friday is usually a fairly relaxed (aka “slow”) day at Heroes Con and today was no exception.  At the Friendliest Con in the Southeast, (or maybe just period) this can be a good thing though, as it allows folks on the floor to hang out and catch up for a bit.  I rode into Charlotte …

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Heroes Con Presentation: Defective Comics

As we’ve done for the past two years, Craig Fischer and I will be giving another one of our mega-panels at Heroes Con this year.  The topic this go ’round will be DEFECTIVE COMICS: A Celebration Of Superhero Oddness and it’ll be held Saturday at 3:00 pm in Room 208AB.  Here’s the official skinny: Defective  …

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