Ben Towle

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Heroes Con Seating Chart is Online

Like it says, the seating chart for this year’s Heroes Con is now posted.   Given that many of the folks in “Indie Island” are long-time Heroes guests, it’s usually the case that there are a bunch of folks who know each other all situated pretty close to one another.  I was really excited, though, to …

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Empire Strikes Back Turns 30

Like I didn’t feel old enough already, now The Empire Strikes Back is 30 years old today.  I was (and still am) a huge Star Wars fan and while I love the original film, Empire came out when I was nine and had a far more profound impact on me simply because at that age …

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New Cristophe Blain Book Out (in France)

I vowed off linkblogging a while back since there’re plenty of great full time comics news blogs around these days, but this seemed like a news item that might fall under the radar, so… It looks like there’s a new Christophe Blain book out–alas just in French for now.  Blaine is one of my absolute …

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Sketchbook 5/8 – Johnny Ramone

I guess that last drawing I did of Prince just got me in the musician-drawing mode… so here’s Johnny Ramone.  This is from a picture in the Henry Rollins book, Get in the Van, but I switched his denim jacket in the picture to the traditional “Brando” leather jacket usually seen on Ramones of any …

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Sketchbook 5/6: Prince Caricature

…And here’s an inked and colored version of my sketchbook image from yesterday.  It’s lost a little in the eyes area, I think–but still an OK drawing, especially for me since likenesses aren’t my strong suit.