Ben Towle

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Amelia Press Roundup 2/16

Amelia Earhart – This Broad Ocean has been “in the wild” for a bit now, and some reviews and write-ups are starting to appear.  First, another (!) starred review, this time from ALA’s Booklist.  Booklist online is a pay site, but here’s an excerpt from the review: “This is a true sequential art narrative, requiring …

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Sketchbook 2/12

More sketchbook ruminations on character designs from The Count of Monte Cristo.  This time it’s Fernand, shown here on the left as the young Fernand Mondego, and on the right as “The Count de Morcerf,” a title he purchases with ill-gotten spoils of war.

Sketchbook 02/08

I don’t know if anything will come of this Count of Monte Cristo thing, but it’s at least something fun to work on in my sketchbook.  This is another rumination on the character of Danglars (shown young and old here), who hits me as a real nouveau riche type who would probably be decked out …

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Amelia – In Stores Today/Comics Shops Tomorrow!

Amelia Earhart – This Broad Ocean is available in bookstores today, and will be in comics shops on Wednesday.  I’m not actually sure what the status of the book is as far as the “big box” stores go, but Borders for whatever reason has not carried my stuff in-store in the past, whereas Barnes & …

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Appearance: March Madness at ACME Comics, Greensboro

Yikes… It’s only January and my calendar is already filling up. (I’ve, in fact, added a calendar widget to the blog.)  Right on the heels of my barnstorming Amelia weekend in February, I’ll be appearing at the second annual ACME Comics “March Madness” event March 6th in nearby Greensboro, NC.  This’ll be my first in-store …

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