Ben’s Heroes Con Schedule

So here’s the roundup for any interested parties:

Who: Me… and a pretty dang amazing lineup of cartoonists.

What: Heroes Con ’06, the South’s biggest comics event!

When: Like it says in the banner above, Friday June 30th (tomorrow) until Sunday July 2nd.  Barring a couple of panels (see below) and occasional trips out for food, I should be there pretty much the whole weekend.  That’s 11am – 7pm Friday, 10am – 6pm Saturday, and 11am – 6pm Sunday.

Where: The Charlotte Convention Center, in lovely downtown (or is it “uptown” again now?  I can’t keep track) Charlotte, North Cackalacky.  Specifically, I’ll be in Indie Island, booth ii611. You can click here for a list of all the artists and where they’ll be, along with a PDF of the convention floor layout.  I’ll be right between Richmonders (Richmondites? Richmondians?) Rob Ullman and Dash Shaw.

Panels:

I’ll be participating in two panel events.

  • Friday at 3:00 pm in room 216 – “How To Get Ahead In The World Of Indie Comics, Part One: Minicomics” (along with Andy Mansell, Jeffrey Brown, J Chris Campbell, Jim Mahfood, Andy Runton, and Rob Ullman)
  • Saturday at Noon in room 216 – “How To Get Ahead In The World Of Indie Comics, Part Two: Anthologies and Other Avenues” (along with Jordan Crane of Mome, Chris Pitzer of Project Superior, and moderator Andy Mansell)

I’ve also helped organize and will attend—but not participate in:

  • Friday at 5:00 pm in room 216 – “How To Get Ahead In The World Of Indie Comics, Part One-and-a-Half: Webcomics” (Panelists: Danielle Corsetto, Jennie Breeden, Marty Blevins, Joe Lomenda, Matt Wood, and Stephanie Freese, with moderator Paul “Onionhead” Friedrich)

Swag:

Well… as you can see in the post previous to this one, I’ll have available pretty much my whole back catalog of minicomics, on my fancy new spinner rack.

I’ll once again be offering the ever-popular Sizzling Minicomics Worbar:

Also, for the first time available for sale, (Almost) One Hundred Demons.

And, of course, debuting at Heroes Con: the first issue of my new series, Midnight Sun—Not available in stores until Wednesday, but you can get em at the Con!

Come by and say Hi if you’re at Heroes Con this weekend!

(I’ve got wifi in my hotel room and, time permitting, will hopefully be able to check in via blog)

Nice Rack!

Getting loaded up for Heroes Con this weekend… and check out my fancy new spinner rack I got off Ebay:

That’ll hopefully clear up some precious table space at good old Indy Island booth ii611 where I’ll be for pretty much the whole weekend.  Note other comics geek items in picture: cardboard boxes of “real” comics in the back from Quebecor (printers), and the scale model of the Italia I built for drawing reference for Midnight Sun.

Pimpin’ on the Pulse

Here’s a pre-Heroes con, pre-Midnight Sun #1 release interview with yours truly conducted by comics journalist and all-around nice person Jennifer Contino:

COMICON.com: BEN TOWLE SLG’S MIDNIGHT SUN

(Crack)House Update

I haven’t posted any pics of the “big dig” downstairs renovation project, so here goes. Since last update crown molding has gone up, baseboard trim is up, doors have been hung (although some have since been removed), and painting is well underway. Starting from the front of the house:

Living room/foyer. Note awesome custom shelf on the left. These carpenters are old school.

Living Room
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Hallway: seen from the living room. Half bath on the left, looking into the bedroom in the back.

Hall
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Dining room:

Dining Room
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Bedroom:

Bedroom
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Master bathroom:

Master bath
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Joey Weiser’s The Ride home

COMICON.com: INTRO TO WEBCOMICS: JOEY WEISER’S THE RIDE HOME

Check out some pages from fellow SCAD grad and occasional Strange Eggs contributor Joey Weiser on The Pulse.  His work The Ride Home is discussed here as a webcomic—and it is indeed being serialized online—but, I think the eventual vision for this work is for it to be published in graphic novel format.