Sep 28 2009
I had a fantastic time at SPX. As mentioned in my previous post, I decided to hit this year’s SPX as a “regular Joe” rather than keeping my table I’d initially bought to hawk my wares. The difference in mindset was apparent well before I departed: instead of spending the night pre-SPX up ’till all …
Sep 25 2009
With SPX 2009 right around the corner, my blog reader(s) is(are) probably wondering: why hasn’t Ben done his usual “what I’m selling and where I’m sitting” post? The answer is simple. I’m not selling anything and I’m not sitting anywhere this year (except perhaps at the hotel bar after the show). I’d initially purchased a …
Sep 16 2009
Not too long ago I did a Michael Jackson pinup for a Wide Awake Press MJ tribute book. The whole book is now online and you can check it out for free here. It features comics an illustrations from Duane Ballenger, J Chris Campbell, Gregory Dickens, Juan Díaz-Faes Díaz, Scott Elingburg, Mike Gowan, Jason Horn, …
Sep 12 2009
I’ll be appearing at two book festivals this weekend. The first is the Bookmarks Book Festival here in Winston-Salem on Saturday and the second will be at the North Carolina Literary Festival in Chapel Hill on Sunday. Here’re details: Bookmarks The New Frontier: Graphic Novels, Webcomics and Manga Saturday, 2:00 pm – at the DADA …
Sep 06 2009
With the news last week of Disney’s planned purchase of Marvel comics came an onslaught of often hilarious “mashups” of Marvel and Disney characters. Two of my personal favorites are on display here: Gooflactus (Goofy and Galactus) and M.O.D.U.C.K (M.O.D.O.K. and Donald Duck). I finally got around to cranking out one myself but boringly I …
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