Stories from Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo

  1. Portrait Night 12/13 (Tilda Swinton)

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Dec 14, 2011

    So, for this week's #PortraitNight drawing, instead of just breaking out the sketchbook and drawing someone, I decided to subject myself to a taste of my own medicine and do a caricature exercise I occasionally make my students do when… Full Story »

  2. My Loot From The Greensboro Record Show

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Nov 20, 2011

    With comic cons currently either saturated heavily with film/TV (like the San Diego Comic-Con) or appealing to the hipster/art comics crowd (MoCCA, SPX, etc.), record shows may now be the last bastion of sweaty misanthropic guys milling around and rummaging through old dusty bins of junk. Sounds great, right?! So, I just had to make the trek out to Greensboro for the record show there a few weeks back. The show was in a "convention center" that looked like a dumpy motel from the 70s and, much like a sort… Full Story »

  3. Three Recent Commissions

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Nov 17, 2011

    I recently got three really fun commissions-all from the same person. What a great combo: a drawing from Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, another from my previous book Midnight Sun, and a double superhero commission of Iron Man and Captain… Full Story »

  4. E is for Ettercap

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Nov 14, 2011

    You can follow the other "E" entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AlphaBeasts hashtag. View all previous AlphaBeasts entries at the AlphaBeasts Tumblr: http://alphabeasts.tumblr.com/. You can also find some submission guidelines there, as well… Full Story »

  5. Illos From An Abandoned Boneshaker Comics Adaptation Pitch

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Oct 25, 2011

    OK, "abandoned" isn't the most accurate turn of phrase-maybe "on hold for the time being" is better. Anyway a while back, my then-agent and I were mulling over possible projects to pursue and one possibility that came up was a… Full Story »

  6. Come See Me At The Winston-Salem Toy & Comic Book Show

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Oct 20, 2011

    I'll be at the Winston-Salem Toy and Comic Book Show this Saturday. I'll have copies of Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean and my other books for sale as well as original art-probably just my smallish things like animal alphabet drawings.… Full Story »

  7. Animal Alphabet Part 1: Out With The Old

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Oct 1, 2011

    This past Monday was the twenty-sixth-and final-week of our collaborative Twitter project, the Animal Alphabet. The project began as an offhand comment by me on Twitter that I was thinking about drawing an animal in my sketchbook for each letter… Full Story »

  8. Z is for Zebu

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Sep 26, 2011

    Last letter of the Animal Alphabet! You can follow the other "Z" entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com.… Full Story »

  9. X is for Xoloitzcuintle

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Sep 12, 2011

    Well, I'm glad I held off on any dog breeds until now. I suspected I'd be glad to have the whole "arsenal" of breeds available for some difficult letter-and that for sure turned out to be the case. You may… Full Story »

  10. Portrait Night 9/6 (Kim Gordon)

    Ben Towle: Cartoonist, Educator, Hobo &bull Sep 7, 2011

    I'm not 100% happy with this drawing, but it's sure a heck of a lot better than the first pass I made at a Kim Gordon drawing. I think the root of the generally diminishing quality of my Our Band… Full Story »

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