Ben Towle
Sketchbook: Ben Towle creates some characters
A character evolves in Ben Towle's sketchbook
Ben Towle has been working up his characters for his next graphic novel, In the Weeds (which sounds like it will be set behind the scenes at a restaurant), and he shows off his thought process at his blog. The book presents some challenges:
About half of the book takes place in a restaurant kitchen and this presents a prickly problem in that everyone will be dressed the same. It’d be really easy here to fall into an “Alien 3″ situation here where you’ve got a bunch of (mostly) white guys running around in the same outfit and you can’t tell who’s doing what or saying what unless you’re seeing a close-up of their faces.
It’s interesting to see how much the characters change as he refines them.
- October 6, 2010 @ 09:00 AM by Brigid Alverson
What Are You Reading?
Afrodisiac cover
Welcome once again to What Are You Reading? Our guest this week is Van Jensen, writer of Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer and Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer and the Great Puppet Theater. To see what Van and the rest of the Robot 6 crew are reading, click below.
- June 20, 2010 @ 11:00 AM by JK Parkin
HeroesCon 2010 | Defective Comics
Promo art for the Defective Comics panel
Heading to Heroes Con? This sounds like a good time: Ben Towle and Craig Fischer will be doing a mega-panel titled “Defective Comics” — “a lovingly critical look at just how bizarre the superhero genre can be.” Details:
The event will include a presentation by Towle on the sad-sack super-man in Chris Ware’s Acme Novelty Library; a panel discussion with Colleen Coover, Evan Dorkin, Jeff Parker and Chris Pitzer; a talk by Crogan Adventures creator Chris Schweizer about art-comix creators crossing over into mainstream superhero comics; and clips from some of the weirdest and worst superhero films of all time. Excelsior?
- June 2, 2010 @ 08:00 AM by Brigid Alverson
Straight for the art | A peek at Towle’s Oyster War
Oyster War by Ben Towle
More than a year ago Midnight Sun creator Ben Towle shared the name and description of one of his next projects, Oyster War, and I’ve been waiting patiently ever since. Over the last few days he’s been sharing artwork for the splash page, ending with the colored version you see above (and here). Go check out his blog for more sketches and process pieces related to the new book, which can’t get here soon enough.
Related: Towle’s artwork for his Amelia Earhart book will be on display in Winston Salem
- August 27, 2009 @ 06:56 AM by JK Parkin