Ben Towle
@benzilla.bsky.social
Cartoonist, five-time-time Eisner nominee, programming co-chair Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC), adjunct comics prof @ CCAD, intergalactic trader & general nuisance. Four-Fisted Tales, Oyster War, etc.
Columbus, OH (Comics City, USA!)/Palm Springs, CA
Columbus, OH (Comics City, USA!)/Palm Springs, CA
Wait, seriously--AGAIN? "Adverse reaction to prescription medication"?
January 2, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Wait, seriously--AGAIN? "Adverse reaction to prescription medication"?
Damn... so close to getting the last Corto Maltese volume I need to complete my collection. But gonna hold for now--this one looks pretty beat up, especially for the asking price.
www.ebay.com/itm/37682277...
www.ebay.com/itm/37682277...
Pardon Our Interruption...
www.ebay.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Damn... so close to getting the last Corto Maltese volume I need to complete my collection. But gonna hold for now--this one looks pretty beat up, especially for the asking price.
www.ebay.com/itm/37682277...
www.ebay.com/itm/37682277...
It's a nerd-a-licious Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It's a nerd-a-licious Christmas!
Current couch reading. I'm not as interested is Air Pirates as a lot of comics folk but, this is still a really interesting issue nonetheless—particularly the interviews with Bobby London and Kaz as well as the Ratt Fink/Ed "Big Daddy" Roth stuff.
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Current couch reading. I'm not as interested is Air Pirates as a lot of comics folk but, this is still a really interesting issue nonetheless—particularly the interviews with Bobby London and Kaz as well as the Ratt Fink/Ed "Big Daddy" Roth stuff.
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🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!
Very unusual weather here in Palm Springs for Christmas time—cool and rainy... but kinda beautiful in its own way!
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December 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Very unusual weather here in Palm Springs for Christmas time—cool and rainy... but kinda beautiful in its own way!
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Hahaha this AI-drawn slingshot is 100% hilariously bad.
Genuinely baffled by how AI bros see stuff like this and then are like, "We should totally be using AI for heart surgery" or whatever.
Genuinely baffled by how AI bros see stuff like this and then are like, "We should totally be using AI for heart surgery" or whatever.
December 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hahaha this AI-drawn slingshot is 100% hilariously bad.
Genuinely baffled by how AI bros see stuff like this and then are like, "We should totally be using AI for heart surgery" or whatever.
Genuinely baffled by how AI bros see stuff like this and then are like, "We should totally be using AI for heart surgery" or whatever.
Hanging with future Ohio governor Amy Acton! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Hanging with future Ohio governor Amy Acton! 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
Beautiful Craftint CAPTAIN EASY daily on the block at Heritage. Strip is post-1943, so it's Crane's assistant Leslie Turner, not Crane himself. Still, though... I'm a sucker for stuff with water, ocean, ships, subs, etc.
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Beautiful Craftint CAPTAIN EASY daily on the block at Heritage. Strip is post-1943, so it's Crane's assistant Leslie Turner, not Crane himself. Still, though... I'm a sucker for stuff with water, ocean, ships, subs, etc.
The current Mary Worth plotline--C. Everett Koop vs. Sunny the asshole parrot--is shaping up nicely!
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The current Mary Worth plotline--C. Everett Koop vs. Sunny the asshole parrot--is shaping up nicely!
Interesting stat from the recent @eikeexner.com manga book. Assuming the software is mostly CSP ("Manga Studio" at the time).
Seems pretty early in the game for digital in the JP comics industry. Trying to remember when Moebius, Dave Gibbons, etc. starting fooling around with it in the west...
Seems pretty early in the game for digital in the JP comics industry. Trying to remember when Moebius, Dave Gibbons, etc. starting fooling around with it in the west...
December 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Interesting stat from the recent @eikeexner.com manga book. Assuming the software is mostly CSP ("Manga Studio" at the time).
Seems pretty early in the game for digital in the JP comics industry. Trying to remember when Moebius, Dave Gibbons, etc. starting fooling around with it in the west...
Seems pretty early in the game for digital in the JP comics industry. Trying to remember when Moebius, Dave Gibbons, etc. starting fooling around with it in the west...
I'm rereading Count of Monte Cristo yet again. All the scenes where the Count reveals that he's actually Dantés are awesome... but the one where he reveals himself to Fernand/Morcerf is my absolute fave.
General plot synopsis of the novel in image #2.
General plot synopsis of the novel in image #2.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm rereading Count of Monte Cristo yet again. All the scenes where the Count reveals that he's actually Dantés are awesome... but the one where he reveals himself to Fernand/Morcerf is my absolute fave.
General plot synopsis of the novel in image #2.
General plot synopsis of the novel in image #2.
One of my fave discoveries when co-curating that exhibit at the Billy Ireland were some truly unhinged early Fletcher Hanks drawings that turned out to be his homework from the W.L. Evans School of Cartooning and Caricature correspondence course.
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
One of my fave discoveries when co-curating that exhibit at the Billy Ireland were some truly unhinged early Fletcher Hanks drawings that turned out to be his homework from the W.L. Evans School of Cartooning and Caricature correspondence course.
Recommendation seconded!
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Go get all the PAUL graphic novels by Michel Rabagliati!
Drawn & Quarterly's Holiday Flash Sale starts NOW!
What are you waiting for? Head over to drawnandquarterly.com to get up to 50% OFF on your favorite D&Q books til tomorrow night, Monday December 1st at 11:59 PM EST
What are you waiting for? Head over to drawnandquarterly.com to get up to 50% OFF on your favorite D&Q books til tomorrow night, Monday December 1st at 11:59 PM EST
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Recommendation seconded!
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Everyone pretty much knew it was inevitable... but still sad to hear. Angoulême 2026 officially cancelled 😥.
www.charentelibre.fr/culture-et-l...
www.charentelibre.fr/culture-et-l...
Le Festival de la BD 2026 officiellement annulé, 9e Art + accuse les pouvoirs publics
Par la voix de ses avocats, la société 9e Art + reconnaît, ce lundi matin, que l’édition 2026 ne pourra matériellement pas se tenir. Elle pointe du doigt « une décision unilatérale prise sans concerta...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Everyone pretty much knew it was inevitable... but still sad to hear. Angoulême 2026 officially cancelled 😥.
www.charentelibre.fr/culture-et-l...
www.charentelibre.fr/culture-et-l...
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Fittingly, it’s a paperbACK!
I’m sorry I’m gonna go hide now.
I’m sorry I’m gonna go hide now.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fittingly, it’s a paperbACK!
I’m sorry I’m gonna go hide now.
I’m sorry I’m gonna go hide now.
Wow this 50th anniversary CATHY box set looks really beautiful... and it's been out since *October*?? I've seen exactly zero press/advertising about it. Crazy.
publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/cathy-5...
publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/cathy-5...
Cathy 50th Anniversary Collection - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Take a trip down memory lane with this celebratory 50th anniversary collection of Cathy Comics, curated from an iconic 34-year run of the beloved comic strip. The Cathy comic strip debuted in 1976, th...
publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Wow this 50th anniversary CATHY box set looks really beautiful... and it's been out since *October*?? I've seen exactly zero press/advertising about it. Crazy.
publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/cathy-5...
publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/cathy-5...
Here's a few very cool originals Rebecca and I acquired at auction recently. This first lot is a couple of pages from a baseball manga (obviously). It was wrongly attributed to Shinji Mizushima. It's seems pretty clearly to be Hiroshi Kaizuka--from a rental manga called Lucky 9.
November 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Here's a few very cool originals Rebecca and I acquired at auction recently. This first lot is a couple of pages from a baseball manga (obviously). It was wrongly attributed to Shinji Mizushima. It's seems pretty clearly to be Hiroshi Kaizuka--from a rental manga called Lucky 9.
Suitable for framing ™️
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Suitable for framing ™️
Babe wake up, new Witch Hat Atelier anime trailer just dropped.
(If the whole show looks like this, it's gonna be amazing... but that's a big "if.")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCd...
(If the whole show looks like this, it's gonna be amazing... but that's a big "if.")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCd...
Witch Hat Atelier | Official Trailer 2 | Crunchyroll
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November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Babe wake up, new Witch Hat Atelier anime trailer just dropped.
(If the whole show looks like this, it's gonna be amazing... but that's a big "if.")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCd...
(If the whole show looks like this, it's gonna be amazing... but that's a big "if.")
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrCd...