1. 12 Nov


    Final AlphaBooks entry! Z is for Mi (Dr.) Zaius – from Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle Thoughts on the book, movie, plus an alternate version of the illo over at my blog.

    Final AlphaBooks entry!

    Z is for Mi (Dr.) Zaius – from Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

    Thoughts on the book, movie, plus an alternate version of the illo over at my blog.

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   Illustration   Planet of the Apes   Dr. Zaius   Pierre Boulle   SF   Ben Towle   / 17 notes

  2. 5 Nov


    Y is for Yang Xiong — from Water Margin by Shi Nai’an That’s my “Y” entry for AlphaBooks this week. Info about the character and source over at my blog.

    Y is for Yang Xiong — from Water Margin by Shi Nai’an

    That’s my “Y” entry for AlphaBooks this week. Info about the character and source over at my blog.

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   Water Margin   Chinese Literature   Shi Nai’an   Ben Towle   / 4 notes

  3. 29 Oct


    X is for Xavier Desmond - from Wild Cards by George R. R. Martin - My AlphaBooks entry for this week. Info on the book, drawing at my blog…

    X is for Xavier Desmond - from Wild Cards by George R. R. Martin - My AlphaBooks entry for this week. Info on the book, drawing at my blog…

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   Illustration   Wild Cards   George R. R. Martin   Xavier Desmond   Ben Towle   / 6 notes

  4. 22 Oct


    My “W” AlphaBooks entry: W is for Wemmick – from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Some thoughts over at my blog.

    My “W” AlphaBooks entry:

    W is for Wemmick – from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


    Some thoughts over at my blog.

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   Illustration   Literature   Charles Dickens   Great Expectations   Wemmick   Ben Towle   / 9 notes

  5. 15 Oct


    V is for Vladimir Harkonnen – from Dune by Frank Herbert That’s my “V” entry for the AlphaBooks project. Some thoughts on the character, book, and film adaptations over at my blog.

    V is for Vladimir Harkonnen – from Dune by Frank Herbert


    That’s my “V” entry for the AlphaBooks project. Some thoughts on the character, book, and film adaptations over at my blog.

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   SF   Illustration   Dune   Frank Herbert   Baron Harkonnen   Ben Towle   / 6 notes

  6. 8 Oct


    U is for Uther Pendragon – from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle We’re in the AlphaBooks home stretch, people! Thoughts on Uther, the film Excalibur, etc. over at my blog.

    U is for Uther Pendragon – from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle


    We’re in the AlphaBooks home stretch, people! Thoughts on Uther, the film Excalibur, etc. over at my blog.

     
    AlphaBooks   Illustration   Books   Uther Pendragon   The Story of King Arthur and His Knights   Howard Pyle   Ben Towle   / 11 notes

  7. 1 Oct


    My “T” AlphaBooks entry: T is for The Time Traveler — From The Time Machine by H.G. Wells A few thoughts on the book and Wells at my blog…

    My “T” AlphaBooks entry:

    T is for The Time Traveler — From The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

    A few thoughts on the book and Wells at my blog…

     
    AlphaBooks   H.G. Wells   The Time Machine   The Time Traveler   Ben Towle   / 9 notes

  8. 24 Sep


    This week’s AlphaBooks entry: S is for Serafina Pekkala — from His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman Some thoughts on the book, character, etc. over at my blog.

    This week’s AlphaBooks entry:

    S is for Serafina Pekkala — from His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

    Some thoughts on the book, character, etc. over at my blog.

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   Illustration   His Dark Materials   The Golden Compass   Phillip Pullman   Serafina Pekkala   Ben Towle   / 18 notes

  9. 20 Sep


    Well, here’s my very late “R” AlphaBooks entry: R is for Robert “Bobby” Shaftoe — From Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Bobby Shaftoe is a Gung-ho, haiku-writing, WWII-era Marine Ranger… shown here from an early scene in the book where he encounters sushi for the first time. Bobby Shaftoe had looked in the windows of the place before, and watched the man with the knife, trying to figure out what the hell he was doing. It looked a hell of a lot like he was cutting up uncooked fish and putting the raw meat on bullets of rice… A few further thoughts are over at my blog…

    Well, here’s my very late “R” AlphaBooks entry:

    R is for Robert “Bobby” Shaftoe — From Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson


    Bobby Shaftoe is a Gung-ho, haiku-writing, WWII-era Marine Ranger… shown here from an early scene in the book where he encounters sushi for the first time.

    Bobby Shaftoe had looked in the windows of the place before, and watched the man with the knife, trying to figure out what the hell he was doing. It looked a hell of a lot like he was cutting up uncooked fish and putting the raw meat on bullets of rice…

    A few further thoughts are over at my blog…

     
    AlphaBooks   Books   Illustration   Neal Stephenson   Cryptonomicon   Robert “Bobby” Shaftoe   Ben Towle   / 9 notes

  10. 11 Sep


    f’n you’re going to SPX this year, be sure to stop by the Alphabet Press table (G13). Here’s a bunch of stuff that’ll be there for sale from a lot of the Animal Alphabet, AlphaBeasts, and AlphaBooks folks you probably already know. And here’s a big blog post showing a lot of the books and prints we’ll have at the table:

    http://www.benzilla.com/?p=4349

    See you there!

     
    SPX   SPX2012   Small Press Expo   Animal Alphabet   AlphaBeasts   AlphaBooks   / 55 notes