Interview: Ben Towle
On Sunday, May 8th, while attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, I ran around to as many of my favorite kids comics creators as I could and asked them all the exact same questions. Keep in mind, conventions are crazy loud and crazy busy, so there is a lot of background noise. Let me know in the comments if you have trouble hearing anything and I’ll translate for you.
Ben Towle is the illustrator of Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean, which was written by Sarah Stewart Taylor, and the creator of Midnight Sun, a fictionalized account of a real Italian airship that crashed during an exploration of the North Pole. About this time last year, Snow interviewed Ben while attending Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC. But, since he was right there, I couldn’t resist the opportunity to interview him again. Fortunately for me, Ben is a really good sport and he gave different answers to the Questions He’s Heard a Million Times than he did when Snow asked them.
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Books mentioned in this video:
- The Unsinkable Walker Bean, by Aaron Ranier
- Moby Dick, by Herman Melville
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About Eva Volin
Eva Volin is the Supervising Children's Librarian for the Alameda Free Library in California. She has written about graphic novels for such publications as Booklist, Library Journal, ICv2, Graphic Novel Reporter, and Children & Libraries. She has served on several awards committees including the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics. She served on YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens committee for three years and is currently serving on ALSC's Notable Books for Children committee.
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