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   surfstuff55 said, 5 months ago

   I love the Sunday Funnies look of this Monday comic. Gets the week off to a good start.
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   ReneTray said, 5 months ago

   Yes.
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   LizardPriest said, 5 months ago

   I’m enjoying the whole “Tintin meets Thimble Theatre” vibe.
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   annieb1012 said, 5 months ago

   Hey, Ben ~ Compulsive proofer here…Any reason for the hyphen in “in-tact”? The nineteenth-century books I regularly read use “intact,” as we do today. Just wondering.

   Love your artwork! Phenomenal attention to detail.
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   annieb1012 said, 5 months ago

   Even though my time on gocomics is limited, I find myself going back to your strip over and over again just to soak up more of those little things that make up the general “atmosphere” of Blood’s Haven.
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   Cowboy Vampire said, 5 months ago

   Very nice. Loving the history elements — learning a little about the men who helped build the country. And their superstitions, of course.
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   John Glynn said, 5 months ago

   Love this comic
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   Ben Towle said, 5 months ago

   @LizardPriest

   Yep, that pretty much nails two of my big influences here!
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   Ben Towle said, 5 months ago

   @annieb1012

   Short answer: I over-hyphenate.

   Long answer: I write my dialog on the computer, but then often wind up making changes between then and when I letter…and since I pig-headedly insist on hand lettering, typos make their way in sometimes. Thanks for pointing this one out. It’s been noted and I’ll correct it if this strip ever goes to print!
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    Ben Towle said, 5 months ago

    @annieb1012

    Hey, thanks! I’m glad all that detailing isn’t going to waste.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    @Ben Towle

    Believe me no detail is missed by me. I like detail and it can add hours to doing the artwork but it is forever once it is down.
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    Love the historical detail too. Some mighty strange things were believed in the past and today too. Every page is something I wait for. Thanx for creating it.
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 5 months ago

    Are those cobblestones or oyster shells in the road way?
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    Dypak said, 5 months ago

    Great story so far!
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    Ben Towle said, 5 months ago

    @Pete Rogan

    I think I got the name Maltby’s from an actual tavern in Crisfield, MD. I didn’t think of the “Louis” connection, though, from Tom the Dancing Bug.
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    Ben Towle said, 5 months ago

    @Night-Gaunt49

    I’d intended them as cobblestones… but now that you mention it, they should really be oyster shells, shouldn’t they?
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