Ben Claassen III

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Ben Claassen III is a comics artist and illustrator originally from New Orleans, Louisiana who frequently works with non-traditional media such as stencils, long exposure photography, and the use of stop-motion animation via a Game Boy Camera. He is best known for his illustrations in Wil Wheaton's first book, Dancing Barefoot and for his weekly comic strip, DIRTFARM. DIRTFARM runs in several Alternative weekly publications, including Washington City Paper, Baltimore City Paper, the Chicago Reader, & the Chattanooga Pulse.

A near-graduate of Louisiana State University, Claassen currently spends his time working on DIRTFARM, travelling, keeping a daily comic journal, and working freelance as an illustrator / graphic designer.

In addition to his other work, Claassen helps maintain Killoggs, a community for "displaced and disaffected Southern artists, animators, writers and wage slaves".