Betsy Bauer

lil nervous Bean in their cap and flower smock

illustration of lil Bean is panicking as they ride on the back a big wolf beast. above them, a screen shot from a rights report: Rosemary Brosnan at Quill Tree has acquired, in an exclusive submission, Bean by Bree Paulsen (Garlic & the Vampire). In this middle grade graphic novel, tiny (and agoraphobic) forest creature Bean is forced to face their greatest fears when the last remaining piece of their family is stolen, leaving them no choice but to confront the monsters they're most afraid of. Publication is planned for winter 2029; Britt Siess at Britt Siess Creative Management sold world English rights.

Thrilled to announce my 5th (omg) graphic novel!!!

This standalone fairy tale is part an excuse to draw lots of monsters, part the agrophobia I've developed in these pandemic years, and the rest—a story of comfort that doesn't shy away from the dark 🧡🧡🧡

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Bean is our nickname for our kid so you'd better believe I'll be picking up a copy! This looks so charming, Bree!

Introduced my daughter to jock jams tonight and I’m sorry to report that she absolutely loved it

There are also snippets of "MARIO!" and "KIRBY" mixed in with the Pee-Wee Herman yells so he's ok, y'all.

My neighbor keeps yelling in a muffled, cartoonish, almost Pee-Wee Herman voice, and if it weren’t for the accompanying weed smell I might actually be a bit concerned.

These guys know what's up. @mohoanimation.bsky.social

I know there are way bigger issues right now, but this is why we ALL deserve to actually OWN the software we use. If Adobe was going to pull this and a studio actually owned a license instead of paying a subscription, they could *at least* finish out a show/season and then adjust for the next go.

This sounds similar to a toilet-training method I’ve heard of in the US where parents just let their kids roam around without pants for a couple of days. They pretty quickly learn the consequences of their actions! (And make a stressful/messy situation for their parents for a few days!)

My child has been fully walking for maybe 3 weeks now and at least once a week she has peed on the floor on her walk from the changing table to the bath tub. I can’t decide if it’s better or worse than peeing in the tub

Is anyone on here fluent in Armenian or Thai?

The SFV needs to get the word out to each other but translations would be helpful for these two languages.

Please share this with someone who might be able to help?

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Yes please more of this!

"Why am I so exhausted?" I wonder as I cough into my sleeve after being up at 2am with a crying toddler every night for the past several weeks in a country that is currently going through an authoritarian takeover.

Yeah, maybe the answer is this simple! In a way I respect it!

My strategy for ordering a drink at a bar at age 37 when on a date with my husband (while we have a sitter for our human child) is similar to my strategy for ordering drinks in my early 20s which is “what is going to get me drunk fastest.” In my 20s bc $ in my 30s bc time.

Agreed! Without fully doxxing myself, I live not too far from there, and I know I’d be there A LOT!

There’s definitely new ownership! I’m not sure exactly what all is changing. So far the menu and interior seem exactly the same! My husband and I were like “lol what if it’s going to become an esports bar.” Which like… idk, maybe that would be cool? Guild Hall is so successful!

The back of an orange brick building with a sign that reads “Mariscos Costa Azul”. On the building is a painting of 2 Asian men in blue jerseys holding an e-sports trophy.

Does anyone know why my local Mexican joint painted a mural of 2 Korean e-sports players on the back of their building?? Genuinely asking. Before this it was a famous mariachi singer and before that La Catrina. I am so confused.

How could I have mistaken that perfect frog habitat for my dinner? I am clearly in the wrong here

😂 Haha I’ll take it!!

A baby arm reaching into a bowl of food. Inside the bowl of food is a green plastic frog toy

A poke bowl with a tiny plastic green frog inside

Eating at restaurants with your toddler be like

Geraldine Laybourne, Nickelodeon (1980 - 1997 initially as a programmer and rising to become the president of the channel leading a total reinvention in 1984, the rise of originals like Double Dare, Clarissa, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and All That, and the birth of Nicktoons), Disney ABC Cable Network (1996 - 1998) where she helped bring Disney Channel into basic cable and building it up to become a tween-friendly phenomenon.

Betty Cohen, Nickelodeon (1984-1988, in charge of on-air promotions and interstitials and co-created Nick at Nite) and the founder of Cartoon Network, which she headed from 1992 to 2001 overseeing the creation of Cartoon Cartoons/Cartoon Cartoons Fridays, Toonami, and the development of Adult Swim)

Linda Simensky, whose careers at Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network had her co-developing many iconic animated series including Doug, Rugrats, The Ren and Stimpy Show, Hey Arnold, The Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd & Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Samurai Jack before leading PBS's children's programming division for nearly 20 years and building up one of PBS Kids' most prolific and creative periods.

If you're under the age of 50, there's a pretty good chance that Geraldine Laybourne, Betty Cohen, and Linda Simensky build up a foundation of your childhood since they were architects behind channels like Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, and PBS Kids, bringing in a lot of genre shows.

How is literally anyone holding it together right now?

It’s true though !!!!

lol the hair is exactly the same! Definitely channeling Agnes from Despicable Me

A cartoon drawing of a baby with her hair sticking straight up in a tiny ponytail

I picked my daughter up from daycare today, and some of the workers there had done her hair like this. I could not stop laughing and had to draw it!

Wow!!!

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I’ve been getting YouTube ads for bifocal readers and hormone treatment for perimenopause so I feel you 🫠

Whoa! Not sure where all of the new followers are coming from all of a sudden but hello and so glad you are here!

Ahh so cool that we collaborated on that episode! You all killed it!