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Good Ol’ Jimmy Gownley

@jimmygownley.bsky.social

NY Times best-selling cartoonist of Amelia Rules! Dumbest Idea Ever and 7 Good Reasons Not To Grow Up. Host of Unpacking Peanuts. Quantum Mechanic.

48 Followers  |  27 Following  |  25 Posts  |  Joined: 10.12.2023  |  2.8607

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Disco Town - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark Disco Town is a personal narrative drama about how sexual assault affects the daily lives of its survivors and how PTSD impacts people. We want to spread our message of how community and friendship cr...

Wanna support a talented young filmmaker who also happens to be my daughter? Here’s your chance! Stella Gownley is raising funds for her senior thesis film Disco Town.

25.11.2025 04:59 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Gville comics is 15 rising on substack. There are hundreds of pages of free comics and 20 brand new podcast episodes about creativity and comics. Check it out.

gvillecomics.substack.com

21.11.2025 18:11 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

😂 that made my day.

14.11.2025 01:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New podcast episode!
gvillecomics.substack.com

14.11.2025 01:09 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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My commission list is now open. Dm me for prices or email gvillemailbox@gmail.com . Order now and have it by Christmas!

06.11.2025 22:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2
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013: How To Self-Publish With Success Create your very own TMNT or your money back!

New Episode! Secrets to self-publishing success.

05.11.2025 19:47 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Special Episode: Hangin’ Out With Cartoonist Todd Webb Making Art Despite the Madness

Let’s Hang out!

29.10.2025 08:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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012: Everything I Know About Publishing (Almost) What Really Happens Between the Pitch and the Bookstore Shelves

New episode of my podcast is up. A huge info dump of behind the scenes publishing info and tips

23.10.2025 04:26 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks! But Don’t tag me! Tag THEM😊

06.10.2025 03:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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G-Ville Special: Tanner Rocks! A GIANT compilation of her story so far…

Do you know that there are 60 pages of new Ameliaverse comics? Yep! 60 pages of young Tanner stories even! And you can read them all for free on the G-Ville Comics substack. Spread the word! #ameliarules

27.09.2025 03:57 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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It’s the #FanArtFriday 2025 finale! And this week’s CRAZY #FanArt honoree is the amazing @jimmygownley.bsky.social! Among my all-time favorites, it just didn’t seem right to kick off the Witching Hour until Amelia has her say! And there’s nothing scarier than a giant strawberry!

26.09.2025 22:44 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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G-Ville Comics | Substack Comics by New York Times Bestselling cartoonist Jimmy Gownley. Click to read G-Ville Comics, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

Today we shared an episode of Jimmy Gownley's Dumb Ideas. Check it out at gvillecomics.substack.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. @jimmygownley.bsky.social

23.09.2025 11:33 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by BlondieVEVO Blondie - Rapture (Official Music Video)

True believers know the #rapture already came on January 12, 1981

22.09.2025 23:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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G-VILLE ACADEMY CUSTOMIZED MASTERCLASSES IN WRITING, DRAWING, AND PUBLISHING With New York Times Bestselling Author and Illustrator, Jimmy Gownley

I’m now offering one on one comics creation classes!

21.09.2025 23:30 — 👍 4    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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G-Ville Comics Issue 14 7 Good Reasons Not to Grow Up

New issue of GVille out! Over 200 pages of free comics are available now on my substack. Check it out. gvillecomics.substack.com/p/g-ville-co...

17.09.2025 20:07 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Latest Episode: Understanding Snoopy #2 - A Few Lines Expressing Joy. This week we discuss Snoopy’s metamorphosis from cute puppy to banana nose anarchist to doghouse philosopher. Along the way, we discuss evolving art styles, Ninja High School, and Jeff Smith’s Bone. pod.link/unpackingpeanuts

16.09.2025 05:23 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Oh. My. God. Now my mind is blown.

16.09.2025 02:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I still love the cartoon and now I feel like we need to make the shirt

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Ready to have your mind blown? It’s not a volcano. It’s the cooling tower at 3 mile Island; a nuclear power plant near my home that almost melted down and blew up the east coast back when I was 7.😀😂

16.09.2025 02:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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011: Where Ideas Come From Jimmy tries his best to answer the dumbest, yet most difficult, question about art… Where do artists get their ideas?

New episode!

12.09.2025 05:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Jimmy Gownley’s Dumb Ideas 010 Truth, Justice, and Comics’ Best Idea (Plus: Plotting a Story Part Two)

New Episode of My Podcast over on Substack. I talk about Superman two months late, but I also teach you how to plot a comic.

05.09.2025 06:41 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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My new book about fighting depression with comics and creativity is being serialized over at: gvillecomics.substack.com/p/g-ville-co...

I’d love for you to check it out and subscribe if you enjoy it. It’s free and always will be.

13.03.2025 08:33 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

@shayleerobson.bsky.social is much better with these guys than I am!

16.12.2023 18:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Woodstock says, “Don’t miss the newest episode of Unpacking Peanuts!” Or at least I’m assuming that’s what he’s saying. I don’t speak Woodstock language, actually…

13.12.2023 04:42 — 👍 16    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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This might come out in 2024! Don’t hold me to it… but it might!

11.12.2023 19:24 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0
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Li’l Tanner.

10.12.2023 22:58 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Hello. How are you? I know you. I knew you. I think I can remember your name.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmwl...

10.12.2023 20:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It would have to be!

10.12.2023 20:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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