@derekmballard.bsky.social
A dad that did some writing/storyboards on Adventure Time, Midnight Gospel, lead background design on MYSTERY CUDDLERS, PULP for Netflix, HBO. My graphic novel CARTOONSHOW is from Oni Press. Also, grew up in a FEMA trailer https://linktr.ee/derekmballard
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ha!
writing my next graphic novel pitch: hey instead of an autobio about a weird, dirty (derogatory, negative) old bald white guy how about an autobio about a weird, dirty (wholesome, positive) old bald white guy.
graphic novelist
IKEA monkey jacket
tfw you realize collapse is somehow simultaneously unimaginable yet inevitable.
tfw you realize collapse is somehow simultaneously unimaginable yet inevitable.
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thanks for the link! I was recently looking at some of his stuff on comic book plus :)
choice
Oh very cool. I’ll look it up!
An absolutely unhinged sequence, god bless Golden Age comics.
These are beautiful comics. Dang. Is it Fred Guardineer?
Cover by Joe Musial.
For kids with no resources, with no social safety net, the draft has always been in effect.
communion
Now over 70% funded! Come along and listen to the melody of printing! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gle...
seize the day
Thanks for reading my comics about realistic American family life! I'll keep making ‘em as long as I can eviction & starvation be damned. I’ve calculated it & if I raise $10k I can continue another year.
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Cartoonist & fashion designer Gladys Parker. She created the comic strip Mopsy that ran for nearly three decades, and in WWII, she created the strip Betty G.I. for the Women’s Army Corps. #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2026
whoa great page!
Cartoonist Lynn Johnston, creator of the newspaper comic strip For Better or For Worse, which ran from 1979 to 2008. #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2026
tardy
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