Joel Jacob Barker

WTF is a Podcast with Marc Maron – The Graphic Novel Marc Maron, Brian Box Brown & Z2 present: WTF is a Podcast, the official graphic novel of the WTF Podcast.

one more day to get in on the @marcmaron.bsky.social WTF IS A PODCAST graphic novel kickystarty www.kickstarter.com/projects/z2c...

a spread for a comics page, black background, with white panel borders and most the drawings white on black. upper left of the spread, a swirl of the start of a star - emanating out from it in radiating arms, a number of different paths in brick-like interconnected panel border shapes. First radiating down and to the left the life of a brown dwarf - which never quite becomes a start. the next branch goes mostly down - a red dwarf which burns longer than the current life of the universe, but the path forks near the bottom, because some of these alternately flare up during their life. the next path is a dwarf star - much like our own - which is stable until it puffs up late in its life, then burst off much of its material to become a white dwarf. Here the path forks - in one branch it lives on as a white dwarf and nebula, in the other, when it has a partner star, it steals material from it and eventually becomes a type 1A supernova. Overlaid a bit on this set of paths and the red dwarf is an example of a binary star system and a six star system. Emanating from the middle of these paths from upper left and going across the spine of the book to the lower right, is a path filled with galaxies - the path loses its border in the middle showing a collection of galaxies. Upper right path is a blue super giant as we move right it goes nova becoming in one forking path a black hole, in another a spinning neutron star - and that forks to either continue or if paired, collide to go supernova and create heavy elements. Middle of right side, molecules formed by chemistry with these atoms forged in stars. new swirls form, and then we see another generation of stars in a grid set of panels and the Planets! formed around them. This is a generational cycle and the text reflects that

Finished spread! The lives of different types of stars, the various ways they give back all they had taken in changed, and the new forms they give rise to! This took me some time to say the least! It's a lively place out there! On to the next spread (finale of this chapter!!)
#Nostos #Unflattening 2

MICE, Dec 6th-7th Boston University micexpo.org

Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels

Orange promotional graphic for event featuring Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud on Oct 21 at 6 PM. Headshots of the speakers are included with the book cover for "The Cartoonists Club."

10/21 at 6 PM | Best-selling authors Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud come together to discuss the unique power of comics and their new graphic novel, The Cartoonists Club.

🎟️ Get tickets: buff.ly/UZswhPx

Join us this Saturday 10/4 as we host our 2nd annual #FinalBoss #ComicFest / Trick or Read event.

There will be free comics, sales, and local indie comic creators to check out.

Stop on by, support the arts, and have fun!

#FinalBossComics #FinalBoss

Growing up to make Funny Books.

Haven't listened to this since Groove Shark was a thing! open.spotify.com/track/6fX7s3...

2 (series) finale's I'm carrying with me:

Loki AND Doom Patrol

I love me a good character arc of a super selfish, self-centered figure right-sizing themselves to be present in what counts!

Go "Tin Man"!!!

(...oh, and "Time God" 😘)

New Cryptid Creator Corner podcast
@jimmygaspero.bsky.social is chatting with Trevor Fernandes-Lenkiewicz and Ryan Best about their crowdfunding capes comics project RISE.
This cover y’all… .
🎧 - apple.co/47xeRIl

Happy New Comic Book Day, it's the FINALE!

Pushing through all those negative thoughts, all of the discomfort, making Comics no-matter-what and discovering, "To thine own self be true!"

#jojabarker #Cartoonist #MakingCoimcs #OnePanelAtATime #NCBD #Webcomics #Mascot #BeTrueToYourself

Timely Comics bullpen, card game, 1948

Timely Comics, 1948. Poker game after work.

Note they've flattened out a drawing table on which to play cards.

Artie Simek, front, facing the camera. Syd Shores back center. Right of him is David Jaffee, Al's kid brother. Al worked at Timely, too.

Bitches on Comics graphic for Episode 171: Equally if not more nonbinary featuring Ben Kahn

I had so much fun talking to the Bitches on Comics podcast about my new middle grade novel Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend! We get into nonbinary storytelling, creating power sets, Riverdale, more Riverdale, and so much more! Tune in where you get #podcasts. bitchesoncomics.com/episode-171-...

Happy A Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence And Screams For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day for those that celebrate

Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands By The Perimeter Fence And Screams For Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day for those that celebrate

A screenshot of the DSTLRY hall map, with our logo pointing to our table

It’s almost @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social time! You can find us in DSTLRY hall, D13! See you there, chums!

New Cryptid Creator Corner comics interview podcast drop with WordBros Bob Frantz and Kevin Cuffe chatting about their new Nad Cave Studios project Skeeters

New Cryptid Creator Corner podcast 💧
@jimmygaspero.bsky.social is chatting with @kevincuff.bsky.social and Bob Frantz about their new @madcavestudios.bsky.social projects Skeeters
🎧 - apple.co/47kDmbR

Another week, another 2+gutter panels! #SwipeLeft #Webcomic

An odd update: First image is technically two panels cobbled into one, while the other is its own, bridge-like caption portal sucking ya into the finale!

Next update will be the wrap up...or, is it?!? #Website #Mascot

Season Finale of LOWER DECKS?!?

...well, looks like another series for me to catch up on cuz y'all are raving about this one!

I just finished GEN V (was that a finale??), and staying up-to-date with FRASIER.

Just saw Season 2 of INVINCIBLE dropped.

What am I missing!?!

Join the McFarlane Digital Community Discord Server! OddKey is aiming to provide a solution for comic artists to freely showcase and sell their original digital artwork. | 7202 members

I’ll be talking Spawn on the Todd McFarlane Discord this Friday at 9pmEST.

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$21 away from 3K! That’s halfway towards our funding goal sorted! From there it’s nothing but up—stretch goals and more! You know the drill: Go here👉🏻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sxb... Art by @lizprincecomics.bsky.social and other stuff by me! Viva Summer Camp! Viva Comix!

Off Panel #419: Fashion Fremen with Erica Henderson Listen to this episode from Off Panel on Spotify. Artist Erica Henderson returns to the podcast to talk about her new graphic novel, Parasocial, and how she's approaching her art and career. Henderson...

Deadlines are over, so finally had time to listen to @davidharper.bsky.social’s Off Panel podcast with @ericafails.bsky.social about our book PARASOCIAL — it’s a really fun interview. Erica is the best. open.spotify.com/episode/0D01...

Art mantra

New favorite couple:

Negative Man 💘 Mr. 104

Continuing my weekly updates, the next two panels from my website, jojabarker.com, I further explore that Comics is truly a great fit for me(!)...but, those lingering doubts are sure as heck hard to shake!!

Just finished episode "How to Build an Audience" and now gonna wrap up "Surviving the Churn" on Comic Lab with @guigar.bsky.social & @davekellett.bsky.social via Spotify:

Brad & Dave bring the same caliber of humor and expertise as NPR's Car Talk -- for Comics!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you feel taking constructive notes, working to improve your craft, & respecting your collaborators is stifling you/your art, then comics aint the industry for you.

Comics is *group work* where we all try to tell the best stories we can together.

This is a general message, but if it stung you 🤷🏾

BUT, not only am I still trudging across that plateau of the tedious monotony, I am using this new found confidence to muster a courage (like those of you who are better adjusted to the Making Comics carnival) to juggle both a collab w/ Jon and my own TWO, forthcoming works! /fin