@jcb8mn.bsky.social
Artist, Illustrator, Photographer, Writer, and Speaker MNCBA President and Creative Director NO🚫AI Saint Paul, MN 🌎 Web: https://jcb8MN.com/ 🤝 Support: https://Patreon.com/jcb8MN ✉ Subscribe: https://jcb8mn.substack.com/
Still getting used to being on camera again.
21.07.2025 02:01 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We also talk a bit about my comics and @mncbaorg.bsky.social!
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Behind the 8-Ball No. 0019: It Could Have Been Worse by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0019: It Could Have Been Worse
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BONUS VIDEO: youtu.be/2tCEJ8hypTM
#AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #AutisticMasking #SelfAcceptance #AuthenticityMatters #noAI
Give yourself time. ❤️🩹
14.05.2025 08:50 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Behind the 8-Ball No. 0018: The Day I Began to Live by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0018: The Day I Began to Live
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#AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance #AutisticMasking #SelfAcceptance #AuthenticityMatters #noAI
Thank you!!
08.05.2025 01:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Absolutely thrilled to announce that I am a 2024 NCS Divisional Finalist in the "Online Comic - Short Form" category for the 79th Annual Reuben Awards! 🎱 Thank you to all my "Behind the 8-Ball" readers!
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#NCS #ReubenAwards #BehindThe8Ball
Behind the 8-Ball No. 0017: Intermittent Reinforcement by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0017: Intermittent Reinforcement
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#IntermittentReinforcement #AbuseTactics #GaslightingAwareness #AutismAcceptance #noAI
Behind the 8-Ball No. 0016: My Father's Child by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0016: My Father's Child
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#AbuseAwareness #PsychologicalAbuse #GenerationalTrauma #CycleBreaker #StopTheCycle #noAI
Thank you! 💕
23.02.2025 20:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Photo of a gremlin wearing a black overcoat, with CMYK-plaid scarf and rose-tinted glasses, in front of a "Thin Ice" sign.
hey hey hey I'm 45 today 🔥
#HappyBirthdayToMe
"I feel a little less alone" -- this is one of the reason I do it. Thank you!
04.02.2025 08:58 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you, I appreciate you! 🤗
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A big THANK YOU to new READER+ patron in January, Burley! 🙏 www.patreon.com/c/jcb8MN
#Patreon #PatreonArtists #SupportHumanArt #SupportHumanArtists #IndieComics #Webcomics #NoAI
Thank you!
30.01.2025 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is so wonderful to hear, thank you! 💌
30.01.2025 14:04 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yay! 😀
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Behind the 8-Ball No. 0015: Fishbowl by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0015: Fishbowl
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#AbuseAwareness #CoerciveControl #NarcissisticAbuse #PsychologicalAbuse #StopTheCycle
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26.01.2025 20:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0To anyone who needs to hear it: You are under no moral obligation to tolerate people who violate the social contract by trolling or engaging with you in bad faith. #ParadoxOfTolerance
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Behind the 8-Ball No. 0014: Porcelain Doll by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0014: Porcelain Doll
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#GenderExpression #SocialConditioning #BodyImage
It's the only time I've ever felt the ground shake under me like that. I almost wish I'd been a little older, to savour it more.
12.01.2025 23:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I was excited we got to see a night launch!
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Behind the 8-Ball No. 0013: Never Enough by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0013: Never Enough
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#SelfAcceptance #SelfLove #SelfWorth #AbuseRecovery
Indeed.
07.01.2025 20:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Constructive criticism focuses on the specific action, task, etc. not the character or intrinsic value of the person being criticized.
Learning to recognize the difference is important.
Behind the 8-Ball No. 0012: What do you want from me? by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0012: What do you want from me?
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#AbuseAwareness #PsychologicalAbuse #StopTheCycle
One page per week, generally. I usually post on Sunday or Monday.
03.12.2024 01:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thanks so much!
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Behind the 8-Ball No. 0011: Murder by a Thousand Cuts by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)
"Behind the 8-Ball"
No. 0011: Murder by a Thousand Cuts
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#AbuseAwareness #PsychologicalAbuse #StopTheCycle
