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Critical Reflex @cr-games.bsky.social · 5d

CARIMARA: BENEATH THE FORLORN LIMBS IS OUT NOW ON STEAM

a short horror story about ghosts, goblins and polite anxiety of asking too much.

untangle the mysteries of a "ghost problem" haunting this unwelcoming, desolate house. even if it means digging up uncomfortable truths.

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 7d

Set up at NCAF for the dayyy

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 10d

Last announcement post for NCAF! I made a drawing about it. “No Straight Lines” film showing this Thursday at 7:30pm Sarratt Cinema, then Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday 11am-6pm at Vanderbilt Central Library.

Thur. Oct. 2: Free screening of “No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics” with discussion to follow: Sarratt Cinema, 7:30 pm.
Sat. Oct. 4: Nashville Comic Arts Festival: Vanderbilt Central Library, 11 am - 6 pm.

My exhibitor announcement from the NCAF official website

What I will have for sale: WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE (hardcover comic book), RUFUS Issue #1 (comic book) and “every last day”: a sketchbook of my dog in the last months of her life

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 16d

Nashville Comic Arts Festival is next weekend on Saturday October 4th! I will also be participating(???) in a discussion following a screening of the film “No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics” on Thursday October 2nd at 7:30pm.

newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2025/09/nash...

Nashville Comic Arts Festival returns to Vanderbilt’s Central Library Oct. 4

Local and regional makers of comics, zines, and more will be at the 2025 Nashville Comic Arts Festival hosted by Vanderbilt University on Saturday, Oct. 4. This free event, which is open to the public...

newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu

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Junch @junchgaming.bsky.social · 20d

I'm incredibly ecstatic that we reached $100,000 for the Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle. With just 2 days left to go, please RT and support the bundle, and let's push it as high as we can go!!!

Thank you for the support!!

Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 22d

You have to go to NCAF because the real Ben Sears will be there

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 24d

Going to be at Nashville Comic Arts Festival in a couple of weeks

More info: www.instagram.com/nashvillecom...

Illustration of a busy street scene with lots of noises. The text at the bottom says
Nashville comic arts festival
Saturday 10.4.25 11am - 6pm
Vanderbilt central library
419 21st ave south 4th floor

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 23d

My official exhibitor announcement is up now: nashcomicsfest.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/e...

Exhibitor Announcement – Ansel Bard

Website “Ansel Bard (he/him) is a self-published comic artist and longtime Nashville resident, whose work explores themes of queerness and isolation within eerie and humorous worlds. His firs…

nashcomicsfest.wordpress.com

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 26d

I will be at Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday Oct. 4th! I have brand new full-length issues of RUFUS #1 (with sturdy cardstock covers), and will have limited copies of a ~60-page sketchbook zine in memory of my beloved deceased dog. Also the last copies of WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE goin cheap

Sturdy copy of RUFUS #1 with an original page in the background

Cover of “every last day” which is a sketchbook of my late dog Parker

WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE & other stories, being a hardcover book of sketchbook comics drawn between 2020 and 2021

Poster for NCAF 2025 by Anika Orrock. Saturday Oct 4, 11am-6pm, free at Vanderbilt Central Library

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · 26d

I will be at Nashville Comic Arts Festival on Saturday Oct. 4th! I have brand new full-length issues of RUFUS #1 (with sturdy cardstock covers), and will have limited copies of a ~60-page sketchbook zine in memory of my beloved deceased dog. Also the last copies of WE’RE ALL IN THIS ALONE goin cheap

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Heroes of the Seven Islands - OUT NOW @heroes7islands.bsky.social · Sep 9

After two years of development, Heroes of the Seven Islands is OUT ON STEAM 🎉
#gamedev #indiegames

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Queer Games Bundle live now! @queergamesbundle.bsky.social · Sep 9

28 hours left to get Queer Games Bundle 2025.

itch.io/b/3062/

Queer Games Bundle 2025 (with $10+ option!) by Queer Games Bundle and 318 others

Queer Games Bundle 2025 (with $10+ option!): 616 items for $60.00

itch.io

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Workflow” has claimed top rank in Buzzwords I Wish Would Die

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Aug 31

Trying to simplify my painting in order to understand light and values and stuff better.

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Aug 26

Just here to alert you that the DOSbox version runs much smoother….

Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Aug 10

Just here to alert you that the Greatest Game of All Time is on sale for 89 cents on Steam right now: store.steampowered.com/app/785480/T...

Save 85% on Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time on Steam

Intrigue and adventure await you on board the Titanic, the most famous ocean liner in history. As a British secret agent on a vital mission, it is up to you to change the course of history as you expl...

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Aug 8

Things we lost in the LOTRO character transfer

Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Aug 7

Played @radiatoryang.bsky.social ‘s gay cowboy game two days ago and I’m still thinking about it

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Aug 1

Little known fact that I have a Bandcamp with some homemade songs and albums on it and if you choose to pay money for them in the next 8 hours it all goes to me anselbard.bandcamp.com

Ansel

anselbard.bandcamp.com

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Jul 14

www.patreon.com/posts/134061...

I’ve been working on this comic since 2022 and just finished the first chapter. RUFUS is a small town saga with an all-canine cast, it’s free to read on Patreon!

RUFUS (pg 19) | Ansel Bard

Get more from Ansel Bard on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Jul 9

need to move the bridge supports out of the road, oops

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Ansel Bard @anselbard.bsky.social · Jul 9

Started to build a scene around my car and tried to add head and taillights (and moonlight!). Really don't know what I'm doing but it's more interesting than watching tutorials