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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 7h

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 21h

still available 💫!

Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · Sep 6

🎆hey you guys!🎆 I’m selling my Farmlander vis dev/character design drawings from season one of Fionna & Cake, along with a signed first issue of Adventure Time comics from @oni-press.bsky.social
$300 for everything. Message me here or email me at [email protected]

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 1d

Florida roof rat (2/2)

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 1d

Florida roof rat (1/2)

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 1d

drawing stuff

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 1d

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Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social · 3d

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 3d

For Better or For Worse is one of the most important comics in history but won’t get the credit it deserves because it’s about a middle aged woman

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SIMONE 🩷 @simonee.bsky.social · 3d

today is Snoopy's 75th anniversary 🥲

Screenshot from Snoopy's wikipedia page showing his first comic appearance in Peanuts on October 4th, 1950

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 4d

junk store

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 3d

yeah!

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 4d

junk store

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 4d

On October 4, 1931, the first Dick Tracy newspaper strip by Chester Gould was published in the Detroit Mirror.

A 12 panel color Sunday comic strip in which Dick Tracy figures out that a woman in police custody is actually ex-boxer and stick-up ace, “Pinkie the Stabber,” in disguise.

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 4d

drawing ✍️

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Archie Comics @archiecomics.bsky.social · 4d

Dating can be monstrous. #Archies31DaysofHorror

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The Comics Journal @comicsjournal.bsky.social · 5d

Happy 75th, Peanuts! None of that 60-year malarkey: today marks the true Diamond Jubilee of the debut strip by Charles Schultz. From the archives,Gary Groth interviews Sparky himself www.tcj.com/charles-schu...

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 5d

family help?

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 6d

Another weird 1970's kids book series I was way into as a kid was the Sweet Pickles. I had the whole alphabet set in a bus shaped container. Looking at these now, I'm 1000 percent sure every one of these animals are some shade of LGBTQ+

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David King @david-king.bsky.social · 6d

Dept of War isn't going to be pleased

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 6d

I should! i'll try asap

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 7d

I don't think about it often nowadays, but this literally happened to me. One entire year of my life. No crime committed. I should probably write about it more. The entire system has to go.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 7d

I just have no idea how we meaningfully rid ourselves of ICE when Americans cage their own children for not even committing crimes (that's a full one in four of the kids we cage btw)

Most confined youth are held for non-person offenses, many...

Graph showing the number of youth confined in the United States by offense and whether or not they are incarcerated with adults using the most recent data available in March 2025. There were a total o...

www.prisonpolicy.org

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · Sep 6

🎆hey you guys!🎆 I’m selling my Farmlander vis dev/character design drawings from season one of Fionna & Cake, along with a signed first issue of Adventure Time comics from @oni-press.bsky.social
$300 for everything. Message me here or email me at [email protected]

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · Aug 8

thanks for reading my comics! plz consider leaving a one time tip if you wanna. it is becoming increasingly more & more challenging (impossible🙃) to support 3 kids alone in this collapsing country heh oof

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Megan Brown @meganbee.bsky.social · 7d

Spooky season is upon us,,,and so is ADVENTURE TIME #️⃣6️⃣‼️ Are y’all ready for the HORRORS(TM)? ☠️

W: @winnstinn.bsky.social
A: Beck Kubrick
Colors: @riansygh.bsky.social
L: @robutoid.bsky.social

Also including “DON’T MESS WITH THE BEST” by @derekmballard.bsky.social & PM Araya

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Rev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 7d

I just finished a comic where I wrote Ron James & Peacemaster as brothers. you heard it here first.

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