Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇
@thegentlemanbat.bsky.social
Artist, Designer, Children's Picture Books #SCBWI: The Gentleman Bat, Too Many Tables
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Some of what we mined at Chamblin’s Bookmine (with much thanks to grandparents’ credit):
Figure it Out, The Beginner’s Guide to Drawing People - Chris Hart
Three Tundra comic books - Chad Carpenter
Pearls Before Swine, the Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised - Stephan Pastis
#books #comics #drawing
Figure it Out, The Beginner’s Guide to Drawing People - Chris Hart
Three Tundra comic books - Chad Carpenter
Pearls Before Swine, the Ratvolution Will Not Be Televised - Stephan Pastis
#books #comics #drawing
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last week we visited a most amazing bookstore, Chamblin’s Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL. A densely packed labyrinth of books and shelves, with helpful, colorful signs taped up everywhere to help navigate. I could have stayed a week, but we only had a couple of hours. #books
December 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Last week we visited a most amazing bookstore, Chamblin’s Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL. A densely packed labyrinth of books and shelves, with helpful, colorful signs taped up everywhere to help navigate. I could have stayed a week, but we only had a couple of hours. #books
A few older things:
Treasure Island - I’d never read the book before
Pogo, 1951 book - Walt Kelly - some real zingers, some a little dated
Two books of art postcards from Pomegranate -
Harlem, the 30s, photographs by Aaron Siskind
Jacob Lawrence paintings
#books #art #comics
Treasure Island - I’d never read the book before
Pogo, 1951 book - Walt Kelly - some real zingers, some a little dated
Two books of art postcards from Pomegranate -
Harlem, the 30s, photographs by Aaron Siskind
Jacob Lawrence paintings
#books #art #comics
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Went to Chamblin’s Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL, an amazing labyrinth of shelves piled high with books. I could have spent a week in there, but only had a couple of hours.
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Went to Chamblin’s Bookmine in Jacksonville, FL, an amazing labyrinth of shelves piled high with books. I could have spent a week in there, but only had a couple of hours.
What we’re reading:
Garlic & the Vampire
Garlic & the Witch
- Bree Paulsen @breebird33.bsky.social
#kidlit #books #graphicnovel
Garlic & the Vampire
Garlic & the Witch
- Bree Paulsen @breebird33.bsky.social
#kidlit #books #graphicnovel
November 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
What we’re reading:
Garlic & the Vampire
Garlic & the Witch
- Bree Paulsen @breebird33.bsky.social
#kidlit #books #graphicnovel
Garlic & the Vampire
Garlic & the Witch
- Bree Paulsen @breebird33.bsky.social
#kidlit #books #graphicnovel
What I’m reading:
Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America - Bridget Read
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi - Nerd Nite
#books
Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America - Bridget Read
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi - Nerd Nite
#books
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
What I’m reading:
Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America - Bridget Read
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi - Nerd Nite
#books
Little Bosses Everywhere, How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America - Bridget Read
How to Win Friends and Influence Fungi - Nerd Nite
#books
What we’re reading:
Free Piano, Not Haunted - Whitney Gardner
Packing for Mars for Kids - Mary Roach
The Calder Game and Chasing Vermeer - Blue Balliett Illustrated by Brett Helquist
#kidlit #graphicnovel #books #art #mars
Free Piano, Not Haunted - Whitney Gardner
Packing for Mars for Kids - Mary Roach
The Calder Game and Chasing Vermeer - Blue Balliett Illustrated by Brett Helquist
#kidlit #graphicnovel #books #art #mars
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
What we’re reading:
Free Piano, Not Haunted - Whitney Gardner
Packing for Mars for Kids - Mary Roach
The Calder Game and Chasing Vermeer - Blue Balliett Illustrated by Brett Helquist
#kidlit #graphicnovel #books #art #mars
Free Piano, Not Haunted - Whitney Gardner
Packing for Mars for Kids - Mary Roach
The Calder Game and Chasing Vermeer - Blue Balliett Illustrated by Brett Helquist
#kidlit #graphicnovel #books #art #mars
What we’re reading:
Animation a Handy Guide, From Pastels to Pixels - Sheila Graber
iMovie - Dion Scoppettuolo
#books #animation #videoediting
Animation a Handy Guide, From Pastels to Pixels - Sheila Graber
iMovie - Dion Scoppettuolo
#books #animation #videoediting
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What we’re reading:
Animation a Handy Guide, From Pastels to Pixels - Sheila Graber
iMovie - Dion Scoppettuolo
#books #animation #videoediting
Animation a Handy Guide, From Pastels to Pixels - Sheila Graber
iMovie - Dion Scoppettuolo
#books #animation #videoediting
Just finished: Hello Sunshine - @keezyyoung.bsky.social
A powerful story, dark, sweet, scary, intense, beautiful, makes you question reality, narrative, magic, horror. A hard read, and really important conversations and messages about mental health & relationships. #kidlit #graphicnovels
A powerful story, dark, sweet, scary, intense, beautiful, makes you question reality, narrative, magic, horror. A hard read, and really important conversations and messages about mental health & relationships. #kidlit #graphicnovels
November 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Just finished: Hello Sunshine - @keezyyoung.bsky.social
A powerful story, dark, sweet, scary, intense, beautiful, makes you question reality, narrative, magic, horror. A hard read, and really important conversations and messages about mental health & relationships. #kidlit #graphicnovels
A powerful story, dark, sweet, scary, intense, beautiful, makes you question reality, narrative, magic, horror. A hard read, and really important conversations and messages about mental health & relationships. #kidlit #graphicnovels
What we’re reading:
The Night Librarian - Christopher Lincoln
Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young
Rats on the Roof and Rats on the Range James Marshall
#books #kidlit #graphicnovels
The Night Librarian - Christopher Lincoln
Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young
Rats on the Roof and Rats on the Range James Marshall
#books #kidlit #graphicnovels
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
What we’re reading:
The Night Librarian - Christopher Lincoln
Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young
Rats on the Roof and Rats on the Range James Marshall
#books #kidlit #graphicnovels
The Night Librarian - Christopher Lincoln
Hello Sunshine - Keezy Young
Rats on the Roof and Rats on the Range James Marshall
#books #kidlit #graphicnovels
A hard book to read, more violent & vengeful than I like, almost quit 11 chapters in, but it has some moving character arcs, messages, solid twists and surprises, good heart. Not sure whether I’ll read more by him, glad to have read this.
Nothing but the Bones - Brian Panowich
#books #notkidlit
Nothing but the Bones - Brian Panowich
#books #notkidlit
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A hard book to read, more violent & vengeful than I like, almost quit 11 chapters in, but it has some moving character arcs, messages, solid twists and surprises, good heart. Not sure whether I’ll read more by him, glad to have read this.
Nothing but the Bones - Brian Panowich
#books #notkidlit
Nothing but the Bones - Brian Panowich
#books #notkidlit
This is a cool book, and adds about a hundred movies to my watch list. Cool to see makeup for some favorite characters, (Lost Boys, David Bowie in The Hunger, too many to count)
Masters of Make Up Effects, A Century of Practical Magic - Howard Berger & Marshall Julius
#books #movies #makeup
Masters of Make Up Effects, A Century of Practical Magic - Howard Berger & Marshall Julius
#books #movies #makeup
November 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
What we’re reading:
Masters of Make Up Effects - Howard Berger & Marshall Julius
1000 Inventions and Discoveries - Roger Bridgman
Video Game Storytelling - Evan Skolnick
Plague-Busters - Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal
Animation Techniques - Steve Roberts
#books #movies #videogames #plague
Masters of Make Up Effects - Howard Berger & Marshall Julius
1000 Inventions and Discoveries - Roger Bridgman
Video Game Storytelling - Evan Skolnick
Plague-Busters - Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal
Animation Techniques - Steve Roberts
#books #movies #videogames #plague
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What we’re reading:
Masters of Make Up Effects - Howard Berger & Marshall Julius
1000 Inventions and Discoveries - Roger Bridgman
Video Game Storytelling - Evan Skolnick
Plague-Busters - Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal
Animation Techniques - Steve Roberts
#books #movies #videogames #plague
Masters of Make Up Effects - Howard Berger & Marshall Julius
1000 Inventions and Discoveries - Roger Bridgman
Video Game Storytelling - Evan Skolnick
Plague-Busters - Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal
Animation Techniques - Steve Roberts
#books #movies #videogames #plague
I found these realistic skeletons at Spirit Halloween today. #skeleton #realistic
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I found these realistic skeletons at Spirit Halloween today. #skeleton #realistic
What we’re reading:
くさを たべすぎたロバくん, The Donkey Who Ate Too Much Grass, published in English as Little Green Donkey - Anuska Allepuz and Fushimi Misao
There was a time when I would read novels in Japanese, but I’m out of practice lately. This is very cute.
#kidlit #picturebooks
くさを たべすぎたロバくん, The Donkey Who Ate Too Much Grass, published in English as Little Green Donkey - Anuska Allepuz and Fushimi Misao
There was a time when I would read novels in Japanese, but I’m out of practice lately. This is very cute.
#kidlit #picturebooks
November 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What we’re reading:
くさを たべすぎたロバくん, The Donkey Who Ate Too Much Grass, published in English as Little Green Donkey - Anuska Allepuz and Fushimi Misao
There was a time when I would read novels in Japanese, but I’m out of practice lately. This is very cute.
#kidlit #picturebooks
くさを たべすぎたロバくん, The Donkey Who Ate Too Much Grass, published in English as Little Green Donkey - Anuska Allepuz and Fushimi Misao
There was a time when I would read novels in Japanese, but I’m out of practice lately. This is very cute.
#kidlit #picturebooks
What we’re reading:
The Dungeons and Dragons Book of Dragons, Michael Witwer - full of large, awesome paintings
Designing Video Games, Stuart Maine
The Way We Work - as expected, packed with thorough David Macaulay detail and information
#books #videogames #dragons
The Dungeons and Dragons Book of Dragons, Michael Witwer - full of large, awesome paintings
Designing Video Games, Stuart Maine
The Way We Work - as expected, packed with thorough David Macaulay detail and information
#books #videogames #dragons
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 AM
What we’re reading:
The Dungeons and Dragons Book of Dragons, Michael Witwer - full of large, awesome paintings
Designing Video Games, Stuart Maine
The Way We Work - as expected, packed with thorough David Macaulay detail and information
#books #videogames #dragons
The Dungeons and Dragons Book of Dragons, Michael Witwer - full of large, awesome paintings
Designing Video Games, Stuart Maine
The Way We Work - as expected, packed with thorough David Macaulay detail and information
#books #videogames #dragons
Happy Halloween! Action shot. Older kiddo agreed to be Bobby for the photo before changing into a creepy ventriloquist dummy. #kpopdemonhunters #derpytiger #rumi
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Happy Halloween! Action shot. Older kiddo agreed to be Bobby for the photo before changing into a creepy ventriloquist dummy. #kpopdemonhunters #derpytiger #rumi
I got inspired and made these KPop Demon Hunters masks for Halloween. Paper mache and a lot of figuring it out as I went along. Youngest is going as Rumi and we thought she could use the backup. Pics when we’re all in full costume. Lots more details to finish. #kpopdemonhunters #derpytiger
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I got inspired and made these KPop Demon Hunters masks for Halloween. Paper mache and a lot of figuring it out as I went along. Youngest is going as Rumi and we thought she could use the backup. Pics when we’re all in full costume. Lots more details to finish. #kpopdemonhunters #derpytiger
The scale and beauty of Yosemite are unbelievably spectacular. It was a little eerie and sad without park rangers (fed shutdown), but many things were still up and running thanks to the Conservancy and businesses.
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The scale and beauty of Yosemite are unbelievably spectacular. It was a little eerie and sad without park rangers (fed shutdown), but many things were still up and running thanks to the Conservancy and businesses.
You all see the new stamps?
Goodnight moon, and goodnight baby animals;
Goodnight Betty White, and goodnight SpongeBob Squarestamps
#kidlit #picturebooks
Goodnight moon, and goodnight baby animals;
Goodnight Betty White, and goodnight SpongeBob Squarestamps
#kidlit #picturebooks
October 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You all see the new stamps?
Goodnight moon, and goodnight baby animals;
Goodnight Betty White, and goodnight SpongeBob Squarestamps
#kidlit #picturebooks
Goodnight moon, and goodnight baby animals;
Goodnight Betty White, and goodnight SpongeBob Squarestamps
#kidlit #picturebooks