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Ben Sears

@bensears.bsky.social

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 2h

Watching When A Stranger Calls. The first 20 minutes are great just like everyone says, but it’s amazing how they made Los Angeles look like Cleveland

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 3h

Pairing two bundles of nerves together for the next comic

A drawing of a kid and a robot. Text says basil and Hank. Basil, the kid, is saying “it’s a tough world out there”

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 10h

You know it’s gonna be a good stooges when it starts like this

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 10h

Found this Rick and Morty cover I did from 2019 The original + prelim sketch and a copy of the comic are available here: www.freebensears.com/product/rick...

A black and white drawing of cartoon characters Rick and Morty jumping out of a plane. They’re wearing some kind of gel suits and have big guns on one arm.

Picture of the printed cover and preliminary sketch from the previous image

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My fall 2026 drawing Night Crossing is available as a 4x6 print Only $10 here: www.freebensears.com/product/nigh...

Drawing of a night time street scene. Some opossums are walking around on tree branches and privacy walls. Leaves are falling down around them.

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found three of my Death of Copra variant covers comes with a 6x8 print of the cover art: www.freebensears.com/product/copr...

variant cover i drew for michel fiffe's "death of copra" comic. The art depicts a masked guy with guns on his wrists, blasting his way through some rubble.

variant cover i drew for michel fiffe's "death of copra" comic. The art depicts a masked guy with guns on his wrists, blasting his way through some rubble.

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hope something comes along soon

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Cybotron - New Dance Show 1990

YouTube video by Caprice87

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

www.freebensears.com/category/pri...

An illustration of tintin and snowy being chased by a mummy through a torch-lined tunnel

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Two left

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thank you for the assist

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fall 2026 tour news, original adventure time + rick & morty cover art for sale, new shirt sizes, etc

Fall 2026 Tour + More

Fall 2026 Shows I’m back on the road later this month supporting Young Shadow & The Watchdogs. I’ll be hitting both coasts and a couple of midwest cities:...

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

big email about to go out, sign up if you want the details

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found three of my Death of Copra variant covers comes with a 6x8 print of the cover art: www.freebensears.com/product/copr...

variant cover i drew for michel fiffe's "death of copra" comic. The art depicts a masked guy with guns on his wrists, blasting his way through some rubble.

variant cover i drew for michel fiffe's "death of copra" comic. The art depicts a masked guy with guns on his wrists, blasting his way through some rubble.

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Harvey Awards are this weekend! Pick up all three Young Shadows here:

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

No

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Watching Drive In Massacre, they got these detectives at the Chicago Polish Guy store

Two detectives

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

got some new stuff going on I post about it on bluesky but you can get it straight in your inbox by getting on my newsletter buttondown.com/bensears

drawing of a whale smiling

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

yeah, sounds like some weird FM stuff but the album predates the dx7. The drums are the most difficult for me to figure out

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

4x6 commission drawing of Anguirus

Black and white drawing of Anguirus from Godzilla

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Is this legal?

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here at the Vanderbilt Central Library for @nashcomicartfest.bsky.social 11am to 6pm TODAY

Part of a sketchbook page

There’s drawings of possums on a tulip poplar tree, and a whale looking at a small boat

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Horseman

A drawing of the headless horseman riding a horse and holding a jack o lantern

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Check again

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Probably had something to do with the color scheme

Cover for Cluster 2

A bunch of yellow stars on a blue background with the word cluster slightly to the right of the middle

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Here it is with the original drawing. Did this one pretty loose with a nib.

The print from the previous post with the pen and ink drawing it’s based on

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My fall 2026 drawing Night Crossing is available as a 4x6 print Only $10 here: www.freebensears.com/product/nigh...

Drawing of a night time street scene. Some opossums are walking around on tree branches and privacy walls. Leaves are falling down around them.

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pretty good book. Much less melodramatic than the American detective stuff. Got a couple more Maigrets on deck after this. Rating: 5/5 🥐

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

South Carolina bridge from memory

Black and white drawing of a person fishing off the side of a bridge

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

75% chance this is the Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“How’d that movie start that your always talkin about?”

“You know that weird one with all those weird things?”

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ringing in the season

Movie poster for THINGS

A Canadian guy stands with a power drill. Behind him is a bunch of stuff.

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gotta get that flu shot too, makes it much less horrible

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Gary Larson cartoon of the guy who operates the sun. He’s sitting in a room with a bunch of fans pointed at him, and flames are visible outside the window. On the wall is a big switch with the settings “rise” and “set”

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Another new one Celebrate our most valuable marsupial, in both 4x6 and 8.5x11 sizes www.freebensears.com/product/opos...

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New in the store 16”x16” sound garden print Have at it: www.freebensears.com/product/soun...

An illustration of a person in the woods. They’re sitting next to a small waterfall, and using a bunch of electronic gear to record the sounds

Drawing of a frog next to a field recording device

Detail of the person from pic 1

Detail of a snake and spider in the shadows of a forest

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Watching In The Heat of the Night, which looks like it could take place today because even though there's fall foliage everyone's still sweating like crazy

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The minimum tier for the patreon is $1 a month, and that gets you 11 years of back posts. If you don’t like it you can cancel after a month, but I respect myself enough to not give everything away

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Can’t please everyone!

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

also accepting large donations from rich patrons of the arts, if you're rich please don't hesitate to email me

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Looking at ways to raise the cold hard cash needed to print this comic. I don't have anything against kickstarter, but I'd rather just rely on preorders to help fund the printing. Would you preorder this comic? It'd be about 68 pages, risograph printed, probably around $15.

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Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

only $75 american dollars for a genuine "pen & ink" drawing www.freebensears.com/product/drac...

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every usps @everylot-usps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ORDINARY: 3992 GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL HWY, ORDINARY VA 23131-9998

Street View image of post office

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

only $75 american dollars for a genuine "pen & ink" drawing www.freebensears.com/product/drac...

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Attention

A corner of a box that says “to be wonderful in quality life!”

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

October Midwest dates October 17th @ Zinecinnati October 24th at Pretty Good Fest Enjoy this donut/cider/cider donut color scheme

YOUNG SHADOW
& THE WATCHDOGS
ZINECINNATI
OCTOBER 17TH
ARCO CINCINNATI
12 PM - 5 PM
PRETTY GOOD FEST
OCTOBER 24TH 2026
CHICAGO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
11 AM - 6 PM

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Still plenty of time for it to explode on the way down!

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Notes

Drawing of a witch that says “more chin whiskers = more wisdom”

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah it’s not supposed to be a joke, but beating Spiderman to a pulp with a rubber hose is such a wild image

Ben Sears @bensears.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Or this

A line from Wesley Willis’ Cut the Mullet

“Take your ass to the barbershop
Tell the barber that you're sick of looking like an asshole”