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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Made a new collection of pretty chill tunes! Pretty solid background music for drawing or whatever else you get up to. I'm sharing on Bluesky before anywhere else because @tugboatcity.bsky.social is such a great hype man! lastpunch.bandcamp.com/album/garden

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Garden, by LastPunch

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Hi and hello! I'm a middle grade graphic novelist and I'm currently booking school events and library workshops for the Spring-Fall '26! Virtual visits are also available. More info here: www.breenabard.com/author-visits

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

My kids talked me into making a youtube video! I said i'd do it if they edited it... more to come??

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Here's another year-end list for you... all my professional failures and disappointments from the year in a nice little row! 😭😅 substack.com/home/post/p-...

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BB's top 10 professional disappointments of 2025!

(and why it was still somehow a pretty good year??)

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Made a new little song experiment! I love my Pocket Operators (this time playing with effects pedals!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfK...

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YouTube video by Easel Ain't Easy

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

If you're more of a Youtube-yr-music person, I put together a LastPunch playlist! (This is the video game soundtrack I made with two pocket operators, btw) www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Last Punch Soundtrack - YouTube

LastPunch is the soundtrack to a video game that doesn’t (yet) exist.It tells the story of LastPunch, once a great warrior, now forced into retirement as you...

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Monday morning bump! If you're looking for some chill background music while you work today, consider the LastPunch soundtrack! (I made it!)

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I made a non-comic thing! It's a video game soundtrack that I made using two Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators (PO-12 and PO-16) and I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. Give it a listen if you'd like! lastpunch.bandcamp.com/album/lastpu...

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LastPunch, by LastPunch

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Every single app ad these days: "It's like Duolingo, but for..." Okay cool so I'll get a 500 day streak and still not know how to do the thing? GOT IT.

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Portland area folks! I'm having a Claudia Claws launch party on Sunday at 2pm, at Books With Pictures! Hope you can make it! Super kid friendly! Exclamation points!

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Don't think I ever posted about this here, but one of the biggest projects I've ever completed with this mural we did at an elementary school... 2.5 years in the making! If you're curious, you can read all about it here www.breenabard.com/blog/2024/9/...

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Alison Weiss @alioop7.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

KidLit publishing and publishing in general feels so hard right now. I know there are days when the urge to throw in the towel is strong. Please don't. Your work matters. There is someone out there who will be changed by your book. Take that small step today. You have no idea how close you are.

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The GOOD news is that Claudia Claws is at the printer! I'm keeping preorders open until the books arrive, so if you want to get in on free shipping and some other bonus goodies, you still can! www.breenabard.com/store/claudi...

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Claudia Claws Preorder — Breena Bard

An all-new graphic novel by Breena Bard, coming spring 2025! What happened to Claudia Claws?  When the feline basketball superstar disappears without explanation, her fans and teammates ar...

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I can't scream into the void on twitter anymore so i'll scream into the void here. Stripe has all the money from my book preorders and won't release it to me. They have an inactive bank account on file and won't let me update to a new bank until I verify the old one. WHICH DOESN'T EXIST.

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Working on a new workshop that I'm debuting at a library tomorrow :D

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Me and a couple pals went to see One Of Them Days last night, super fun movie. But WHY was it all red band horror trailers leading up to it? One after another. We were truly wondering if we walked into the wrong theater.

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I don't think I mentioned it here yet--I finished the pencils for my next book!! 287 pages, whew! Hard to pick a sample page that isn't spoiler-y, but here's a tiny peek:

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I didn't know what IYKYK meant, I just thought everyone was doing a Popeye/JoeyGladstone style laugh, which kinda fits most of those posts anyway.

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Jen de Oliveira @jendeoart.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’m subbing in a school library for a few weeks & couldn’t pass up making diary comics of some memorable moments. Here’s the first one! ❤️📚❤️📚 #comics #schoollibrary #libraries #librarian

Comic of a school librarian greeting a 5th grader named Vivaan. She asks if he needs help finding something. Vivaan responds, “Do you have any books on investing?” (Vivaan checks out The Ultimate Kids’ Money Book. He’s doing financial research to prepare for his first bank account.)

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Sometimes you gotta boost your own work! I'm really excited to bring Claudia Claws into the world, hope you'll check it out! Preorder here:https://www.breenabard.com/store/claudia-claws-preorder

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Jarod Roselló @jarodrosello.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Another Charlie Brown and Snoopy drawing

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hey look! I have a new book! Claudia Claws is an all-new, all-ages graphic novel, and I’m so excited to share it with you. This story really surprised me, and honestly kept me grounded this past year. Coming this spring (but you can preorder now on my website!)

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I tried to order my husband some Dallas Cowboys merch for xmas. Never arrived so I got on with customer service to see what's up. The "fan assistant" on the chat told me "The package has no movement since the order." To which I say "KINDA LIKE THE COWBOYS OFFENSE, EH?" 😁

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Oh no. Worse than drawing stairs is... drawing BLEACHERS 😱

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I tried to post some images in r/designmyroom, created a reddit account, then had my post instantly removed because i'm new/have no "karma". So now it seems very important to me to spend the entire day on reddit building up karma... got any favorite subreddits I should check out??

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Why do we always say computers go "BEEP BOP BOOP"? When have they EVER gone "Bop"?

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

This might be a silly question, but are there @kyletwebster.bsky.social brushes already available on Procreate?

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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I'm working on a Middle Grade Graphic Novelists starter pack! Happy to add more people as I discover them on here! go.bsky.app/8yahT8Q

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Just finished the second season of my rewatch of LOST, moving right along. I forgot how wacky things start to get from here on out...

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 12/11/2024

It's been fun seeing familiar faces pop up here this week! If you're just arriving & are an author, illustrator, educator, or librarian, here's a list of like-minded folks to follow: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... And here's how to add yourself to the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Surprisingly as I illustrate this graphic novel set in a library, it's not the book shelves and books that are killing me, it's the STAIRS. Note to self, next book takes place on a single story somewhere! Better yet, outdoors 😄 (LOVE YOU, LIBRARIES!!)

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Broke my foot this week 😢 Have passed some of the time by drawing portraits on the Notes app using my thumb... it's very soothing!

portrait of woman with top bun, green and blue background, painted on iphone Notes app

potrait painted on iphone Notes app, a woman with purple streak in hair, blue background

portrait painted on iphone Notes app, a man looking to his left, pink background

portrait of a smiling man painted on iphone Notes app, pink and blue background

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Obvious there are so many books that inspired each of us to become authors, but a couple that jump instantly to my memory are these:

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Took a few small actions yesterday, one of which was to finally delete my twitter account (which Ive been meaning to do since cybertruck bought it). I wasn't posting there and haven't been posting here much, but maybe that will change? Love to you all, we are in this together!

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 01/09/2024

am i crazy or did Substack used to allow footnotes and no longer do? Their chat bot says they never did but I swear I used them before...

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Jen de Oliveira @jendeoart.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

I’m OTTERLY excited to announce my next graphic novel series: Pip and Pals! 🦦🥳 Thank you to the team at Knopf, my editor Esther, my agent Ammi-Joan, and my kidlit pals @breannacarzoo.bsky.social , @breenabard.bsky.social , & @jarodrosello.bsky.social who helped & encouraged me along the way!

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

Just finished Mexikid--it really is that good! Also just read Tegan and Sara/Tillie Walden's Junior High, which I really enjoyed. What should I read next?

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

It's time for Doodle Mail! My free monthly author/illustrator newsletter. This month I'm sharing THREE bug drawing sheets, travel photos, owls, and author news. ginaperry.substack.com/p/buggy-july #kidlit #authornewsletter #newsletter

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

We all know publishing takes a lot of patience. One way I've maintained some sense of control is always having a side project that I get to put out on MY time. Currently that's been my comic Claudia Claws, a moody little story about a cat basketball player who was forced into retirement.

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

This remains true. It's the Polish in me.

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

I am here for all Freaks and Geeks content.

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 07/07/2024

I’m glad folks are finding my #starterpack (s) useful! Are there any other #KidLitArt starter packs you would like to see? Please let me know and I’ll see if I can put together more! go.bsky.app/2TG6ZBR

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