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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

OOoh, you might have given me an idea. Music for drawing comics to....

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Woah, never been called a polymath before! I like it! ☺️

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

Oh heck yes. Step away! I need this reminder pinned somewhere highly visible, thanks ::)

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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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Jonathan! How are you always the best? Thanks for sharing this (and for being such a solid friend through the good stuff and the crud)

Thanks for reading! And absolutely right about the ups and downs, sometimes there are just more downs in a row than ups...

Thank you for reading! It helped that I had exactly 0 wins in 2025 to report, lol (ok that's an exaggeration but not by much :D

BB's top 10 professional disappointments of 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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(and why it was still somehow a pretty good year??)

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

Thanks! Chaotic second half is the only type of song I know how to make 😄

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...

Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Aww thanks! That one really came together (it's my kids' fave too!)

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!)

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

For the super-curious, I wrote a newsletter about how it came to be (perler bead album cover and all!) breenabard.substack.com/p/and-now-fo...

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And now for a secret project... it's LastPunch!

Surprise, it's not a comic...

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

15 track album

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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 · 27/07/2025

Thank you for sharing Wildfire! I wish it wasn't relevant year after year, but really glad if it can help readers process these devastating fires!

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Thank you for sharing this one!

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Breena Bard @breenabard.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Sure thing! I'll have copies of all my book!

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

Thanks!! Definitely one of the projects I'm proudest of!

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 · 18/03/2025

hahaha eventually it reached you 😄

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

I couldn't even watch the trailers! My friend and I just stared at each other the whole time while disgusting gore noises played behind us 😅

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.

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

For real! This whole book is just one big lecture on library respect, disguised as an adventure, haha

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

Yep! I do thumbnail sketches that are much rougher than this, but get the general blocking/framing/pacing down.

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

Whatever you do, avoid bleachers at all cost!

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

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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 · 25/01/2025

Ooh, I should! Nothing planned yet...