Breena Bard
@breenabard.bsky.social
Cartoonist! Creator of WILDFIRE (Little, Brown / 2023) TRESPASSERS (Scholastic/Graphix) and HEY BABY. Repped by @abuckslater 🧀 Perennial cheesehead. www.breenabard.com
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
January 6, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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
My kids talked me into making a youtube video! I said i'd do it if they edited it... more to come??
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
My kids talked me into making a youtube video! I said i'd do it if they edited it... more to come??
Here's another year-end list for you... all my professional failures and disappointments from the year in a nice little row! 😭😅
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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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December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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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Also contain a shout out to @breenabard.bsky.social!
New at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: A decade ago, Katie Pryde and her shop BOOKS WITH PICTURES began championing diversity in comics retail with the motto "Comics for Everyone." Now, she talks her near-miss with financial crisis, what she's learned, and what the future the holds.
Books With Pictures' Katie Pryde on her store and comics retail: 'I don’t think comics are going anywhere' - The Comics Journal
Zach Rabiroff talks with Katie Pryde of Portland’s Books With Pictures about surviving debt, navigating comics, and what it takes for a diverse retailer to survive.
www.tcj.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Also contain a shout out to @breenabard.bsky.social!
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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November 30
YouTube video by Easel Ain't Easy
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December 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Made a new little song experiment! I love my Pocket Operators (this time playing with effects pedals!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfK...
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...
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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October 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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...
Monday morning bump! If you're looking for some chill background music while you work today, consider the LastPunch soundtrack! (I made it!)
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...
LastPunch, by LastPunch
15 track album
lastpunch.bandcamp.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Monday morning bump! If you're looking for some chill background music while you work today, consider the LastPunch soundtrack! (I made it!)
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...
LastPunch, by LastPunch
15 track album
lastpunch.bandcamp.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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...
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.
Okay cool so I'll get a 500 day streak and still not know how to do the thing? GOT IT.
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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.
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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Check out Wildfire by @breenabard.bsky.social if you're looking for a "Children's book with a hopeful climate theme." #AskALibrarian
Wildfire — Multnomah County Library
Wildfire — Bard, Breena, — "Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon. She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destr...
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July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Check out Wildfire by @breenabard.bsky.social if you're looking for a "Children's book with a hopeful climate theme." #AskALibrarian
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!
July 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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!
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/...
April 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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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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.
March 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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.
Some thoughts on if stories even matter... open.substack.com/pub/breenaba...
What we learn from a mouse.
And not the one that chewed a larger mouse out of cheese who played music from its own tail, although that mouse was also cool.
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March 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Some thoughts on if stories even matter... open.substack.com/pub/breenaba...
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...
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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March 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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...
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.
March 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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.
Working on a new workshop that I'm debuting at a library tomorrow :D
February 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Working on a new workshop that I'm debuting at a library tomorrow :D
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.
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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.
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:
February 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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:
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.
February 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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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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
Here’s the first one! ❤️📚❤️📚
#comics #schoollibrary #libraries #librarian
January 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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
Here’s the first one! ❤️📚❤️📚
#comics #schoollibrary #libraries #librarian