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Ward Jenkins
@wardjenkins.bsky.social
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Storyboard Artist (MLP:FIM, Ada Twist, Camp Snoopy) & Children’s Book Illustrator. First graphic novel: SPACE CASE by Stuart Gibbs out now! [he/him] NO AI.
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I share things, too: #wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
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Found a box of a lot of my Primal Screen work. Early 2000s stuff.

Hmm…what should I share first?
Photo of a stack of file folders with job titles on the spines, PBS Kids, Time Squad, etc.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Hello?

I'm Ward Jenkins, an illustrator who loves drawing picture books, graphic novels, comics, and has done storyboards for various TV shows. I love maps, historical fiction, sci-fi & animation.

Rep'd by Jennifer Laughran (literaticat.bsky.social).
Hit me up! wardjenkins.com

#kidlitartpostcard
A little boy is crouched down, looking at a reflection of himself in a small puddle. He says, "Hello?"
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Now playing: Sounds to Make You Shiver! This is the original record I owned from when I was a kid. You can see where I put my name on it (and on the label on the record itself) in marker for when I brought it to school one Halloween. I’m guessing I was in 3rd or 4th grade.

Cover by Frank Daniel.
Photo of a spooky Halloween record album called Sounds to Make You Shiver!
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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I’m this close to spray painting a wall near our house with the words:

SERIOUSLY DONALD WHAT THE HELL
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Of course you’ve heard of Bohemian Rhapsody but have you heard of
Vinyl record titled “A Norwegian Rhapsody”
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Two of the best bumper stickers I've seen in a while. To those of you who get the John Cage reference: ✨🙌✨
Photo of the back of a car and we can see two bumper stickers: one that says "FART", with the letter F in white and the letters ART in red, and the other sticker says "KEEP HONKING! I'm listening to John Cage's 4:33 and you're a part of the piece now."
October 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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You Have Not Converted a Man Because You Have Silenced Him - poster by Ben Shahn (1969).

#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
Poster with a stylized face looking at the viewer with their hands knotted and held up to their chin with inky lines and ink wash. The text next to the figure says, "You have not converted a man because you have silenced him."
August 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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NO KINGS
NO AI
NO KINGS USING AI
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Ohhhh you guyssss ☺️
andreabrownlit.bsky.social Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 25d
🎉 Congrats to SPACE CASE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL on making another return appearance on the indie bestsellers list this week! 🎉

We are beyond proud of @wardjenkins.bsky.social for illustrating this!

@literaticat.bsky.social
This week Space Case made the Indie bestseller list. Pictured is the book cover and a screenshot of the title on the list, surrounded by confetti to celebrate!
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Melissa is an INCREDIBLE editor! I had the honor of editing beside her at Chronicle for over 15 years. Unagented children’s book creators: Do not miss this submission opportunity!✨
mmanlove.bsky.social Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social · Oct 8
Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Kinda hard to find anything to post for the morgue file when my work situation is dire. Job searching just saps the fun and energy out of everything
October 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Bumped into a former co-worker from years ago - a 3d animator/compositor - and they mentioned they were using ChatGPT every day for their new business venture and I tell ya the life and soul of that conversation was sucked out so fast I couldn’t even think straight.

Me: “Hey, good luck with that.”
October 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Dr. Seuss’s Horton! has finally arrived on Netflix! I boarded one ep- “Catch that Kite” - in the 1st episode (2nd story). I was set to board more this season, but i eventually got the email that changed my trajectory: a chance to work on the Space Case graphic novel! Quite a turn! ☺️ Anyway, enjoy!
Screenshot of a tv show called Dr. Seuss’s Horton!
October 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Concept art by Mary Blair for Disney's ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949).

#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
Spooky painting by Mary Blair of Ichabod on his horse being chased by the Headless Horseman.
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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OMG I'm doing another #kidlitartpostcard day - who knew?!?

I'm Ward Jenkins, an illustrator who loves drawing picture books, graphic novels, comics, and has done storyboards for various TV shows.

Rep'd by Jennifer Laughran (literaticat.bsky.social).
Linky link: wardjenkins.com
Illustration of a little island in a chilly sea, with snow-capped mountains of the mainland behind it, and surrounded by chunks of small icebergs in the foreground.
October 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Today marks 75 years of Charles Schulz's Peanuts comic strip. As an avid follower and fan of the comic strip, perhaps one of the biggest honors in my career so far has to have been a storyboard artist on Snoopy In Space and Camp Snoopy - a small blip in the Peanuts legacy, but a major honor for me.
Snoopy in a dark cave with Woodstock - they have space suits and helments on. Charlie Brown is grimacing because Lucy's holding up a toy planet that just so happens to be the same shape as his head. The Peanuts crew in a corner of a NASA facility, with Franklin working out a formula on a big huge blackboard.
October 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Almost TOLKTOBER!
Teal and orange RISO print illustration of various Middle Earth scenes/characters as a stamp set. Included are Treeboard overlooking Isengard, Winged Nazgul, Minas Tirith, Rivendell, Barad Dûr, Gandalf riding Shadowflax at dawn on the third day, Minas Morgul, Grishnâkh the orc, The Hollin gate of Moria, Boromir, Bag End and Galadriel.
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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A reminder: THIS SATURDAY - I'll be at the Decatur Book Festival at 4:15pm for the Comics For All Readers panel at First Baptist Church of Decatur.
Promo image for the Decatur Book Festival showcasing their Comics For All Readers panel, with guests Sarah Sax, Gary Clement, and me, Ward Jenkins. Saturday, October 4th at 4:15pm.
September 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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My fall has opened up and I'm totally available for any storyboard work! You can check my site (www.wardjenkins.com/storyboards) and my IMDb (link in next comment). I've done a lot of fun stuff! My Little Pony! Camp Snoopy! Ada Twist, Scientist!
September 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Congrats to these best sellers this week!

ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS (NYT)

IMMORTAL DARK (PW/USAToday)

I LIKE CHEESE (USAToday)

YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN (USAToday and PW)

SPACE CASE (Indie)
bestseller graphic featuring zombie and brain are friends (Nyt bestseller), space case graphic novel (indie bestseller), Immortal Dark (pw & usatoday bestseller), I like cheese (usatoday bestseller) and You werent meant to be human (pw and usatoday bestseller)
September 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Never forget that Norman Rockwell, debatably the most famous American artist to ever put brush to canvas, was not afraid to show the ugliness along with the good. Having his work/reputation sanitized and trimmed into marketable nostalgia is about American as it gets.
September 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Visited the High Museum of Art yesterday with the whole family and it was the salve we all needed
September 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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HEY! Two of my client's books are on this list of the Best Picture Books of the century! 😍 Yay for VAMOS, LET'S GO TO THE MARKET by @raulthethird.bsky.social and LITTLE WITCH HAZEL by @phoebewahl.bsky.social ! 😍😍😍

Thanks, @slate.com !

slate.com/culture/2025...
The 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Century
There’s been a revolution in children’s storytelling—and it’s not just that the stories are more diverse.
slate.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Illustration from The Skull, a Tyrolean folk tale, by Jon Klassen.

#wardsmorguefile #moreartlessdoom
A kid in a hooded coat looks out from a castle-like lookout, with a human skull on the ledge. It is snowing and the kid looks stoic as they're looking out into the woods.
September 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM