Barbie still wants her answers and finally, she gets one!

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Yep, that's what I'm saying--because people couldn't deal with reality, we dreamed up religions. Like gods. We can face reality together and together we'll can deal with it. Or, we can look for ways to unite together and make the world better for all of us instead of tricking each other to make it MUCH better for just some of us. I'm lookin' at you 1%ers!!

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Yes, this comic is about #Republicans. Well, the punchilne is.

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The latest episode in "That Entitled Woman Adventures"! Is this the final episode? Tune in next week to find out!

In the meantime, the punchline refers to Republicans or anyone who wants it "their way." The universe does not give a shit about your way. So, treat everyone with respect and politeness and maybe they will help you get it done your way. I don't care if sometimes raising a big stink gets you to "your way" faster. Do you want to shit on people to get "your way"? Just be nice whether it gets you what you want or not.

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Barbie begins to recognize how unfair life is to her.

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Can you tell I've worked in retail? This person is horrible.  I mean, not "Hitler" horrible, but compared to where she should be?  Chill out, lady!

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Billy and Barbie explore the United State of Futility

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I'm often the canary in the coal mine shaft, so this week's Ballpoint may not resonate with you. That said, I've been noticing more and more truly pointless arguments from all kinds of people on all sides of politics and non-politics. Even arguments that seem important often aren't because we've been tricked into distraction. There are times when I listen to people complain and I just don't understand what they are looking for. Like the expectations they've formed in their minds don't match anything fair to this reality. I feel like many of us are swirling down the drain of futility in this country and on this planet.

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Barbie wants answers this week--does Billy have them? FIND OUT!

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Been really getting tired of people. I'm sure you have, too.

Oh and also:

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Every Wonder Why Some People Insist on Speakerphone Calls in Public? Billy finds out why!

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Sadly, very few people are ever honest enough, or self-aware enough to admit when they are being idiots.

Some of us, CAN admit it. Like me, for ever thinking humanity could ever be even generally this honest or self-aware. I'm an idiot to hope for it. I'll hope anyway though! My cynicism be damned!

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Hipster Cat Problems, this week on #BallpointAdventures.

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Who is more who is more annoying? Baxter or Barbie?

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From 2006: Billy discovers something about humanity (yuck!)

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This is definitely semi-autobiographical. ;)


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Barbie knows this doesn't have to continue...

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That's the tragedy of all of this. If POTUS wanted to stop being a jackass he could.  Every day he chooses to be obnoxious, paranoid, cowardly, and unAmerican.

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From 2006: Barbie Ballpoint wants you to talk to the hand!

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Not sure what I was going for with this one, to be honest.  As much funnier people than I have said: they can't all be gems, folks!!

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From 2006: Billy and Barbie muse about being lied to

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So, this comic was drawn 11 years ago and now look how bad this sort of thing has gotten. The guy in the White House lies pretty much ever time he opens his mouth now and pretty much everyone pretty much just shrugs it off.

We are in a lot of trouble.


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Billy knows just what to do now that Trump is in the White House

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I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't do this if I knew how to.


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From 2006: Billy wants YOU to NOT trust our leaders!

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Well, this is an ironically timed classic BALLPOINT ADVENTURES comic, considering what is happening this week in Washington DC... now, just a reminder, Billy only fake kills people.  Don't consider anything you see in this comic as an endorsement of violence.  Seriously though, fake killing is more fun than real killing, for a lot of reasons, including the part where you don't have to go to prison or the electric chair for it.


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Billy & Barbie discuss the worst part of #Trump in the #WhiteHouse

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This has always been my biggest problem with unintelligent people.  It's like that ridiculous "unknown unknowns" argument Donald Rumsfeld used back when the Iraq war first started to go south.  He said something like "we don't know what we don't know!" At LEAST this indicated that Rummy knew the limits of his...

From 2006: Billy wonders about our leaders but Barbie just wonders.

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Written and drawn over ten years ago, this comic is depressingly prescient.  It's obvious to me that our leaders have probably never had our best interests in mind.  Maybe they thought they did/think they do, but the reality is that, if you never take a step outside of your own perspective (imagine life in someone else's shoes), you can't possibly have someone else's interests at heart.  And rich white guys are notoriously bad at imagining themselves in other people's shoes.  Just think about how long slavery went on.  :/

The question now is: what do we do about our leaders not actually having our interests at heart?

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From 2006 Billy Asks an Obvious Question about "Intelligent" Design...

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This question seems even more relevant ten years after I drew it, now that we've elected you-know-who...

Billy commits the Cardinal #Sin against #Feminism and pays for it!

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I've been experiencing this joke slowly over decades. There was a time when it was OK to say stuff like this...

Barbie is worried Billy might say something to get himself in trouble.

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This classic strip is all about protesting how we pretend something is much better than it really is. Like our...

It's been a long time since Billy used his ax on someone!

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People are a fact of life.  You can't escape having to deal with them eventually and, often, Billy's solution to them seems like the best option.  I AM NOT ENDORSING VIOLENCE.  I'm just saying it sure looks like fun sometimes.

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From 2006: Sometimes the right thing seems like the wrong thing and vice versa.

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It's the question Edward Snowden asked himself: Do I do what's right (principles), or do what is wrong (prison term).  Then, there's also the aspect of the bar being set pretty low to get the accusation of treason these days.  I mean, even on the liberal side of things, you could get some criticism pretty close to a treason accusation from some Hillary supporters if you threaten to vote Trump.

I'm honestly nervous about even posting this strip because of how unstable our right to free speech has become.  So, to be clear: I am not endorsing treason or treasonous acts in this strip or anywhere else.  Yes, Billy is suppressing the urge to do something treasonous, but he IS resisting (and he IS fictional).  But the urge is there because that's how messed up things were in 2006 when I drew this comic.  It could be argued that things are even worse now but, even then, I am not endorsing any course of action, I'm just a cartoonist hoping that America is still a place where free discussion can occur.

Hopefully...

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