From 2006: Billy decides to live out a fantasy...

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Sometimes all you can do is pretend.  Even though it's real, it still makes you feel better.

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Billy wonders just why he doesn't trust #Trump

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It's the last strip of 2016! Naturally, I had to go out with a dig at Trump.  I mean, the layers of untrustworthiness are many and thick and obvious.  However, all I need to know is that I disagree with what this man says.  I mean, in some ways, he doesn't even say anything when he says things.  I am going to have a hard time over the next 4 years.  Let's hope impeachment proceedings begin on January 21, 2017.

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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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Billy is down about the world but knows where to find HOPE!

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This MAY be a bit more autobiographical than usual... and the good news is, the new STAR WARS movie is pretty good. Don't forget to download the first BALLPOINT ADVENTURES mini-comic!!  It's a 6.8MB PDF that looks great in iBooks or Adobe Acrobat for mobile devices!!  Download it now and let me know what you think!


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From 2006: Billy challenges God to a duel. God's response is typical.

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I always wonder why God doesn't just prove himself to us.  Why is faith in something there is no evidence of so...

Billy is Psyched About #RussianHackers!

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There is more to this comic! Download the PDFed mini-comic version of this week's new comic by going to finetip.ballpointadventures.com!  You will end up at a PDF on go.thepete.org.  Just FYI.  This PDF is an experiment.  Read it like you would a book. Flip through each comic panel like it's a page in an e-book.  Since it's a PDF, it means you can share it easily with friends.  Just email it to 'em or send them the link and they can go download it, too!  If you think the format is cool, let me know. I may do this again.

ANYWAY, so about this strip, maybe you've heard, but the CIA has determined that Russian hackers helped...

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 Knows a Threat to American Freedoms when He Sees one!

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So, I wanted to include in this strip a line about how even late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was on...

From 2006: Billy proves #IntelligentDesign isn't a thing when it come to people.

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So, if there is a "god" and "he" intelligently designed us, why the hell do we treat each other so poorly?  Sure...