tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58616870717818007592024-03-12T23:46:15.975-04:00Ballpoint AdventuresComics posted every Monday and Thursday. Some content may not be entirely safe for work or children. Billy sometimes kills people graphically and sometimes has sex with Barbie while pretending to be God. But really, it's just stick figures, so you should really just relax. UNDER 18? PLEASE DON'T READ THIS COMIC #CoA<p align="right"><b><a href="http://shop.ballpointadventures.com">SHOP</a> | <a href="http://thepete.com">thepete.com</a> | <a href="http://patreon.thepete.com">support me</a></b></p>thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.comBlogger322125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-39969918772995592762021-01-07T13:30:00.010-05:002021-01-07T13:47:13.676-05:00244 years...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKT00ZSe4abJsP-KCUNKpdhxVUgiFssh6pjbgzFeuzNC0-AseKvwFXJ2TV8cFQ54IfDMqq2YiHDxpPjlm4-jBKRqcfk0fhTMp9QAUBUH3-SvEHXI-ctn3t_2rlOF8tiRic5OB2Zz9-GM/s2500/814EE911-2AE9-4362-90DB-B548EB3653AF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="2500" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKT00ZSe4abJsP-KCUNKpdhxVUgiFssh6pjbgzFeuzNC0-AseKvwFXJ2TV8cFQ54IfDMqq2YiHDxpPjlm4-jBKRqcfk0fhTMp9QAUBUH3-SvEHXI-ctn3t_2rlOF8tiRic5OB2Zz9-GM/w640-h216/814EE911-2AE9-4362-90DB-B548EB3653AF.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />First new Ballpoint Adventures Comic in 2 years. </div>thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-22267281144332381012018-12-24T12:00:00.000-05:002018-12-24T23:26:34.021-05:00Billy knows it's THAT time of the year again! (And it's probably not what you think!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This douchebag is STILL president. Come on, 2019!!<br />
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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!!<br />
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The latest episode in "That Entitled Woman Adventures"! Is this the final episode? Tune in next week to find out!<br />
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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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Can you tell I've worked in retail? This person is <i>horrible</i>. I mean, not "Hitler" horrible, but compared to where she should be? Chill out, lady!<br />
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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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Been really getting tired of people. I'm sure you have, too.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">DO IT NOW. (I need to eat!)</span>thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-22872874380666847122018-11-12T14:00:00.000-05:002018-11-12T14:58:29.625-05:00Good old @realDonaldTrump gets the treatment he deserves (and it's a laugh!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Just once I wish we could see this happen in a press conference. I mean, the UN was great, but the press really needs to stop treating this guy like a real leader.
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RIP Stan Lee. He literally taught me how powerful people should behave.<br />
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<i><b>With great power comes great responsibility.</b></i><br />
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That was the lesson he taught readers in Spider-Man comics. Now, if only the idiots in Washington DC could learn the same lesson.thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-39736732393805854762018-11-05T12:00:00.000-05:002018-11-05T12:00:07.936-05:00Barbie is in the voting mood--including her color!! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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VOTE VOTE<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE</span><br />
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What a mess. Who should we hate the most? The catalyst. Especially the catalyst who knows he is a catalyst. President Baking Soda knows vinegar is just waiting out there for a purpose. Yep, Baking Soda has a Twitter account.<br />
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This strip was hard to do because there was so much more I want to say about this. This comic started out as an ultra-violent reaction to the things I saw that were wrong in the world. I thought violence would be a fun/funny way to react to things that you would not normally react to violence with. Then the world met my violence and surpassed it.<br />
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Dude. Khushoggi was apparently dismembered while still alive. As the comic says, we've been heading in this direction for a long time, which is why I have let the violence fall away from the comic over the past few years. Violence should not be the answer to everything that we, as a species use it for. Anger is the easiest of emotions to give into when challenged. But just because it's easy doesn't mean we should just roll with it. We are better than this. <br />
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We just need to remember who we are as a species. We are humans and we are capable of untold horror but we're also capable of untold beauty.<br />
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Let's try to focus on that more, huh?<br />
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thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-84530597570033861632018-10-15T12:00:00.000-04:002018-10-15T13:09:56.539-04:00Billy and Barbie are about to tell YOU why the media LOVES/HATES @realDonaldTrump<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I know I've covered this before but seriously! The only glimmer of hope is that Fox News has stopped live coverage of Trump's Nazi-style rallies due to low ratings. Hopefully this will continue, but I know better than to hope too much.<br />
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It's the trifecta! No, not that the Republicans control all three branches of government--it's that they've compromised all three branches of government by putting known, demonstrable liars in prominent positions making the US government pretty much entirely untrustworthy. Before now, we couldn't trust them, but now it's just out in the open. This is what many of us have been seeing coming but we just get ignored because no one wants to believe the worst could ever happen again. Well, folks, if it happened before, it can happen again. And it is. Right here in America. Good luck to We, The People. I know we can survive, but it won't be without us trying.<br />
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I really really really hope the Republicans in the Senate have at least enough decency to not confirm a guy who has literally embarrassed himself in front of the world.
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Does Kav not remember what Arnold did when he was running for California governor and got accused of groping several women? HE APOLOGIZED, copped to it, said he was wrong for doing it and everyone forgave him... aaaand went on to do plenty more of it, but hey, sometimes denying it outright is a pretty good indicator of guilt. Like that time your friends were going to out your first middle school crush and all you could think to do was scream "IT'S NOT TRUE!!!"<br />
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It's like that, only with sexual assault guilt. You can trust my opinion, I'm an untrained amateur psychologist.<br />
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Yeah, it's pretty fricken obvious Kav is the wrong guy for the job but then, we knew that the minute TRUMP picked him.
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Will MUELLER... <span style="font-size: large;">PLEASE</span>... <span style="font-size: large;">SPILL THE</span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">BEANS!!!
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Oh, man, I am so tired of this...
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Soooo, </i></b>drawing comics for free every week is actually hard work--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span> thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-84995752539454112092018-09-03T12:00:00.000-04:002018-09-04T00:03:59.023-04:00The Most Disturbing Thing of All Re: @POTUS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Here's hoping that the MainStream Media catch on to this little fact and STOP SAYING HIS NAME every five seconds. Or even better, they might STOP REPORTING ON EVERY DUMB-ASS THING HE SAYS. It's not ALL news, you morons! Who's the bigger moron? The moron or the morons who think everything he says is news?
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>Yo,</b></i> drawing comics for free every week is actually hard work--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span> thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-51350456664103458232018-08-27T12:00:00.000-04:002018-08-27T12:52:57.083-04:00Billy tells Barbie: No, That's Not the Sky Falling...<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I want to believe the letters of Trump's name will keep falling!! The catch is, I'm just too cynical! This asshole has been getting away with all kinds of horrible things for decades. I hope this will end soon. This guy really needs to go to jail for the stuff he's done. I just hope all the details come out.<br />
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Sadly, very few people are ever honest enough, or self-aware enough to admit when they are being idiots.
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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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Just the other night I saw Andrea Mitchell, a TV news reporter with decades of experience covering politics basically say that as long as Trump is president and Trump tweets, the news media will report on it--like it's the only reality possible.<br />
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Ironically, I'd already written this week's strip when I saw her say that. The real reality is that 90% of what Trump says is filler episodes. You ever watch a show that has a big plot line that spans the season but a handful of episodes of the season either do nothing to further that big plot line or, worse, serve as a complete distraction from that main plot line? This is what is called a "filler episode." Yeah, this is what Trump gives us--filler episodes. The vast majority of what he says and 99% of what he tweets, doesn't mean shit. He's a babbling fool stricken with compulsive diarrhea of the mouth, and Andrea Mitchell thinks it's ALL worth covering!! This makes it hard to know just what ISN'T a filler episode because everything he says sounds meaningless. That said, I don't think this is a justification to report EVERYTHING HE SAYS. Imagine if every death in the country was reported on. Every death in the country is NOT news. Nor is every tweet and every word from Trump news. Hence, this week's BALLPOINT ADVENTURES comic. <br />
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You know how presidents always look like they've aged twenty-plus years by the end of their final term? Yeah, this time it's the American people who will be looking like they are decades older. I just hope that nobody attacks us or gives Trump an excuse to attack them. The last thing we need is this dipshit running a war.<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>So,</b></i> drawing comics for free every week is actually hard work--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span> thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-70683125039811528762018-08-06T12:00:00.000-04:002018-08-07T15:09:56.073-04:00Billy and Barbie remind us all to not forget how another POTUS was far from perfect!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a name='more'></a>Hey, remember <a href="http://ballpointadv.blogspot.com/2018/07/billy-and-barbie-know-why-comparing.html">this comic</a> from just a month ago?<br />
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I seriously don't get how so many people are totally cool with cherry picking reality because they are depressed. It's one thing to ignore the world while you read a book or watch a movie, but to ignore the blatant hypocrisies of a person just because reality is pretty depressing seems really destructive. I mean, the vast majority of us don't focus on Hitler's love of animals and ignore his genocide. Why do people think it's fine to focus on how much better Obama was compared to Trump when Obama made some pretty big mistakes? He was a Constitutional scholar for crying out loud and the guy kept Gitmo open and had American citizens in the Middle East murdered by drones because they were assumed to be terrorists or were terrorist-adjacent (aka unintended "collateral damage"). Read this <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/04/23/the-u-s-keeps-killing-americans-in-drone-strikes-mostly-by-accident/">WaPo article</a> from 2015 for more details. As Barbie says in the second comic above, all presidents suck somehow.<br />
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I just worry about the importance and value of facts and reality. I worry about it's devaluing more than anything else. If facts can't be acknowledged, how can anything else be? What is reality when the person occupying the highest office in the land can claim something that is utterly untrue but does not suffer for it and no one even confronts him on it and only a tiny handful of people on the internet push their nerd glasses up the bridges of their noses to Tweet "Um, that's actually a falsehood"?<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>So...</b></i> drawing comics for free every week is actually hard work (not to mention depressing)--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span>thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-26778761307655821242018-07-30T12:00:00.000-04:002018-08-07T15:09:20.523-04:00Billy has news from the All #Trump News Network!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Now, I don't agree with Trump and his whole "Fake News" thing, but, at this point, about 80% of news about Trump is fake. There's no point in reporting the same BS coming out of his mouth every time he opens it but every day, that's what the American MSM does. Let's be honest, the press also lets him get away with lying through his teeth every day. Real journalists would call him on every last lie--to his face. Hell, they don't even call him on it NOT to his face. Lies are being told endlessly and very rarely are they referred to in news reports AS lies. We've devolved into some sort of parody of America. The government is run by amoral, cowardly, conservative corruptionists and spineless, meek, pretend liberals. Meanwhile, the milquetoast media is too scared to confront the damn truth.<br />
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It's FUN watching America rot from the inside in real time! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>Aaaaanywayyyy...</b></i> drawing comics for free every week is actually hard work--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span>thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-63899577022627854282018-07-23T12:00:00.000-04:002018-07-23T14:57:53.704-04:00Billy Ballpoint is VERY worried about the #BlueWave but Barbie sets him straight! (Please visit the site)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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America was stupid once (well, MORE than once)... what if it's stupid again? It's going to be hard, but we need to educate our friends and family (even many of the liberal ones) to understand that reality is the most important thing. Hard facts need to be prioritized over all else. None of this "I define this word as XYZ" crap or "that's not what I saw in the video/photos" BS.<br />
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Look in the dictionary. Look at video footage. Look at photos. If you can't prove something with <i>evidence</i> you are inaccurate or possibly even lying. If we don't ALL agree that facts are paramount, then we have not just lost our country but the right to be taken seriously by any country or any person.<br />
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Seriously: this isn't about whose narrative wins. It's about whether we survive as anything but a literal country version of Trump. A sycophantic bubble baby who literally denies any part of reality he doesn't like and FAR too many of us do the same. The more we ignore science and logic and reality, the more we become Trumpmerica.
Please. Let's stop this together!
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Aaaand if you want to help me keep drawing Ballpoint Adventures, please read on:<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>D</i></b>rawing comics for free every week is actually hard work--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span>thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861687071781800759.post-46000890733986028272018-07-16T12:00:00.000-04:002018-07-16T12:00:10.094-04:00Barbie Ballpoint Can Teach You the Secret to Eternal Happiness! (Kinda!)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I thought about what to draw this week and had this idea Barbie forgetting to watch the news for a week and realizing how good she felt. Then I realized turning the whole thing upside-down would make it much more funny. Was I right?<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i><b>So,</b></i> drawing comics for free every week is actually hard work--<a href="http://patreon.com/thepete" style="text-decoration: none;">throw me a couple bux on Patreon</a>, wouldja? Thanks! Or just <a href="http://ko-fi.com/A3544AX" style="text-decoration: none;">buy me a cuppa joe</a>!</span> thepetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14942565245950353123noreply@blogger.com0