A gift of art from my color assistant Phoenix. Not only has she been doing stellar work flatting the next Doctor Baer story, but she gifted me this lovely image of the Doctor catching up on some much-needed rest! I
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Author: Jerzy Drozd
Teaching Artist and Cartoonist. He/him. When life is feeling heavy, I enjoy creating and sharing stories of cute heroes showing extraordinary courage.
Pickles and Maggie
In the next Doctor Baer story, Pickles will get to hang out with Maggie, the ship’s cook from Cap’n Cat: Former Shark Hunter! I’ll be serializing this new story online starting this summer, but you can get the pages early
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A Meaningful Year of Comics Residencies
The 2024/2025 school year was another special one. Thanks to generous support from the Ohio Arts Council, I was able to return to two career tech high schools, Springfield-Clark Career Technology Center and Tri-Rivers Career Center for semester and year-long
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Justice for Wilhelmina!
A high school student’s six-word review of #DoctorBaer: Justice for Wilhelmina! What the freak?! Made my month. 💛🐎
Make Doctor Baer Everyone’s Favorite Hero! 🐻
I’ve had my head down for the last six weeks, thumbnailing the next Doctor Baer story. Here are a few sneak peeks! Thumbnailing is the most challenging and rewarding part of the process for me. Refining the moment choices and dialogue is
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Giving Yourself Permission to Create in Troubled Times
The latest episode of the Tell The Damn Story podcast felt medicinal. In an emotionally fraught time in history, it can seem like a trivial thing to set aside space for your creative work. But Alex and Chris remind us
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Thumbnailing Doctor Baer
I spent a few hours today doing one of my very favorite things. The next Doctor Baer story is officially underway! Well, it was “officially” underway months ago when I was outlining it. But this stage, the second-draft thumbnails, feels
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Do you believe in Hug Magic?
One of the moments I’ve had the most feedback from Doctor Baer readers is when Pickles claims she’s discovered Hug Magic. So it seemed reasonable to add something to the Doctor Baer store that celebrates the positive pig and her
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Helping Kids Feel Seen Through Comics
Though things in the world continue to get harder and harder, I’m taking solace in making art and participating in residencies that help young people understand how much they matter. I recently finished my annual visits to Springfield, Ohio where
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Doctor Baer…Shoes?
Yup! You can get sneakers with Doctor Baer-inspired designs on them over on my Etsy store! It’s been a lot of fun designing apparel that’s a little more customizable than your average t-shirt. I feel like the Wisps sneakers look
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