Rob Balder
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| Born | 1969 Detroit, Michigan |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Webcomics. Filk Music |
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Notable works
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PartiallyClips. Erfworld |
| Awards | Pegasus Award |
| http://www.robbalder.com/ | |
Robert T. Balder is a professional cartoonist and singer-songwriter. He graduated from Roanoke College with a major in English in 1993, and after a variety of jobs, entered a seven-year career in IT, starting as a Manager of Database Development, which he left for his current career.
As a comic author, he was first published in Scene magazine in 1998. In 2001, he started PartiallyClips, a social commentary clip art webcomic also featured in the Anchorage Press, Cleveland Free Times, Concord Mirror, East Bay Express, Houston Press, Manchester Mirror, Metroland, Nth Degree, Salem Observer, and the Other Paper. He is also the writer for the Erfworld webcomic, which was listed as one of Time Magazine's "Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007"
Rob is known well within the webcomic creator community, as evidenced by his writing of guest comics for other webcomics: Fragile Gravity,Goats,Order of the Stick,Sluggy Freelance, and Wondermark. In 2006 he partnered with Pete Abrams of Sluggy Freelance, to create a retail market card game themed around Sluggy Freelance called Get Nifty.
In August 2010 he co-wrote a 24-page comic called "A Duel in the Somme", based on a story by science fiction author Ben Bova and illustrated by syndicated cartoonist Bill Holbrook. The comic was released on its own website under a Creative Commons license at a rate of one page per day, and used a reward-driven donation model for revenue.
Balder writes and sings comedy songs, and has recorded two CDs. The title track from his first CD, "Rich Fantasy Lives" was co-written with Tom Smith, and won the 2007 Pegasus Award for Best Filk Song; they were nominated the previous year for the same award. He was also one of the seven founders of the FuMP, or "Funny Music Project", along with Devo Spice, Luke Ski, Tom Smith, Possible Oscar, Raymond and Scum, Spaff, and Worm Quartet, in which they present new songs released under a Creative Commons license.
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