Balderdash! - A Weekly Sketchbook
Stephen Dudas, PhDDoodles, doggerel, musings, and more from the madcap scribblings of Stephen Dudas. New nonsense every Sunday!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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Balderdash! Presents...Watercolor Wednesdays!
A Repulsive Study of Stephen Gammell
I suffer no delusions about my skills as a watercolorist. I paint like a raccoon that got into the espresso grounds. But I love watercoloring anyway. And, over the weekend, I was realizing how much Hall...
The Week in Which We Had a Loose Tooth
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My daughter (age 6) has a loose tooth. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem. She gets very excited about the arrival of the Tooth Fairy. But obviously, because we’re so close to Halloween, she’s nervous about getting a visit...
Balderdash! Presents...Wine Stain Wednesdays
The Horror Classic...FRANKENWINE (From Oct. 2024)
How do you do? Balderdash! feels it would be a little crappy to present this doodle without just a friendly word of warning: We are about to unfold the story of Vintner Frankenwine, the mad...
The Week in Which We Practiced a Little Spooky Empathy
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Y’know, I think we overlook how stressful Halloween can be. Thanksgiving? Sure, lots of stress about cooking and political arguments around the dinner table. The winter gift-giving holidays? Obviously stressful. You’re inevit...
Balderdash! Presents...Watercolor Wednesdays!
Nothing But Sincerity As Far As the Eye Can See
It’s that time of year again! As devout practitioners of Great Pumpkinism, we here at Balderdash! spend October scouring the land for “the most sincere” pumpkin patch in which to await the ar...
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Parent. Poet-cartoonist. PhD in Literature. Author of Sketches of a Modern Square (Ope! Publishing, 2025) and An August Nightmare (Prolific Press, 2018)
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