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Robert Balder
Born1969
Detroit, Michigan[1]
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Webcomics,filk music
Notable works
PartiallyClips
Erfworld
AwardsPegasus Award
http:// robbalder /

Robert T. Balderis a professional cartoonist and singer-songwriter.[2]He graduated fromRoanoke Collegewith 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.[3]

Comics

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As a comic author, he was first published inScenemagazine in 1998.[4]In 2001, he startedPartiallyClips,a social commentary clip art webcomic also featured in theAnchorage Press,Cleveland Free Times,Concord Mirror,East Bay Express,Houston Press,Manchester Mirror,Metroland,Nth Degree,Salem Observerand theOther Paper.[4]He is also the writer for theErfworldwebcomic, which was listed as one ofTimemagazine's "Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007".[5]As of October 13, 2019, Erfworld has been discontinued for personal reasons.

Balder is well-known within the webcomic creator community, as evidenced by his writing of guest comics for other webcomics:Fragile Gravity,[6]Goats,[7]Order of the Stick,[8]Sluggy Freelance,[9]andWondermark.[10]In 2006, he partnered withPete AbramsofSluggy Freelance,to create a retail market card game themed aroundSluggy FreelancecalledGet Nifty.[11]

In August 2010, he co-wrote a 24-page comic calledA Duel in the Somme,based on a story by the science fiction authorBen Bovaand illustrated by the syndicated cartoonistBill 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.[12]

Music

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Balder writes and sings comedy songs, and has recorded two CDs.[2]The title track from his first CD, "Rich Fantasy Lives", was co-written withTom Smith,and won the 2007Pegasus Awardfor BestFilkSong; they had been nominated the previous year for the same award.[13]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, andWorm Quartet,in which they present new songs released under a Creative Commons license.[2]

His comedy music has received national airplay in the United States on the syndicatedDr. Demento Show.His song "Gamer Funk" was the #1 most requested song on theDr. Demento Showin both September[14]and October[15]2009, and was the third most requested song for that entire year. In February 2009, Balder began a collaboration with ShoEboX ofWorm Quartetcalled "Baldbox".[16]The duo released one CD (The Dumb Album) and several follow-up songs, which have also been played frequently by Dr. Demento and other terrestrial radio shows.[17]

Professional and public

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Balder is a frequent guest and program participant at science fiction, comic, gaming and anime conventions, participating in as many as 20 events a year.[18]Several conventions have invited him as Guest of Honor, includingCapclave,[19]CoastCon,[2]I-Con,[20]MidSouthCon,[21]andOASIS.[22]

References

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  1. ^"Biography".Rob Balder dot com.Retrieved9 November2009.
  2. ^abcd"CoastCon XXXII Guests".Archived fromthe originalon 8 June 2009.Retrieved9 November2009.
  3. ^Schroeder, Al."At A Fast Clip: Rob Balder Talks to Comixpedia".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-02-15.Retrieved9 November2009.
  4. ^abRall, Ted (2006).Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists.Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing. p. 127.ISBN1-56163-465-4.Page 93 and on.
  5. ^"Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2007",Time
  6. ^"Fragile Gravity, with Rob Balder's Guest Comic".Retrieved9 November2009.
  7. ^"Goats Erfworld Guest Comic".Archived fromthe originalon 1 March 2009.Retrieved9 November2009.
  8. ^"Order of the Stick Guest Comics".Retrieved9 November2009.
  9. ^"Comic for 11/16/03".Sluggy Freelance.Retrieved9 November2009.
  10. ^"Guest Comic by Rob Balder".Wondermark.Retrieved9 November2009.
  11. ^"Get Nifty - The Sluggy Freelance Card Game".Archived fromthe originalon 12 April 2010.Retrieved9 November2009.
  12. ^Liu, Jonathan H. (19 August 2010)."A Page a Day Keeps the Doldrums Away: Duel in the Somme".Wired.Retrieved20 September2010.
  13. ^"Pegasus Awards - Rob Balder".Retrieved9 November2009.
  14. ^"The Dr. Demento Show #09-39 - September 27, 2009".Retrieved9 November2009.
  15. ^"The Dr. Demento Show #09-44 - November 1, 2009".Retrieved9 November2009.
  16. ^"The Official World Wide Dr. Demento Streaming Site".Retrieved9 November2009.
  17. ^"Disc-overies: Baldbox," The Dumb Album "- Canandaigua, NY".MPNnow.Retrieved10 November2009.
  18. ^"American Erfs: Rob Balder and Jamie Noguchi".Comixtalk.7 February 2009.Retrieved10 November2009.
  19. ^"Capclave 2009: Music Guest of Honor".Retrieved10 November2009.
  20. ^"I-Con 22".Retrieved10 November2009.
  21. ^"MidSouthCon".Archived fromthe originalon 20 July 2008.Retrieved10 November2009.
  22. ^"OASIS 23".Retrieved10 November2009.
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