Jen Bateman

@jcb8mn.bsky.social

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Artist, Illustrator, Photographer, Writer, and Speaker | MNCBA President and Creative Director | 🚫AI Saint Paul, MN 🌎 Web: https://jcb8MN.com/ 🤝 Support: https://Patreon.com/jcb8MN ✉ Subscribe: https://jcb8mn.substack.com/

Graphic of a cartoon shark and a cartoon rat chasing each other in a circular shape, with the text "Stay Hungry / Stay Humble."

Black and red 5.5" x 8.5" half-sheet flyer with the text, "DON'T BE MIND CONTROLLED / DON'T BE HUMAN CAPITAL STOCK / SAY "NO" TO GEN-AI ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" and a QR code leading to more information.

Tarot-like self-portrait featuring the artist wearing a top hat with the words "Infinitum Ad Absurdum" and a rolling third eye on it. A glowing infinity symbol floats over the hat brim. A pocket watch, set on the 11th hour, hangs from the mouth. Two skulls at the bottom, one with the eye sockets covered, and other with the mouth covered, bear the words "Memento Mori."

A totally normal drawing of Dilbert with a totally normal Scott Adams quote in a speech balloon coming out of his butt crack.

Text of essay about grief overlaid on a photo of Jen "JC" Bateman at Mill Ruins Park in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Ben R Cooper Photography.

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0023: Working Stiff by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Photo of Shannon Wheeler and Jen Bateman at MNCBA FallCon 2025

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0022: The Dragon Tattoo by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0021: Sanctuary by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0020: Jason by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Jen Bateman wearing a tie-dyed MNCBA T-shirt and headphones while sitting in front of a suspension-arm mounted microphone.

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0019: It Could Have Been Worse by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0018: The Day I Began to Live by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0017: Intermittent Reinforcement by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0016: My Father's Child by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0015: Fishbowl by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0014: Porcelain Doll by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0013: Never Enough by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0012: What do you want from me? by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0011: Murder by a Thousand Cuts by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0010: This Ends With Me by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0009: Scapegoat by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0008: It's All Your Fault by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0007: Love Hurts by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0006: Garbage In, Garbage Out by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0005: To Be Good by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0004: Infuriating by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0003: Apples and Oranges by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0002: My Name is Jen Bateman by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

Behind the 8-Ball No. 0001: Centre of the Universe by Jen Bateman (Comic Page)

digital ink drawing of a yellow and red Blue Morpho butterfly caterpillar coloured with halftones and paper texture

handwritten introduction to upcoming work rendered as white dialogue balloons over a black background

rendering of a black leather memory-book cover including the title with an inset drawing of a yellow and red Blue Morpho butterfly caterpillar