Derek M. Ballard

Derek M Ballard is, first and foremost, a single parent of three kids in Gainesville, Florida. Sometimes after he takes the kids to school and cooks dinner, he’s lucky enough to get work on cartoons for Cartoon Network, Netflix, or HBO. Most recently he was the lead background designer on Mystery Cuddlers for Adult Swim. His book Cartoonshow from Oni Press was selected by the LA Times as one of their top five graphic novels of 2023. But mostly he’s just a plain old dad, tbh.