COMICS

Another Name (script). Art by Ian Bisbal, Letters by Lucas Gattoni. (Young Men in Love). July 2022. A Wave Blue World. As Ned Barnett.
Three Years Gone. (Turning Roads). Forthcoming, Autumn 2021. Limit Break Comics. As Ned Barnett.
Capitalism Ruins Everything, Even Witch Craft. From the poem by Kendra De Colo. (Embodied.) May 2021. A Wave Blue World. As Ned Barnett.
Flash Forward. (Comics Kingdom). March 14, 2021. King Syndicate. As Ned Barnett.
Past Pandemics. (COVID Chronicles). February 2021. Graphic Mundi. As Ned Barnett.
The Dug-out. From the poem by Siegfried Sassoon. May 2020. Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Social Distancing. March – June 2020. Web comic. As Beth Barnett.
In Flanders Fields. From the poem by John McCrae. December 2019. Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Off Duty. (Weekend Warrior #1). October 2019. As Beth Barnett.
How to be a Winner (art). Words by Magdalene Visaggio, Letters by Micah Myers. (Dead Beats). October 2019. A Wave Blue World. As Beth Barnett.
Dreamers of the Day. September 2019. Self published. As Beth Barnett.
A Letter Unsent. January 2019, Self published.
No Rest for the Anxious: The Complete Anxiety Diaries. October 2018, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
I’ll Never Be a 30 Under 30 (and I’m Okay). October 2018, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Hallo Spaceboy. September 2018, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Suits Me (Being True), June 2018, Anthology. As Beth Barnett.
Rainy Saturday (Fearless Femme), March 2018, Online magazine. As Beth Barnett.
Business Kiss (Fearless Femme), February 2018, Online magazine. As Beth Barnett.
Kitchen Witches. November 2017, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Immature Language. November 2017, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Anxiety Diaries 3: A Week of Mondays. November 2017, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Anxiety Diaries 2: Still Anxious. November 2017, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Anxiety Diaries. October 2017, Self published. As Beth Barnett.
Brewed Awakening. March 2017 – September 2017, Web comic. As Beth Barnett.
Ghouls Night Out (Spellbound #2). October 2017. As Beth Barnett.

AWARDS & HONORS

RINGO Award for Best Anthology (Nomination); Dead Beats. 2020.
Multiversity Comics Best Original Graphic Novels of 2019; Dreamers of the Day. 2019.
PRISM Award for Best Anthology (Nomination); Being True. 2019.

RETREATS & RESIDENCIES

Alaska Robotics Comics Camp: April 2019, Juneau, AK

SPEAKING, PANELS & PODCASTS

Ned Barnett talks Tin Tin’s Marketing Ploy (Comics Inebriated). March 1, 2021. Podcast.
Ned Barnett (This Is Not My Job). February 15, 2021. Podcast.
Dreamers of the Day: TE Lawrence (Oh! What a Lovely Podcast). September 16, 2020. Podcast.
“Graphic Medicine responds: Comics in the Age of COVID-19.” American Library Association. Digital. April 15, 2020.
“Experience, Process, and Papercuts: Making Mental Health Comics.” New England Graphic Medicine Conference 2020. Digital. March 27, 2020.
“Biography in Comics.” Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo. Cambridge, MA. October 19, 2019.
“Sourcing biography.” Small Press Expo. Bethesda, MD. September 14, 2019.
“Inside Out: Mental Health & Queer Comics.” Queers & Comics Conference, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, May 17, 2019.
IBM, Cambridge, MA, April 12, 2019.
“History comics: Bringing the past to life.” Pre-Con Comic-Con National Arts Educators Association Conference, Boston, MA, March 13, 2019.
An Interview with Beth Barnett, (The Jonathan Belle Show), March 1, 2019. Podcast.
“Iron Cartoonist.” Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo, Cambridge, MA, October 2018.

CONVENTIONS

Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE): October 2019, Cambridge, MA
Small Press Expo (SPX): September 2019, Bethesda, MD
Alaska Robotics Mini-Con: April 2019, Juneau, AK
Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE): October 2018, Cambridge, MA
Small Press Expo (SPX): September 2018, Bethesda, MD
Maine Comic Art Festival (MeCAF): June 2018, Portland, ME
Somerville Library Comix Con: May 2018, Somerville, MA
South Shore Comic Con: December 2017, Cohasset, MA
Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE): October 2017, (as part of the Boston Comics Roundtable), Cambridge, MA

EXHIBITIONS

October-November 2019: MICE Art Show “10 Years of Comic Art,” Cambridge, MA
October-November 2018: MICE Art Show “Comics Here,” Cambridge, MA
December 2017:  Lamplighter Brewery “The Coaster Show,” Cambridge, MA
October-November 2017: MICE Art Show “Transformations and Migrations,” Cambridge, MA
July 2012: Thesis Showcase, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
April 2010: “The Art is in the Streets,” Florence, Italy

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Editor, Spellbound #2: Urban Magic, Boston Comics Roundtable Anthology
Art Director, Far Off Places #1-10, literary magazine

EDUCATION

Center for Cartoon Studies, ​White River Junction, VT
Queer Comics, August 2018

Center for Cartoon Studies, ​White River Junction, VT
Graphic Memoirs, August 2017
Created the mini-comic Starman

Boston Comics Workspace, Somerville, MA
Inking for Comics Artists and Illustrators, June 2016

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK​
Master of Science, November 2012
Degree: Design & Digital Media

Emmanuel College, Boston, MA​
Bachelor of Arts, May 2011
Major: English (Communications, Media, and Cultural Studies), summa cum laude
Minor: Graphic Design & Technology

Scoula Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy
Junior Year Study Abroad, January – May 2010
Coursework in drawing, literature and Florentine architectural history

WRITING

The Annotated Giant Days: The 2017 Holiday Special! (Shelfdust), December 30, 2020.
Ned: demystifying the work of a history cartoonist (Sharing Things, University of Edinburgh), December 7, 2020.
Licensed comics 101 with Sarah Gaydos: The creator’s side (Creator Resource), July 17, 2018.
Licensed comics 101 with Sarah Gaydos: The publishing side (Creator Resource), July 16, 2018.

PRESS

Young Men in Love: A Queer Romance Anthology to Fall in Love With (Comic Watch), July 9, 2022.
Young Men in Love: A Queer Romance Anthology (Publishers Weekly), May 17, 2022.
Smash Pages Q&A: Ned Barnett (Smash Pages), October 2, 2020.
Between the Panels: Cartoonist Ned Barnett on Flying Solo, Making Art from Life, and the Joys of Weightlifting (Fanbase Press), September 30, 2020.
A Year in Free Comics: SOCIAL DISTANCING is Required (The Beat), March 31, 2020.
Weekend Webcomics: Beehive & Other Diary Comics Are So Relatable Right Now (CBR.com), March 21, 2020.
Small Press & Indie Comics News: Social distancing diaries & talking to kids about COVID-19 (The Beat), March 17, 2020.
Logan’s Favorite Comics of 2019 (Graphic Policy), January 1, 2020.
DCN Favorite Comics of 2019 (Driving Creators Network), December 25, 2019.
2019 in Review: Best Original Graphic Novel (Multiversity Comics), December 19, 2019.
Dreamers of the Day (Comic Book Yeti), December 18, 2019
Meeting your heroes…kinda – A review “Dreamers of the Day” (Graphic Policy), October 24, 2019.
Libraries, Lawrence, and Legacy: An Interview with Ned Barnett (Knowledgeable Cabbage), October 14, 2019.
For the Love of Indie #102 (Podcast), September 12, 2019.
Fleen Book Corner: Dreamers of the Day (Fleen), September 11, 2019.
Dreamers of the Day – Beth Barnett Details Her Research into the Life of T.E. Lawrence in an Endearingly Enthusiastic Piece of Graphic Memoir (Broken Frontier), September 11, 2019.
Dreamers of the Day (Knowledgeable Cabbage), September 6, 2019.
When the Myth Overtakes the Man: Tom Shapira reviews DREAMERS OF THE DAY by Beth Barnett (Your Chicken Enemy), September 4, 2019.
Dreamers of the Day (Driving Creators Network), September 1, 2019.
Creator Spotlight: Beth Barnett (Creator Resource), August 27, 2019.
Review: Dreamers of the Day (Graphic Policy), August 18, 2019.
Kickstarter Comics Round-Up: Planetside Anthology & 10 Other Projects We Love (The Beat), April 24, 2019.
Books in Bites 20: HALLO SPACEBOY by Beth Barnett, A LONE DEER AT THE END OF THE WORLD by D. Bradford Gambles, and DOG NURSE by Margot Ferrick (Your Chicken Enemy), October 2, 2018.
Review: Hallo Spaceboy (Sirens of Sequentials), September 20, 2018.
Hallo Spaceboy – Beth Barnett’s Bowie-Inspired Graphic Memoir is a Must-Buy at SPX this Weekend (Broken Frontier), September 11, 2018.
The Process: Blasting off with Hallo Spaceboy’s Beth Barnett (Comics MNT), September 5, 2018/March 15, 2019.
For the Love of Indie #73 (Podcast) August 22, 2018.
INTERVIEW: Stephanie Cooke Talks Transparency and Creator Resource (The Beat), June 27, 2018 (interview)
Queer Visibility Interview: The Boston Comics Roundtable and their BEING TRUE Anthology (Comicosity), June 15, 2018 (interview, art featured).
Comics Pros Launch Online Resource For Creators (First Comics News), June 13, 2018
‘Creator Resource’ Website Aims to Create Community Where Comic Creators Have Each Other’s Backs (Bleeding Cool), June 11, 2018.
Being True, an LGBTQ Comics Anthology, Now Live on Kickstarter (Panel Patter), June 4, 2018 (art featured).
Worthy Cause: The Being True Comic Anthology, by LGBT Artists Celebrating LGBT Life, (Boston Hassle), June 3, 2018 (art featured).
Being True: An LGBTQ+ Comics Anthology Centered on Positive Stories, (Bleeding Cool), June 2, 2018 (art featured).