Joel Selby, Writer and Illustrator

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Oroku Saki AKA THE SHREDDER from the 1990 TMNT! 🐢 He was a lot smaller and less spiky than the original animated version, and way more menacing 😵

The greatest baddie of all time, bar none 🔥 (that fire emoji is for Mustafar) #ifindyourlackoffaithdisturbing #villainhalloffame

When it comes to the GLOAT, Tarkin is the GOAT 🌑 #thatsnomoon #villainhalloffame

#bookstack of my current Bible translation lineup! 📖 workhorse NET (black spine) for daily study; travel size NLT (blue ferns spine) for carrying around town; large fancy ESV (gold floral on blue spine) for deep, slow reading. #bible

Another thrift store #bookstack from a while back 📚 I love how wacky those Carl Hiaasen YA novels are, James Nestor writes some great journalism, and I’m a sucker for photography books of forgotten architecture

Thrift store #bookstack 📚 you never know what fantastic combinations you’ll come away with! #louissachar #thomasmerton

NEW BOOKSTORE OPENING DAY! ✨ Had the pleasure of visiting @thelazydaisybookshop today and it warmed my heart to see so many customers. Came away with a sweet Snape quote pin and an excellent fantasy doorstopper novel. If you’re in the Jacksonvi

Library haul from @onslowcountypubliclibrary 📚

#todayswritingdesk squeezing in a chapter on the first draft on lunch break from working tree ground crew #novelinprogress #amwriting

Started working part-time ground crew for a local arborist, and when you’re a writer, OF COURSE you always launch into every new venture with a book in hand! 📚🌳 #booksofinstagram #alwaysreading #arborist #groundie