{"id":216,"date":"2026-03-05T21:40:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:40:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:40:41","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/jlb-aboutme.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/jlb-aboutme.jpg 396w, https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/jlb-aboutme-158x300.jpg 158w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Hi! I&#8217;m Laurie Neilsen, an artist who lives and works in coastal Connecticut. I&#8217;ve been a fan of DC comics since I was a kid watching Batman: The Animated Series on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I adore Matt Ryan&#8217;s Constantine, and was heartbroken when the series only lasted one season. Then he came back on Legends of Tomorrow, and I rejoiced! I&#8217;ve read almost every issue of Swamp Thing and Hellblazer, and I&#8217;ve seen all of the animated features where Matt Ryan voiced John Constantine. The Keanu Reeves movie is&#8230;okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day I drew our favorite freelance exorcist as a golden retriever puppy, and my friends encouraged me to keep going and draw more DC characters. It soon snowballed into a whole barnyard of animal puns, and Justice League Bark was born. After a small hiatus to write <a href=\"https:\/\/author.laurieneilsen.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/author.laurieneilsen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">my first novel<\/a>, I&#8217;m back with a new issue and website. I&#8217;m hoping this will make me update this comic more often. I have a lot of ideas.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi! I&#8217;m Laurie Neilsen, an artist who lives and works in coastal Connecticut. I&#8217;ve been a fan of DC comics since I was a kid watching Batman: The Animated Series on TV. I adore Matt Ryan&#8217;s Constantine, and was heartbroken<br \/><a class=\"btn-more btn btn-danger btn-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/about-me\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-216","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/216\/revisions\/219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurieneilsen.com\/justiceleaguebark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}