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mike popovic
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making things & riding bikes in Maine. MetaFilter fan.
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“Flying reindeer? In this economy?”
#christmas
A photo of Santa Claus at a gas station in Maine, holding a pump and looking toward the camera. The license plate of his blue Toyota reads “HOHO”.
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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“This throwback dessert will be the ‘death’ of the party. Make it ahead so you have time to harvest fresh souls.” - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Boo York Times Cooking
August 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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• Gelatinous 2 •
When bringing dessert be undaunted
Create something fit to be flaunted
But don’t frighten the hosts
With inedible ghosts
First make sure your pans aren’t haunted!
#aughost #aughost2025
#ghost #illustration #limerick
Drawing of pink jello made in a Bundt-type mold. Marshmallow ghosts are embedded within.
August 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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• Gelatinous •
A pink-hued gelatinous cube
Looked like it was squeezed from a tube
A ghost tried his luck
But ended up stuck
“Ye gods, I feel like a noob”
#aughost #aughost2025 #ghost #art #illustration #limerick
A gelatinous cube oozes down a hallway. A green ghost is trapped inside. The cube smiles smugly.
August 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Flee #AuGhost2025
Green glowing illustration of a small ghost hovering over a phone, reading some texts, and deciding to nope out.
August 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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David Tern in concert with the Squawking Heads • #music
Black ink line drawing of the oversized and boxy white suit David Byrne famously wears during some perfomances. Instead of David, it is being worn by a Tern, shoulders shrugging as its beak opens in song. Wings peak out from the sleeves, one holding a microphone. One leg is in the air as he dances, webbed feet peeking out from the cuffs. Orange accents on the beak and feet. Did you know the idea for this suit was inspired by Japanese Noh theatre?
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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It’s important to have properly themed snacks for movie premiere night! • #FantasticFour
Drawing of of Ben Grimm aka The Thing from The Fantastic Four. He is proudly holding a large baking dish of peach cobbler above his head, and a few peaches are scattered on the ground. In a spiky speech bubble, he is yelling “IT’S COBBLERING TIME!!!!”
July 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Warning: light nudity
A mid century style drawing of a lamp. The lampshade is removed and next to the lamp. The anthropomorphic exposed light bulb has a surprised look on its face as it tries to cover itself with its hands in vain.
May 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Defunding leading to some hard times on Sesame Street
A drawing of a gritty version of Sesame Street. Big Bird grips a knife and looks back suspiciously as Oscar watches from his garbage can. Wormy sits atop the garbage can lid. All characters are drawn in a clearly bootleg style.
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Happy #WorldTapirDay !
Drawing of a juvenile tapir, sitting with a it’s head turned and its tongue sticking out
April 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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YO! What’s your favorite bagel shop?
The phrase “YO!” hand-lettered; the “O” is an illustrated everything bagel. Y🥯!
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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LESS ELON 🍉🍈 MORE MELON
A drawn poster. Top text reads “LESS ELON”. Then a drawing of overlapping melons—cantaloupe, watermelon, and horned melon. Bottom text reads “MORE MELON”. Drawing style is colorful saturated inks with a block print effect.
March 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Snail Jail

#illustration #procreate #MaineArtist #DigitalArt #snail
A line drawing of a wire birdcage. A snail with a pink shell hangs its head out a partially open gate forlornly. “Snail Jail” is written in cursive and one eye of the snail dots the eye in the word jail.
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Raiders of the Lost Ark alternative ending • #movies #comics #YearoftheSnake
A comic with two snakes, upright facing each other not in a very snakey way, but more in a “two snakes having a conversation at a party in a Far Side comic” way. The green snake on the left is wearing a beaten brown hat and has a coiled whip where its shoulders would be if snakes had shoulders. The other snake is brown with an abstract pattern on it. The green snake says to the brown snake: SO THIS GUY FELL IN THE PIT AND HE'S LIKE "WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES" HAHAHAHA
January 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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As we head towards the inauguration and beyond, let us recall this quote by @catvalente.bsky.social
An image of a book page with an illustrated bit of text. The text reads: at the end of time and space I deeply hope that there is still one lonely alien monastery out there on one lonely alien asteroid solemnly tolling out a bell until the last breath of the universe that in the language of their most sacred faith sounds exactly like "fuck you in particular, Donald John Trump." from The Limits of Compassion by Catherynne M. Valente
January 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Good luck in the new year all; I have a feeling it might be a tough one to digest! #YearoftheSnake
An illustration of a green snake with yellow diamond markings. Its body is distended in such a way that it suggests it has just swallowed the numbers 2025. It is sleepy and wearing a pink party hat with orange polka dots.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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egg on a snowy day
An illustration of an anthropomorphic fried egg sliding down a bumpy hill on a snowy day. The egg has a blissful look on its face as it catches air after a dip. Back at the top of the hill you can make out a small snowman. Light snow is falling against a tinted-blue sky. Text reads “egg on a snowy day”
December 5, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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Bird talk
#comics
A one-panel comic. Two birds are perched on a collection of houses, sheds, towers, etc. that are formed out of bread items (loaf of bread, bagels, breadsticks, etc.). The breads are covered in various types of seeds. One bird says to the other: "Personally, I prefer the seedy side of town."
December 4, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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Oh No
#comics
A 2-panel comic. In the first panel, a hand is shaking a can of jellied cranberry sauce. The cranberry blob is shouting “Hooray, I am free!” In the second panel, the cranberry blob sits on a cutting board with several slices of itself on the side. A speech bubble says “Oh No”.
November 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Skate or Die
#turkey #skatelife #comic
Drawing of a turkey riding a skateboard jumping over a fence. A speech balloon reads “FREEDOM!”
November 28, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Hey, where did all the turkeys go?
#turkey #comic #mecha
A large mecha-turkey vehicle rescues several turkeys via a rope ladder
November 28, 2024 at 4:03 AM
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Turkey Centerpiece
A comic of two turkeys in a museum drawn in a simple but realistic outline style. On the wall hangs a portrait of a turkey drawn using the traditional hand-tracing method. One turkey says to the other “I don't get modern art—it looks like a 5-year-old did this.”
November 23, 2023 at 12:52 PM
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Opacity:
0—o———100
#newyork
A view from inside a store window with a large green transparent gummi bear filling the center. Looking out the window you see some parked on a village street. Decor suggests winter holiday time.
November 22, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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Take all the time you need this time of year… #stress
A drawing of a jellied cranberries out of the can, but still in a can shape. A thought bubble reads “I really need to decompress”. The facial expression suggests the cranberries are exhausted.
November 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Truth
A blue truck with the words “Donuts Make Me Happy” painted in white. A large blue donut sculpture looms above.
November 16, 2024 at 2:37 PM