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Peter Cook
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🇨🇦 Illustrator/science writer-cartoonist/once-and-future-comics author. Father of a young man with cerebral palsy. Toronto, Canada. Portfolio site: illustrationist.ca Mastodon: DoodlePeter@ohai.social
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Amidst all the fun of seeing Prague a decade+ ago was this tiny bit of delight. In the swish shopping district, among all the regular cars, this Ferrari was illegally parked. And booted. With two policie (just off camera) happily—oh so happily—hanging out, waiting for the owner to return.
A red Ferrari car parked on pavement marked with white stripes with a yellow metal tire boot on its driver side front wheel. Trees and shops across the road behind the car.
November 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Another successful Halloween. Son dressed and face-painted as Jinu of KPop Demon Hunters, with Derpy (accompanied by Sussy) serving as the delivery exit for the candy tube. Lots of fun hearing kids (and parents) call out the tiger by name, a couple even getting their photos taken with it.
Several steps lead up to a narrow front porch. A 90cm tall blue cartoon tiger sits on the second step. The cat has glowing yellow eyes and a black tube protruding from its mouth and a 3-eyed bird on its head. The cat has a long wavy tail up to a table with a painted tiled rooftop facade where a black-hatted purple-faced man sits with a bowl of candy. A man sits with a bowl of candy, wearing black paper facsimile of a Korean gat hat, in black robes, with a purple face and dark purple jagged stripes across it. A blue cartoon tiger with glowing yellow eyes and odd extra teeth and a black tube protruding from its mouth sits on a porch step. A cartoon black and gray bird with three vertically stacked eyes sits on the head of a blue tiger with glowing yellow eyes.
November 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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No cheating: post your Lock Screen.
Miniature Australian Shepherd with a Blue Merle pattern and one blue and one brown eye stands stoically in the snow. The time reads 10:44 and various icons such as WiFi, cellular, battery and flashlight are featured above and below.
July 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Weird. Just a bit down the way in Riverdale the app’s reading the temperature properly 👍
A Weather Network screencap reading a temperature of 31°C in Toronto with an M4K prefix sea code.
June 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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I think I'm in big trouble...
Guy Montgomery in an out-of-date style suit in front of the sign for his game show Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee.
June 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Those mega-wombat’s poops would have been the size of Portal Cubes!
Industrial-looking, crate-sized cube with a heart on it’s side from the video game Portal
June 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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So great!! (though I’m not sure what the theatrical impresario I live with thinks of it…)
Miniature Australian shepherd stares at the camera with a long stick held in his mouth by one end, as though a cigar.
May 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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And to you, from Neon (and us).
A merle Miniature Australian Shepherd with two different coloured eyes with a large stick lies outside at a door transom that the stick is not allowed past.
April 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Just in case you need this.
Very young Miniature Australian Shepherd puppy cuddling on a plush dog bed.
April 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Today at the dog park: the most vivid rainbow I’ve ever seen, and the first double rainbow I’ve seen to boot. #yyz #rainbow
Dogs wander in a field oblivious to a strong rainbow arcing through the partly cloudy sky behind them. A public park baseball field with lights and a pedestrian bridge behind are in foreground with a strong rainbow and a dimmer second rainbow arcing across the mainly cloudy sky in the background. Telephoto image of the vivid colours of a rainbow with a pedestrian bridge, construction equipment and baseball stadium lights in the foreground.
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Sample photo from Riverdale East for reference 😉
The sun shines between buildings on the horizon with an orange glow around it and vivid swirling clouds extending into the sky
March 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Yup.
A miniature Australian shepherd with one brown and one blue eye in a snowbank with his paw across a stick
March 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Neon sends you all big late puppyhood energy! Happy New Year!
Miniature Australian puppy sitting in a play bow on a padded chair, holding a fragment of a rope tug toy in its mouth.
January 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21: Having completed their, uh, tradition, on the longest night of the year, in -15ºC, the beavers held a light show. Happy Solstice all!
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged as a large tower being built by a team of beavers, with a multicoloured backdrop. At the top, a Haida Ermine earring a tiny tuque stands on a puffin wearing a scarf who stands a snowshoe hare’s back. The hare wears mittens and is sitting on a snowy owl with a tuque. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a tiny cap. It stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on a snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below that wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash, below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who sits on a moose with ear muffs. It stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it’s perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. A pile of paper animals are seen in a tall pile in silhouette against a multicoloured backdrop in a snowy backyard.
December 22, 2024 at 7:29 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21: The final animal! Of course, it seems obvious now that the beavers would choose the endangered Haida Ermine as their pile topper. Well done, engineers. And now, to complete this “Solstice Pile of all Canadian Animals” tradition, there’s one last #ArtAdventCalendar post.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged as a large tower being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a Haida Ermine with a tiny tuque stands on a puffin wearing a scarf who stands a snowshoe hare’s back. The hare wears mittens and is sitting on a snowy owl with a tuque. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a cap. It stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on a snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below that wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who sits on a moose with ear muffs. It stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it’s perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers.
December 22, 2024 at 7:19 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 catch-up on Day 21: The wind is swirling around and the newly-added animal looks positively off-balance. I can only reassure myself on the expert calculations of this team of rodent engineers. I wonder what the pile topper will be?
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged as a large tower being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a puffin wearing a scarf stands on the slope of a snowshoe hare’s back. The hare wears mittens on his front paws and has almost knocked off the tuque of the snowy owl that he sits on. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a tiny cap. It stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on an snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below that wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who sits on a moose with ear muffs. It stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it’s perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers.
December 22, 2024 at 4:34 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 catch-up on Day 21: Alas, clouds have come in and darkened the sunset. Harsh construction site lighting has come on. The beavers state that they’ll be on the job until the tower is complete.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a snowshoe hare wears mittens on his front paws and has almost knocked off the tuque of the snowy owl that he sits on. The owl stands on a Canada goose that wears a scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a tiny cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a scarf, which stands on an snapping turtle wearing ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mittens and stands on a wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten as it is perched on a bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers.
December 22, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18 catch-up on Day 21: Late afternoon and a cold wind is picking up in Toronto. As if to mock the oncoming cold snap, the beaver engineers are adding more arctic animals to the tower.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a snowy owl is wearing a Tibetan tuque askew, eyeing the Canada goose that he is standing on. The Canada goose wears a plaid business scarf and is standing on an arctic fox in a teeny tiny dockworkers cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 22, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 17 catch-up on Day 21: Early afternoon on the shortest day of the year—deadline—finds the work continuing at a frantic pace, in a race against the sun!
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a Canada goose is having a plaid business scarf tied on by a beaver in a hard hart, while standing on an arctic fox in a teeny tiny dockworkers cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 16 catch-up: How does the night crew stay focused on the graveyard shift? Coffee, of course! Being beavers, let’s face it, it’s probably spiked with poplar sap.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a beaver in a hard hat pours coffee from a thermos while standing on an arctic fox in a teeny tiny dockworkers cap. The fox stands on a river otter in a flap-eared hat who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 21, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 15 catch-up: The night crew is doing overtime as they face an unforgiving timeline! Solstice is upon us!
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a beaver in a hard hat adjusts a flap-eared hat on a river otter who is standing on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 21, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 catch-up: Beaver Engineer Pro Tip: You’re always welcome to Like & Subscribe, but whatever you do, don’t hit the lynx.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built by a team of beavers. At the top, a beaver with a clipboard and hard hat stands on a Canada Lynx wearing a green and yellow scarf, which stands on an Eastern Snapping Turtle wearing orange fuzzy ear muffs. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 20, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day13 catch-up: Oh, snap! Today’s session is a reminder that this is a dangerous undertaking. But beaver engineers are trained professionals, with access to industry-leading chain-mail mittens.
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built apparently by a team of beavers. At the top, an Eastern Snapping Turtle sits on top of the pile while a beaver with chain mail mittens dangles near it from a rough rope, apparently having evaded a bite. The porcupine below the turtle wears mauve mittens and stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 19, 2024 at 11:40 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 12 catch-up. Conditions were slippery after rain all day, so the night crew used extreme caution placing the latest addition. But that’s about the most dangerous thing they could add at this point, right? Right?
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built apparently by a team of beavers. At the top, a porcupine with mauve mittens stands on a disgruntled wolverine. The porcupine appears to have been deposited by a pair of beavers, one wearing oven mitts, from a cherry-picker bucket which is extended by a wooden beam from right of frame. The wolverine is wearing a wee blue and teal tuque and stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under it. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 19, 2024 at 3:09 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 catch-up. That’s a red flag if I’ve ever seen one! Two, in fact! But is it because of the dangerous animal they just added to the pile…or is something even more dangerous on its way?
A number of cutout paper cartoons of various animals are arranged on a wooden platform in a bed of leaves and foliage. A large tower of animals is being built apparently by a team of beavers. At the top, a beaver waves two red flags while standing atop a disgruntled wolverine wearing a wee blue and teal tuque. It stands upon a wolf wearing a neck warmer with two beavers wearing a hard hats under him. The wolf stands on a ringed seal with a silly tuque, who lies on top of a mountain lion that is wearing a long scarf. It stands on a mountain goat with a sash on, and below that is a grizzly bear wearing red leg warmers who stands on a muskox in a mauve silk scarf, who stands on a polar bear in a beanie tuque, who in turn sits on a moose with ear muffs who is chewing twigs. The moose stands on a walrus wearing a mitten and looking unsteady and annoyed as it is perched on an unimpressed-looking bison in a tuque at the bottom of the stack. The bison is hitched to a string held by one of several beavers in hard hats who are tending to the animals or otherwise supervising construction.
December 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM