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Max Bare
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Illustrator & Cartoonist & Speech Blimp Pioneer
HERO BEARDS | Scally-Ho! | Infinity-Hero | Rolled & Told
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It’s open season on all suckheads

Kicked off our Halloween movie spree with the Blade trilogy
Cartoony illustration of Wesley Snipes as Blade from the Blade movies He’s got fangs, a sword and it’s raining blood
October 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Spoops Day 4/31 : Weevil Knievel

A Palmetto Weevil, to be exact, for #Invertober2025 from @fossilforager.bsky.social - and then this popped into my head.

The skulls and bat-cut cape make it Halloweeny.

#evelknievel #weevils #bugs
October 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Spoops Day 2/31 : A Witch and their Familiar

Day 1, 2, 3 and Week 1 of #mabsdrawlloweenclub
“Spooky Intro, Witch and Familiar”

This immediately popped into my head.
Clearly in this hypothetical, I would be the familiar to our red heeler, Rocko.
Ink and marker sketch of a cattle dog witch holding a broom. A crow sits on the broom wearing glasses. The crow is kinda beardy, sorta. The dog is Rocko. The crow is Max, his familiar, aka Me.
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Spoops 3/31 : Mothman again!

And it’s Fuzz again from Full Bleed Zine (they’re having a show soon at Quimby’s Friday the 10th- check it out!)

I wanted another go at Fuzz and I promised myself I’d make one for my buddy Ed - so hear he is!

#drawlloween
#mothman
Ink and marker drawing of a Mothman type fellow complete with a buzzed mullet, beard, one of those moth nose spiral things, antennae, batwings and a cut-off jean jacket - 80s metal style. One hand is holding a blood soaked VHS tape. The other hand is dripping with blood. They is happy.
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Spoops Day 2/31 : A Witch and their Familiar

(I'll take a better picture tomorrow)

Day 1, 2, 3 and Week 1 of #mabsdrawlloweenclub
"Spooky Intro, Witch and Familiar"

This immediately popped into my head.
Clearly in this hypothetical, I would be the familiar to our red heeler, Rocko.

#cattledog
October 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Thought of this big duder when I was obsessing over some tasks I need to just get out of the way to get that work flow going strong again!
(Also I’m considering doing that draw-everyday-tober thing again 👻
Marker and ink sketch of a hairy orange monster shaving their chest. Underneath is a tattoo (?) that reads: "Shave Them Off" with two little checked checkboxes. The monster is holding an electric razor and is seems pleased with themselves.
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Hey!
Spoops Day 1/31 : Mothman!

Actually this is inspired by Fuzz from the super rad Full Bleed horror zine by Chicago buds Ed Witt and Tony Recktenwald - look em up! 💀

I’m attempting to return to Draw-Everyday-Tober 🎃

Let’s see how it goes!

#mothman
Ink and marker drawing of a Mothman type fellow complete with a buzzed mullet, beard, one of those moth nose spiral things, antennae, batwings and a cut-off jean jacket - 80s metal style. His hands are dipped in chunky blood and he seems pleased with himself.
October 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Subbing this for the Predator handshake now.
September 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Happy MEGA MONDAY!

Detail of a commission I did a couple years back of ROCK and ROLL in a battle of the (8) bands against a totally 🤘METAL🤘 METAL MAN!

#megaman
#metalman
#metalmonday
Artwork of... On the left of panel: Rockman shredding on guitar with his helmet off and hair flowing. Dude's got an E Tank tattoo. Rock's guitar looks like a Mega Buster and has stickers of the Dr. Right logo and a Met or Metall. He's also got a tatt of Beat in the style of the Judas Priest falcon on his forearm. Behind him ROLL is doing her best PARAMORE impression on the mic. On the right of panel: METAL MAN from MEGA MAN 2 is also shredding a solo on his METAL BLADE guitar that is actively spinning against his face sending sparks everywhere. METAL MAN is decked out like MEGADETH's mascot VIC RATTLEHEAD complete with chains and blinded/muted skull face. Rock on!
September 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula.
September 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Locke from #ff6 in my style I'm using on an upcoming MG OGN 🤫 🤐
Attempting to do more warm-ups... I've been exclusively playing #finalfantasy6 for a while now so here it is.
Trying to capturing the character I envision from the actual sprite and mix in that manic Yoshitaka Amano improvisation.
Digital sketch of Locke from Final Fantasy 6. Looking his usual smug and overconfident self holding some item he stole.
September 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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More weird #megaman 2 / #megadeth mash-up stuff... - hey why not?
Detail of Mega Man 2 inspired poster - art by me (Max Bare) Rock & Roll are in a band, shredding guitar and screaming vocals respectively. Above Rock, his Helmet is in mid-zoom about to meet his cranium, Mega Man 2 opener style. Behind them looms a giant Metal Man kinda skeletoned out a la Rattlehead from Megadeth. Why not?
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Get Fired Up! It's Friday!

Here's a Fire Man sketch from my personal past.

#megaman
September 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Got this lil ✂️ dude the other day
September 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Happy 75th to the Poundhound himself Doug Pinnick!
I've gone to King's X shows since I was 15.
HB dUg!

Here's a cameo of the trio I added to a MegaMan poster for some reason...
Detail of illustrated poster featuring MegaMan. The important thing is this is a depiction of Doug, Jerry and Ty from King's X circa Faith Hope Love tour.
September 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Who is your favorite picture book character?

Using a tribute piece from @melissasuestanley.bsky.social
(and her answer)
😈 mwahahaa
#kidlit
August 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Got this sword (for reference) at the Renaissance Faire (for research?) this weekend.
First time at a Ren Faire since I was a pimple-faced teen. Still wacky fun.
August 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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The sketch was for this poster for Gallery 1988. MegaMan2 is like one of my favorite things and a big reason for that is the music - so... each evil robot inspired by heavy band?
For Wood Man I picked Mastodon.
August 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Hope you have a Mega Monday.
Here's an old sketch of a very metal Wood Man strangely inspired by Mastodon, specifically Blood Mountain.
#megaman
Black & White drawing of Wood Man from Mega Man 2. Dude's done up in heavy metal attire - big leaf beard, leaf shield flying V guitar, antlers and roses on his head - why? Because I was listening to Mastodon album "Blood Mountain" at the time.
August 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Wishing you had and continue to have a very Mega Monday.
Here's a sketch from the past: of Cut Man.
#megaman
Pen and marker sketch of Cut Man - a robot with giant scissors on his head.
August 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Have a Mega Monday! Here's an old Bomb-Man sketch...

#megaman
August 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Happy Friday y'all!

#tbaogn
August 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Guess I know the color of my energy today...
August 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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(haven't done a weekly doodle in a while)

Here it is: Your weekly affirmation from Rocko the dog.

For my cattle dog roommates out there
August 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Happy Last Day of #gencon2025 !
Here's another character I designed for We Can Be Heroes TTRPG.

www.budstuffgames.com
...if that sounds intriguing to you!
August 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM