Max Temescu
@maxtemescu.bsky.social
Cartoonist and illustrator. Draws about the outdoors, climate justice, and animals.
#1 NYT Bestselling "Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars" and "The Deadliest" series for young readers.
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#1 NYT Bestselling "Catch a Crayfish, Count the Stars" and "The Deadliest" series for young readers.
temescuart.com
bookshop.org/contributors/max-temescu
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Max Temescu
@maxtemescu.bsky.social
· Nov 14
As an intro here (hello), these are a few pieces I've done for magazines, books, and for fun. And you just absolutely know this post is getting pinned.
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learning about this case on @fivefourpod.bsky.social changed me forever.
In 1999, a woman named Jessica Gonzales sought and obtained an order of protection against her physically abusive husband ("AH"), who had repeatedly threatened to kill her and their three children. The order included language specifically limiting when and where AH was allowed to see the children.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
learning about this case on @fivefourpod.bsky.social changed me forever.
I slammed the scar tissue from a decades old surgery into a turnstile and for about a week my knee has felt real weird.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I slammed the scar tissue from a decades old surgery into a turnstile and for about a week my knee has felt real weird.
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Until the sun burns out
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Until the sun burns out
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It's also worth noting that Republicans have had 15 years to propose an alternative and the only one they have come up with is "if you are not rich, you loose all your money and then die."
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's also worth noting that Republicans have had 15 years to propose an alternative and the only one they have come up with is "if you are not rich, you loose all your money and then die."
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Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Jacob Lawrence, "The 1920s: The Migrants Arrive & Cast Their Ballots," screenprint, 1974 noma.org/election-day...
Stop what youre doing and go vote for Mamdani.
I guess unless you live somewhere else or if you already voted for Mamdani.
I guess unless you live somewhere else or if you already voted for Mamdani.
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Stop what youre doing and go vote for Mamdani.
I guess unless you live somewhere else or if you already voted for Mamdani.
I guess unless you live somewhere else or if you already voted for Mamdani.
Oh no, my files wont sync to icloud? Whatever will I do!
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Oh no, my files wont sync to icloud? Whatever will I do!
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some jazzers have been griping about Hancock’s vocoder ad-lib segment, which he’s been doing every set. Allow me to set you straight. Herbie Hancock is one of the greatest musicians ever to live and in the context of music if he makes a choice then that is the right choice. Hope this clarifies
just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
some jazzers have been griping about Hancock’s vocoder ad-lib segment, which he’s been doing every set. Allow me to set you straight. Herbie Hancock is one of the greatest musicians ever to live and in the context of music if he makes a choice then that is the right choice. Hope this clarifies
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Tangentially but this reminded me of:
November 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tangentially but this reminded me of:
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This chart always makes me think about how we made the streets "safer" by making sure no one goes outside ever, especially kids
once again posting The Chart
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This chart always makes me think about how we made the streets "safer" by making sure no one goes outside ever, especially kids
Massive own-goal by the powers that be, especially tech companies, essentially instituting a mandated work-to-rule strike across all US workers, by attempting to monitor, quantify, and calculate every moment of worklife.
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Massive own-goal by the powers that be, especially tech companies, essentially instituting a mandated work-to-rule strike across all US workers, by attempting to monitor, quantify, and calculate every moment of worklife.
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Woodcut print by Eline Brontsema, Blue Swimming Hall , Fincknsteinallee 2024. Size 67.8 x 51 cm.
October 29, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Woodcut print by Eline Brontsema, Blue Swimming Hall , Fincknsteinallee 2024. Size 67.8 x 51 cm.
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The amount of people who are openly reading off the AI overview of search now is WILD
October 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The amount of people who are openly reading off the AI overview of search now is WILD
If anybody got serious about issuing tickets to prime trucks for double parking and stuff no city would ever need money again.
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
If anybody got serious about issuing tickets to prime trucks for double parking and stuff no city would ever need money again.
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Suzie Zuzek for Lilly Pulitzer
Suzie's designs were reinterpreted in dayglo colors for Pulitzer's key-west based womenswear brand, and worn famously by the Kennedys, Rockerfellers, Vanderbilts etc
Despite designing 85% of Pulitzer's line, Zuzek was never credited.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzie_Z...
Suzie's designs were reinterpreted in dayglo colors for Pulitzer's key-west based womenswear brand, and worn famously by the Kennedys, Rockerfellers, Vanderbilts etc
Despite designing 85% of Pulitzer's line, Zuzek was never credited.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzie_Z...
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Suzie Zuzek for Lilly Pulitzer
Suzie's designs were reinterpreted in dayglo colors for Pulitzer's key-west based womenswear brand, and worn famously by the Kennedys, Rockerfellers, Vanderbilts etc
Despite designing 85% of Pulitzer's line, Zuzek was never credited.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzie_Z...
Suzie's designs were reinterpreted in dayglo colors for Pulitzer's key-west based womenswear brand, and worn famously by the Kennedys, Rockerfellers, Vanderbilts etc
Despite designing 85% of Pulitzer's line, Zuzek was never credited.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzie_Z...
my next book will be filmed in vistavision
October 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
my next book will be filmed in vistavision
RIP D’Angelo, damn
October 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
RIP D’Angelo, damn
#portfolioday
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
#portfolioday
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
Im an illustrator, cartoonist, etc, who mostly draws/writes about climate and nature. Also about music and film. I work in comics and kid lit these days but have done a lot of magazine work and always open to new projects!
Very excited for new Frankenstein movie and The Mastermind, its fun to be amped for movies pre release.
October 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Very excited for new Frankenstein movie and The Mastermind, its fun to be amped for movies pre release.
Incidentally I had two books publish today that you should get on Bookshop (rather than lining the pockets of tech-bills) linktr.ee/maxtemescu
Max Temescu Illustration | Linktree
#1 NYT bestselling illustrator (brag)
Often worried (not brag)
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October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Incidentally I had two books publish today that you should get on Bookshop (rather than lining the pockets of tech-bills) linktr.ee/maxtemescu
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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I don't have a sign to tap but, now that it's Prime Day again; you CAN disengage from Amazon. It wasn't super easy when I did it a decade ago (it's probably a lot harder now), but it's worth doing.
October 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I don't have a sign to tap but, now that it's Prime Day again; you CAN disengage from Amazon. It wasn't super easy when I did it a decade ago (it's probably a lot harder now), but it's worth doing.