Matt McCann

I encounter critters

Has an invitation ever been more inviting? #invitations #invites #proselytization #evangelism #adventures #journeys #abandoneddentedvans

#schnerr #snow #shadow #schnerrderr #brr

Winston, la trayeuse. #bonnets #chihuahuas #ornerylittledogs #equalpartschompsandsnuggles

For some, the next 11.904 months will be tough. #xmas #sloths #slogs #patience #virtues #deadlysins #arewestilldoinghashtagsguysquestionmark #pleasedontcheckmyarithmetic

Herman Melville, a narwhal, and Poppy, for some friends in Queens. #monodontidae #unicorn #einhorn #mobydick #pierre #americangothic #whales #tails #tales #thrills #chills #spills #poppy #poppies #popeye #iyamwhatiyam #illustration #untoldriches #fussycrosshatching #fussyhashtagging

Hedgehog bus driver, for a young friend in Innsbruck. #hedgehog #bus #routes #publictransport #erinaceinae #doesherollintoatightballiftheresanaccident #doeshetakethewinterofftohibernate #doeshissupervisorknowhisfeetdonttouchthepedals #whoconductedhisdrivingtest #accountability #consequences #doeshehaveapintofbitterwiththeporcupineconstableafterhisshift #clinkingglasses #drownedsorrows #thebartenderisabadger #theporcupineconstablehelpsoutsometimesbyshootingquillsatunrulydrunks #consequences

Winston watches, and wonders, what he hears and smells coming from the basement. #mysteries #inspectorwinston #smells #sounds #snacksquestionmark #murdersquestionmark

Penguin celebration! Life-hacking the old admonition, “Children are to be seen and not heard.” #penguins #noisecancellingheadphones #penguinchick #nestling #celebration #martinis #nye #questionmark #spaceinvaders #airhorns #penguinparty #itslikethisonantarcticawhenwerenotlooking #apsleycherrygarrard #worstjourneyintheworld

Critters in costumes! It’s my intention that @alexeatzbeans + @jillianapril21 hang these up in their nursery so that Felix grows up as weird as the rest of us. But if they decide just to light them on fire and never speak of them again, that’s okay, too. #lobsters #squids #dressup #primping #seafood #bouillabaisse #highclasscrustaceans #highclassmollusks #classycrabs #tophats #squidsingossamergowns #galas #balls #dancing #iwanttogotothisseacreatureball #whoelsewasinvited #whatwilltheyserveforhorsdoeuvres #baconwrappedfigs #questionmark

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Many years ago I drew the late E. O. Wilson for a now defunct web journal. I can’t recall the content of the essay, but I think Dr. Wilson here has in his hands a cro-magnon ant. #ants #eowilson #sociobiology #consilience #cromagnonants #fortnightjournal #scientifichumanism #rip