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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc

@escherbug.art
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Taxon-agnostic entomologist, science communicator and cartoonist. Artist of ARISE, YE SKELETON KING!, cat dad, special little guy. Full-time Extension Educator in New England, USA. Personal and art account: Catposting, goofs, sometimes art. (He/Him)

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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 29/09/2026
It's husband season again
9-10ft Halloween skeleton with LED eye display Toothy jack on lantern gentleman with long hay hairSkeleton witch. This one's a wife, I knowSome kind of gnarled woody grim reaper. Hot
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 24/09/2026
HUH??? DO I MAKE HORROR COMICS??
A follow notification via a horror comics starter pack
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 23/09/2026
I kept finding frass under the pot and was like ok who has been living here... It's gotten pretty chunky! Looks like a cabbage looper.
A fat green caterpillar hidden among the leaves and thin stems of a potted snapdragon plant.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 22/09/2026
Revealed to the party after 3ish years that my character has been a spider the whole time
Drawing of Qasim Jabir, Anadi Cleric in hybrid shape. He's an ogre faced spider draped in colorful long silk robes, clutching a porcelain mask of mercy in his claws.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 12/09/2026
Yay they're here
Sticker sheet of twrp
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 05/09/2026
May fuck around and finally turn this into a vinyl sticker. What kinda treatment should it get
Escherbug's TWRP homage to Byron B (yukaomatic)'s chibi style. The boys are in the cross section of a cartoon rocketship with their instruments and merch piled around semi-haphazardly, with most of the drum kit duct taped to the ceiling. Havve Hogan is driving, Commander Meouch is reading a magazine as Lord Phobos offers him an open bag of potato chips from the posterior seat. Doctor Sung is NOT seated, as he is powering the ship by running on a large hamster wheel in the rear. There's a cartoon sun with the letters TWRP filling the circle beneath the ship.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 04/09/2026
idk if i ever showed the illustration that inspired my iconic stickers. it was a dumb character design fusion meme. I do love my OCs I got from this SO SO much
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 03/09/2026
Let's hear it for gold capes and rock n roll
Preview of the sticker sheet using the original chibi TWRP stickers Escher made, with some extras: A re-draw of the Over the Top cover in chibi with the title "Rock n Roll", a GROBB and a GROYM, both simplified to match the other stickers.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 31/08/2026
It took me until redrawing this cover to discover it still has meouch's older costume on it. It's fine. It's fine. I already did the return to wherever and new and improved sticker sheets
Work in progress of a redraw of TWRP's Over The Top in a chibi style
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 30/08/2026
stupid ass grobbs for my sticker sheets
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 30/08/2026
My delightful little cherub from @oddoblivion.bsky.social arrived today!! I adore him. He's going in the little Ghoul's Room
A sweet little ceramic cherub with a skull head
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 29/08/2026
real bugheads remember my lesbian robots
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 27/08/2026
going over some of the sticker requests on my lunch break to tally just how many more stickers I need to order and a little shocked at the volume of requests for my first sticker set... I guess I gotta order more
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 26/08/2026
I hate that this is where we are
Thayer's guide to edible wild plants of eastern and central north America, with a "100% human-authored" label rosette
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 26/08/2026
Came out of this talk about insect ID with everyone excitedly going outside to look at a mantis that was hanging out in front of the library so I would say mission accomplished
A nice hefty mantis on a planter of alyssum
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 26/08/2026
My job is great because I get to draw shit like this for official speaking engagements
Silly cartoon of Escher leading a talk. An audience member raises their hand as he motions to a screen with a beetle on it, saying "WHO DAT BUG?". Under the illustration in all caps, "YOU WILL PARTICIPATE NOW"Escher as a wizard of bugs. Audience member bows to him.Escher looking up at you menacinglyEscher straining to carry a huge backpack of field guides. One fell and bounced off his head. Under the illustration is the word "hypothetically", as this is certainly not something that has actually happened to him
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 21/08/2026
Flight got delayed by two hours 😔 well at least I brought @mythjae.bsky.social's This Mortal Coil to keep me company!
This Mortal Coil by Jasmine Walls and Marie Enger. There's a lenticular bookmark of skeletons in a rock and roll band poking out of the top.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 21/08/2026
TWRP fans at the show tomorrow: look for my little yellow bag. Tell me your best/worst dad joke for a limited lenticular button of GROBB
Escher's little yellow bag with a large patch sewn on, depicting a butterfly on the brow of a skull in an American Traditional tattoo style. There is a lenticular button of GROBB on the upper right corner.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 17/08/2026
The Kolo fountain pens from topdrawer.... I tried them in a shop yesterday and ouuuuuuu so smoov
Fountain pen display. Very fancy. So fancy they don't show you the prices.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 16/08/2026
Really appreciate the clarification that my emotional support beetle does not count as a service animal
A "no pets" sign for an asian supermarket that includes a picture of a cat, a dog, a rabbit, a bluebird, and a rhinoceros beetle
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 15/08/2026
What do you think he did before a witch turned him into a cat
Goliath the black cat sitting on the couch like a human man
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 13/08/2026
Yes ma'am you got it ma'am
The same rabbit doll on my desk with her hands on her hips. A sticky note word balloon next to her says "can you stop fucking around" to bully me into getting back to work.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 13/08/2026
I like having a dolly I can dress up...
A small ball-jointed doll given to me by my friend Gigi, who got it as a double in a blind box. The doll is a pale bunny girl with a grumpy expression, yellow eyes and pink hair and eyebrows. Her hair is tied up under her ears in pigtails, with colorful ribbons and elastics dividing them into pompom-like sections. She's wearing a pair of denim overalls and a buttery yellow tee shirt.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 12/08/2026
I really like how my job is basically doing PowerPoint parties for strangers
Rough draft word document of an upcoming talk about insect identification methods, with doodles and jokes in the margins for the wip slideshow
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 10/08/2026
get hyped. you will be able to see this webpage soon
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 07/08/2026
Getting to make up cute little characters for my job...
Pencil sketches of a cartoon tuxedo cat.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 03/08/2026
We got a new overhead lamp and put his favorite hamper in the spotlight so now he's a star
Goliath the huge black cat laying on top of a collapsed mesh laundry hamper. He's staring up into the camera because he loves me :)
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 03/08/2026
I love her so much
Lt the cat having caught her upper lip on her lower fangs (having lost her upper fangs that would keep them from doing this), sticking her tongue out a little.Lt the cat looking like a little orc baby with her lower fangs caught on her upper lip.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 01/08/2026
Thinking about this incredible framed print I saw at an antique shop near my office
A vertically long framed and matted print of a robed wizard using a computer, titled "the modern Merlin". His hat is a castle tower complete with clouds, and he had many different pouches and bottles hanging from his belt. His robe is red and the background is a lovely cloudy gradation from pale turquoise at the top to purples and oranges and yellows at the bottom. There is a black bird near the top in flight, and the computer is on a delicate and ornate standing platform.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 28/07/2026
Birdsky what kind of gull is this
Gray colored seagull on a roofGray colored seagull on a roofGray colored seagull on a roof
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 28/07/2026
She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.
Lt the black cat wearing a champagne colored ribbon ruff and a suspicious expression.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 24/07/2026
I fucking love cows is the thing
A large black cow standing by a fence and being pet by a white girl A zebu cow from the petting zoo, looking for treatsAnother small zebu cow resting on the ground.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 24/07/2026
BAY-BAYYYYY I COMPARE YOU TO A SNIFF FROM A COW AT THE FAIR OOOOOOH THE MORE I GET OF YOU THE STRANGER IT FEEEEELS YEAAAA NOW THAT YOUR NOSE IS AT HAND MY JOY FILLS THE LAND AT THE FAIRRRRR
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 22/07/2026
Like ok are these not adorable in the 90's ass fluorescent colors
Five small butterfly origami bookmarks in fluorescent orange, yellow, pink and blue with various animal print patterns. The back of the sculpture has a triangular pocket you can place on the corner of a book page.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 21/07/2026
Grown somehow
Escher wearing a tropical button down with beetles on it holding a stuffed black cat in his dayjob office
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 17/07/2026
Obsessed with him
Escher lying down while being snuggled by Goliath the large black cat. Escher is holding back goliaths ears to make him look like an alien
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 14/07/2026
made a cute illo for a forensic entomology project
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 14/07/2026
Gonzo seed
A snapdragon seed pod having expended its seeds. It looks kind of like a skull.The same seed pod viewed from the side to reveal a nose-like projection.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 13/07/2026
Obligate Carnivore
Lt the black cat biting a piece of lettuce offered to herLt the black cat biting a piece of lettuce Lt the black cat biting a piece of lettuce Lt the black cat biting a piece of lettuce clumsily
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 09/07/2026
Saving this idea for later
A bumble bee wearing a little propeller hat with a giant spiral lollipop sticking her happy little tongue out
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 09/07/2026
Like
Ballpoint pen doodle of a bumble bee being excited and sticking its tongue out
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 09/07/2026
Sumac looks tropical as hell and yet
A sumac brush with ripening red spikes of fruit under a deep blue sky.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 08/07/2026
Beautiful angel baby
Lt the large black cat sleepily poking out from under a bug-print bedsheet. Only her face and paw are visible and she looks very sweet and contented
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 01/07/2026
I also got the redux of the return to wherever stickers I made. Stickerapp for the win as always
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 01/07/2026
Fucking terrifying. I love it
The product labels, b/w representations of a full color image. They look like a face lit dramatically in the dark.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 01/07/2026
Finally: the dumbest fanmerch I've ever made is here
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 25/06/2026
Ok ok ok I did #makeaterriblecomicday2026
A shoddy pencil sketch comic of Escher complaining about how his life is great but he wishes he had more time to fuck around and play video games
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 24/06/2026
He is fucking massive tho
Goliath the large black cat from above, a big round puddle of fur almost completely obscuring my folded leg
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 24/06/2026
Laundry folding is canceled
Goliath the large black cat snuggling up on my leg. He has enlisted my hand to keep his leg from slipping and rests his chin on my knee.
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Mr. Escher A. Bug, MSc @escherbug.art · 22/06/2026
Beebis Beebee Bebbest Bebbiste/bebbest The Beast Beeper Grim Beeper Sweetus Sweetums The Meownager The Child
Leftenant the black cat loafing on her tower.
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