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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 02/10/2026

That's me every time I see a black CJ.

Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 01/10/2026

That was September 17th. It's saved in my calendar every year as a kind of personal holiday: "Tim Horton Cookie Day." I'm not often near a Timmies anymore, but try to have a cookie that I date anyway as a reminder.

Screenshot of a calendar entry titled "Vancouver Tim Hortons Cookie Day", Sept 17, repeats yearly. With a note: "You got a free 🙂 cookie in the Tim Hortons drive through when you were having a rough day."

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 29/09/2026

It's heavy out there, so here's some zen. If I was bummed out, this guy could obliterate it in 2 seconds. He's not here anymore but can still do it 🙂

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 29/09/2026

All dogs are the best dogs, but this guy was truly lightning in a bottle. Today is the anniversary of Fisher's adoption day. He went over the rainbow bridge a year go this Saturday after 19 (!!) years. He spit that spinach leaf out right after this. It was worth a try.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 24/09/2026

It's a Cousin Oliver. Every spinoff show and shows with more than 3 seasons had to have a Cousin Oliver. It was the law.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 18/09/2026

My car is completely black now, and I'm torn between naming it Disaster Area or None More Black.

A photo from the Hitchhiker's Gide to the Galaxy BBC series, of Hotblack Desiato. His ship was named Disaster Area.

Screencaps from This is Spinal Tap, when Nigel is talking about their black album cover and says: "It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 18/09/2026

If you see this, post your green art.

Carton drawing of a three-eyed, green, alien with four tentacle-legs, two arms, an underbite, and a snazzy blue sweater.

Cartoon drawing of a green slug-like alien or monster with many eyes of various sizes, tall with spindly arms, and two trunk-like legs.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 16/09/2026

All of this has happened before, and all of it will happen again. (A journal comic from 10 yrs ago that I'm reliving today)

A comic.
Panel 1: 9am - a bearded guy, excited, saying "I'm goin gto get to much done today!"
Panel 2: 10 AM - his face contorted in pain, "Headache! @#*!!!"
Panel 3: 11 AM - he's eating, fork in the air, "Food! It took care of the headache. I'm going to get so much done today!"
Panel 4: 11:30 AM - FOOD COMA. He drops limply out of frame, "zzzzzzz"
Panel 5: 6:59 PM - AWAKE! He jolts upward, awake, groggy, drooling, with bedhead.
Panel 6: 7 PM - looking at a clock on the wall, disappointed, "Son of a..."

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 10/09/2026

It's out of print, but I got it. I haven't been this excited about a book in a long time.

Photo of the printed graphic novel The Wrenchies, by Farel Dalrymple - cover

Photo of the printed graphic novel The Wrenchies, by Farel Dalrymple - inside

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 29/08/2026

Dear universe, if reincarnation is real, I want to be just like Tad:

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 28/08/2026

If you see this, you're legally obligated to quote with your favorite Star Wars character:

Screenshot of Maximilian, from The Black Hole

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 28/08/2026

I've never heard of this, but after reading the summary I clearly need to read it.

Screenshot of the book description on TheStoryGraph: Black God's Kiss C.L. Moore. "First published in the pages of Weird Tales in 1934, C. L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry is the first significant female sword-and-sorcery protagonist and one of the most exciting and evocative characters the genre has ever known. Published alongside seminal works by H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, the five classic fantasy tales included in this volume easily stand the test of time and often overshadow the storytelling power and emotional impact of stories by Moore's more famous contemporaries. A seminal work from one of fantasy's most important authors, Black God's Kiss is an essential addition to any fantasy library."

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 15/08/2026

OK listen, the fair is tired of all you extraterrestrials, interdimensional beings, demons, cryptids, dogs, and blue whales trying to ride the damn sky glider. You've been warned.

A sign at the state fair: notice, police change. No more than two HUMAN BEINGS per chair.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 01/08/2026

Progress on my gallery app for cataloging your art and source files. It auto-generates previews of everything (including Procreate, PSD, Affinity, and CLIP), has search, tagging, organization into projects, and doesn't touch or need to duplicate your source files. Runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 24/06/2026

Wanna see something truly terrible? #makeaterriblecomicday2026 They all flew back to Sirius, we're on our own.

Comic.
Panel 1: A person looking terrified, "The dogs..."
Panel 2: "They're gone. They left. ALL of them."

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 14/04/2026

A movie couple that would definitely have a podcast. You know exactly what it would be about, too.

Keith David and Roddy Piper, screenshot from They Live

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 03/04/2026

Hey - wanna buy some art you can wear? shop.maxnovem.art

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 02/04/2026

Block this babbling dumbfuckery before it tries to follow you too. AI images all over next to word salad pseudo-science and circular reasoning. They/it seem to be spamming other platforms as well.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 30/03/2026

Wanna buy some art you can wear? I have these 3 moody dorks on shirts for a limited run. Here's my store link. shop.maxnovem.art

Screenshot: three drawings of moody figures, walking. Black and white, on dark fabric. A rabbit in a hoodie, smoking. An elf-fairy with wings. And a nondescript mammal.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 25/03/2026

I flip between that and "come for me, Gmork!" about 3 times an hour.

Stills from Neverending Story where Atreyu tells Gmork he's going to whoop his ass.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 23/03/2026

Last night's game building: I added the ability to pull objects instead of just pushing and shooting them.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 18/03/2026

And then there was the helicopter truck from The Highwayman with Sam Jones. Flash fucking Gordon, with a helicopter truck.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 17/03/2026

Worth a read: The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-two...

When developers say that LLMs make them more productive, you need to keep in mind that this is what they’re automating: dysfunction, tampering as a design strategy, superstition-driven coding, and software whose quality genuinely doesn’t matter, all in an environment where rigour is completely absent.

They are right. LLMs make work that doesn’t matter easier – it’s all monopolies, subscriptions, VCs, and lock-in anyway – in an industry that doesn’t care, where the only thing that’s measured is some bullshit productivity measure that’s completely disconnected from outcomes.

Those who are most vocal today about the dysfunctions of LLM-coding were already warning about the dysfunctions of the software industry well before the “AI” bubble began. The issues that plague the industry predate this particular bubble and many in software have been concerned about them for years.

Equally, most of the people who today are the most vocal about the benefits of LLM-coding were bullish about software development before the bubble. They didn’t see anything wrong with the earlier state of affairs so they don’t see anything wrong with magnifying that dysfunction tenfold.

There is nothing either group can say to the other to shift their opinion because the disagreement is down to a fundamental difference in worldview.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 15/03/2026

Getting really close to a test release of my app. It creates a catalog of your source files (even across multiple folders & cloud drives) so that you can see them all in one place, organize them, quickly open them in your art app, export preview images, and more.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 15/03/2026

Welp, time to call the USC quantum physics department.

A still from the movie Prince of Darkness, showing the "relic" - an ancient cylinder filled with a swirling, glowing liquid.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 12/03/2026

Oh yeah? Well, I was around for Death Knife 500, so...

drawing of a alien-monster kid with big oversized headphones, watching something on a small phone-sized device. A voice off-panel is saying "What are you watching?" The kid replies, "Death Knife 20k. You wouldn't understand it."

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 11/03/2026

If you see this, post a robot.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 11/03/2026

Let's see your workspace guardians.

Photo of a tiny D&D kobold figure and an all black Lego spaceman on top of a monitor.

Photo of two small metal Star Wars snowtrooper figurines, a metal female Zabrak figurine, a Lego stormtrooper helmet, and two Han Solo action figures from Empire Strikes Back on top of a monitor.

Two plastic ape figurines from the original Planet of the Apes beside a monster in the shape of a hand, on top of a monitor.

A small black and white image of The Phantom from the original film, in a faux gold picture frame against a gray wall.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 10/03/2026

Happy Tuesday. I checked, and we're all still neck deep in The Horrors. Hope you find a good way through it this week. Art helps. Here are some space dorks.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 10/03/2026

Artshare? Artshare! Hi! I draw comics, among other things. Usually space stuff because space is rad. 🫸💥🫷@mattnelsonart.bsky.social @beyondperil.bsky.social @dsoart.com @admancomics.bsky.social @brendanalbetski.bsky.social @davidbuist.bsky.social @sketchbrooks.bsky.social

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 09/03/2026

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

The goblin Blix, from Legend (1985). Black as midnight, black as pitch, blacker than the foulest witch.

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 09/03/2026

I'm building something. I try to keep my art files organized, but they still wind up in multiple folders within folders, and I can never quickly preview them all in one place to find something without digging. And previews don't show in Finder for all file types. So, I'm making this:

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 09/03/2026

drop something green...

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Max Novem @maxnovem.art · 07/03/2026

I drew one of those genius ideas, I think

A 4 panel comic of two people standing next to a tall mechanical cylinder with a door on it.
Person A: It's called a Die Chamber. You step in, and it kills you.
Person B: What the fu--

Person A: But it brings you back after 24 hours! During that time you don't have to deal with anything in your life because you're dead. It's an innovative idea that I call "life bankruptcy"

Person A begins to step inside the cylinder, which has a mechanical voice saying "chamber online"

Person B: That's insane! You can't just--

Person A ignores them, and steps all the way in. The cylinder is closed now, with the mechanical voice saying "life bankruptcy activated"

Person B looks on, in stunned silence.

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