John Meszaros

@dilophosaurusbard.bsky.social

Writer and artist of things prehistoric, aquatic and sometimes mythological. Cranky bio-wizard (he/him/they/them) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ my art: https://johnmeszarosart.com State Cryptids blog: http://statecryptids.blogspot.com

Some last minute (I made them yesterday, so it still counts) Pride month designs based on 50s B-movie monsters created by Paul Blaisdell 1. Nonbinary flag She-Creature 2. Trans flag It Conquered the World! 3. Genderqueer flag The Beast with a Million Eyes 4. Pansexual Invasion of the Saucer Men

These photos popped up in my FB feed so thought I’d reshare them here. This was a dinosaur track scavenger hunt I designed for the Connecticut Science Center to go along with a dinosaur exhibit. Fossil footprints are abundant in the Connecticut Valley and I like making more people aware of them.

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Drew one of my favorite alien designs, the being from the original ending of Disney’s 1980 gothic ghosty story film “The Watcher in the Woods”. The reshot ending of the theatrical release depicted the Watcher as a column of light, but the original alien puppet is waaay cooler.

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A slightly late entry for Goblin Week. Made to express my frustration at white supremacist losers using Mac Tonight as a mascot for their racist rap albums, and thus making me feel uncomfortable about using moon-headed creatures in my fantasy artwork. (It’s, uh, a bit of a niche frustration.)

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Goblin Week Day 2! This green dude’s playing is playing one of my favorite weird musical instruments, the glass armonica! Made of a series of glass bowls stacked inside each other and turned on their sides and played with wet finger tips on the bowl rims.

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First post for Goblin Week 2026! Here’s a little dude based on the clothing moth Tineola bisselliella. I think Tineola is super cool because it’s descended from moths that feed on keratin-rich bits from mammal carcasses like fur and horns- parts that other scavengers don’t eat.

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