David Morgan-Mar

@dmmaus.bsky.social

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Creator: Irregular Webcomic!; Darths & Droids; Planet of Hats; mezzacotta Physicist, photographer, educator, old-school TTRPG gamer, Australian. he/him

Ink sketch of the front entrance of a coffee shop, flanked by two coffee bushes in large pots, with a small circular awning over the door.

Photo of a loaf of sourdough bread. What a crust!

Ink sketch of a street scene dominated by a Victorian Free Classical style building with a tall clock tower at one end and columns and porticos and other cool bits, and part of a dome at the far right edge.

Photo of the interior of a cafe with eclectic decorations in an old industrial building. At the bottom is a pen sketch of the scene.

Screencap of an editing screen, showing the mis-spelt word "amnials" with a red underline. A context-sensitive drop-down menu next to it shows the suggested spelling correction: "manilas".

Photo of a ski slope, looking down towards the ski village. The ground and the mountains in the background are almost completely bare of snow, except for a small patch about the size of a car in the foreground.

Photo of a notice stuck to a door:
SNAKE
We have been unable to locate the snake so it has not yet been removed. It may have found its way out or may still be in the building. It was last seen in the fire escape at basement level. Please take care if you are in the fire escape and if you see the snake tell someone on the strata committee.
Thank you.

Montage of 6 photos.
Upper left: Brown, red, orange, yellow leaves carpeting the ground.
Upper right: Box hedge with a pink camellia flower sitting on it.
Mid left: Foxtail agave plants with large flat leaves and central spikes.
Mid right: Ivy vine growing on red eucalyptus tree bark.
Lower right: Dandelion clock.
Lower right: Yellow and brown curled leaves carpeting the ground.

Ink sketch of a cafe counter with an espresso machine, three tall coffee grinders, and various cafe paraphernalia.

Graph of maximum and minimum temperatures in Sydney for 1-12 June, 2026. Long-term average maximum is 17°C, but every day is higher, up to almost 23°C. Long-term average minimum is 9.3°C, but every day but one is higher, up to almost 16°C.

Clip art image of a woman with long black hair crawling eerily out of a TV screen.

Photo of an old building with a sketchbook showing a sketch of the same facade in the foreground.

Clip art of a phone with music symbols on the screen, and earphones plugged in.

Screenshot of the CBC news website front page.
Headline: Carney shrugs off Trump's latest 51st state jab as trade talks ramp up.
Stories:
PM said Canada would not react or respond to every post from the U.S. president.
Canada moves to expand U.S. trade talks.
Thousands are now Canadians under new citizenship law. Half of them are Americans.
[US ambassador to Canada] Hoekstra doesn't get why Canadians are so frustrated right now.
King Charles playfully reminds Trump that he's Canada's head of state.
Americans are paying more attention to Canada. Should we worry?
[Opposition leader] Poilievre shuts down Trump’s 51st state talk on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

Photo of a green tree snake on a concrete footpath, in front of a sandstone wall. The snake is vivid green with bluish tinge on top, and bright yellow underneath.

Photo of a page about future trains. Under a super-sleek futuristic looking high-speed train is text which contains the following highlighted parts:
Burning coal in this way is very efficient giving off little or no pollution.
Whichever system is used, the outlook for coal as a power source is bright — experts estimate that the world’s coal supplies will not run out for 1,000 years.

Photo of a page containing a timeline of future events, covering 1980-1990, then 1991-2000. Under the 1991-2000 heading are the following two highlighted passages:
First deliveries of electronic mail. Hand-written letters are electronically copied, sent via a satellite-link to their destination, where the incoming message is printed out.
Replicators based on the prototypes of the 1970s in general use. Shopping becomes a matter of ordering the correct chemicals from a central tank system.

Photo of the front cover of The Usborne Book of the Future: A view from the 1970s of the year 2000... and Beyond! Unabridged, unedited, and un-updated!
Cover image shows some spaceships battling.

Photo of an astonishing,—astonishing I tell you—stack of fried chicken on top of pancakes, maple syrup in a little bowl on the side, pickled tomatoes in a dollop of crème fraîche, and bits of fried kale scattered all over.

Photo of a mother Australian wood duck with three semi-grown ducklings in tow on a wooden wharf, with water in the background.

Photo of a board game box, for the game Inis, 3rd Edition. The artwork is a Celtic dude looking very Celtic indeed, over a background of a Celtic landscape and Celtic artwork. The game is about Celtic stuff, apparently.

A graph showing distance along the horizontal axis, from 0 to 7.5 kilometres. The vertical axis shows elevation ranging from about 75 metres to 25 metres, with lots of downhill and uphill sections. One almost continuous uphill is 1.5 kilometres long. A blue line shows the pace, from about 6:40 minutes and seconds per kilometre, to 4:30 per kilometre. It's noticeably faster in the downhill sections and slower in the uphills.

Screencap of two reddit r/whatsthisbird posts, showing just the text.
1. What bird is this? Built a nest on my outdoor fan. [North America]
2. Just ran by my car in Dallas, TX. Paused long enough for a photo. [North America]

Ink sketch of a shop front with upper storeys in an elaborate architectural style reminiscent of a modern revival of Tudor half-timbered walls, with a spire at the front. Cables support a wide awning that shades the street level in front of the shops.

Ohmygosh, it's a mouth-watering looking toasted sandwich, with pulled pork, wasabi coleslaw, pickles, and furikake topping.

Photo of original 1981 publications of the Moldvay Basic and Expert D&D rulebooks. A bit worn, but pretty good condition.

Photo of the front covers of the 1981 Moldvay Dungeons & Dragons Basic and Expert rulebooks, reprinted as PoD editions.

Photo of a pedestrian path between London plane trees, which are starting to turn yellow and brown and drop leaves for the southern hemisphere autumn.

Screencap of three books listed on Amazon: the classic Usborne children's series "The World of the Unknown". The titles are UFOs, GHOSTS, and MONSTERS. These are new reprints of the 1977 release. Prices vary but are around $13. That's AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS. Holy cow that's cheap.

Ink sketch of a table at a waterside restaurant; behind the table is the edge of the wharf, several boats, and across the water another wharf with buildings and trees in the background.

Oil pastel drawing of semi-abstract blue and purple flowers.

Photo of a hardback copy of The Silmarillion, showing Tolkien's original drawing of an emblem of Lúthien on the cover. The book is old, battered. The dust jacket is worn, creased, slightly torn in places, and has a small white sticker with "$6" stuck to it, possibly from a second-hand bookstore.

Photo of a large eucalyptus tree against a dramatic cloudy sky, with dark grey clouds building up.

Photo of a pigeon/dove with narrow black/white strips on its neck and nape, and a pale blue eye ring. It is sitting on grassy ground.

Photo of the night sky, showing the Milky Way arcing across the sky. Near the centre of the shot are Crux, Alpha/Beta Centauri, and the Coalsack Nebula. The Magellanic Clouds are visible on the right.

Photo of Scully, a black toy poodle, eagerly licking at a piece of delicious Brie. Scully is wearing a bandana on her collar which says in purple text: It’s my birthday.

Photo of a grassy courtyard with tables under a shade umbrella, an old building in the background.

Ink sketch of a cafe in an historic country town residence building. Two point perspective showing the front corner of the building, which has a large overhanging awning.

Pencil sketch of a scene at a cafe with people seated at tables and eating. Caption: Alby & Esther’s, Mudgee

Photo of a sketch of a scene looking across a grassy field with cows grazing, towards a line of trees in the mud ground, with a low range of mountains in the horizon and dawn colours in the sky. Sketched with acrylic paint pens in ten different colours.

Photo of the night sky showing the Milky Way as a band running from lower left to upper right plus thousands of individual stars.

Photo of expansion packs for the Root board game: The Homeland Expansion, The Marsh and Gorge Playmat; Homeland Hirelings Pack, The Squires and Disciples Deck, and Frog Clearing Markers.

Photo of a paper grocery bag. Stuck to it is a delivery order sticker, with the name "Antonia Marran" printed on it. (Nicole Kidman's sister's married name.)

A long distance photo of an eastern rosella, a bright parrot with red head, yellow breast, and green lower parts. The bird is a bit blurry, alas.

Photo of a total lunar eclipse almost totally obscured by cloud.

Sketch of a Victorian terrace house covered with ivy. Grey ink pens.

Photo of the Sydney skyline in heavy rain. An old sandstone church on the left frames the background. The background city skyline is grey and misty.

Screenshot of a code editor showing some Python code, rendered in a messy old typewriter style font.

Screencap of the Cloudflare control panel, showing that a "Challenge non-browser traffic" rule has had 100.96k events in the last 24 hours, with a Challenge Success Rate of just 1.01% (i.e. humans).

Photo of Sophie Ellis-Bextor singing live on stage at the UNSW Roundhouse. 7 February 2026.

Photo of the aforementioned meal in a dark green bowl.

Photo of Sydney as viewed from a suburb across the harbour, showing the Harbour Bridge and central business district skyscrapers, all of which are partly obscured by a thin smoky haze in the air.

Photo of a red fox, standing, facing towards the lower left of the photo, captured from a high angle.

Photo of a bunya tree cone on a road, split into two large pieces. It's a large, round seed cone, about the size of a bowling ball, with the exterior appearance similar to a pineapple, with spikes all over. A foot in a running shoe is next to it for size comparison.

A CAPTCHA challenge with text: "Select all squares with fruit sandwiches". Squares contain photos of:
1. a layered watermelon cake: cake, cream, watermelon, cream, cake, topped with strawberries etc.
2. layered jam biscuits: biscuit, jam, biscuit.
3. peach pie: crust base filled with peaches topped with pastry.
4. apple turnovers.
5. cucumber sandwiches.
6. pumpkin pie.
7. bruschetta (bread topped with chopped tomatoes).
8. dessert made of slices of brown bread filled with banana chunks, topped with nuts and syrup.
9. sliced bread roll filled with strawberries, kiwifruit, melon, and blueberries.

Photo of two sketches of the same street scene, showing a split level street with the left higher than the right, with old brick buildings in the foreground and high-rise towers in the background.
Top is black India ink, bottom is coloured brush pen markers.

Graphs:
Top: Mean monthly maximum and minimum temperatures for Sydney for 2025, compared to long-term averages. It shows the monthly minimum and maximum temperatures have been roughly 2-3 degrees Celsius above the long-term averages for most months.
Bottom: Total monthly rainfall compared to long-term average. It shows much greater rainfall than usual for most months, with June, October, November, and December having much less than normal.

Ink sketch with grey brush pens of Urban Artisans cafe, Ashfield, Sydney. People sit at cafe tables, with a large potplant between them, and vague urban scenery behind.

Pencil sketch of Sydney Harbour with skyline in the background showing the arch of the Harbour Bridge above trees on the left, and city skyline on the right. There are yachts and boats in the foreground.
TITLE: View from Mary Carlson Park, Greenwich. 27/12/2025