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Laugh & Peace
@waveoceanfront.bsky.social
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I'm a fan of #Sonic, #Klonoa, #MurderDrones, pinball, arcade games, and more besides. I also made Sonic Heardle (https://sonic-heardle.glitch.me) and sometimes post art here. (Beware of spoilers, generally speaking!)

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Small update: Bleeding Cool has posted Oni's February 2026 solicitations, which includes two more variant covers I didn't mention here:
- 1:10 full art variant of cover B (by Jo Mi-Gyeong, who also handled the actual comic's art)
- 1:20 full art variant of cover C

#MurderDrones #OniPress
The full art variant of cover B for Murder Drones issue 1 (by Jo Mi-Gyeong). It depicts Uzi (holding her railgun) and N standing on a pile of debris outside the bunker, with V flying ominously above them. No logos or other text are visible. The full art variant of cover C for Murder Drones issue 1 (by Krooked Glasses). It still features Uzi and tiny versions of the three main Disassembly Drones, but now without any logos obfuscating the piece.
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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A recent press release from Oni Press has revealed more variant covers for their upcoming Murder Drones comic!

In order:
- Cover C: Krooked Glasses
- 1:50 variant: Patricia Martín
- 1:100 variant: Lysandra Vuong

#MurderDrones #OniPress
Cover C for the first issue of Oni Press's Murder Drones comic, done by Krooked Glasses. It depicts Uzi standing against an abstract, punk rock-esque background, grinning and holding her rail gun. Miniature versions of N (happy), V (murderous), and J (annoyed/neutral) surround her. The 1:50 variant cover for the first issue of Oni Press's Murder Drones comic, done by Patricia Martín. It depicts V and J in an abstract, primarily CMYK-colored space backdrop. The 1:100 variant cover for the first issue of Oni Press's Murder Drones comic, done by Lysandra Vuong. It depicts N and Uzi in mid-air on Copper-9.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Just pushed an update that brings Sonic Heardle to volume 4! There aren't a lot of songs in the database currently, but I will be adding more in the coming weeks. (Sorry if this is kind of abrupt - it kind of snuck up on me, too.)

Please let me know if there are any issues!
The embed picture for Sonic Heardle volume 4.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Small, quick thing based on that challenge of sorts that's been going around

#klonoa
Drawing of the word "TAT," forming the silhouette of Tat from the Klonoa series. (Her tail ring is also there.)
September 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Finally, he mentions his favorite moment in the comic is somewhere in its final issue and gives some closing words for the AIPT interview.
AIPT: Do you have a favorite moment and or page/panel, maybe one that speaks to the larger story or your own creative goals? WK: I do, something in the final issue, but I’d rather let people speculate before I answer. Haha! AIPT: Is there anything else we should know about Murder Drones, comics, robots, animation, etc.? WK: Watch Murder Drones on YouTube, support your local comic shop, reject AI, and buy animation physical media; streaming services don’t care about the art form and we need to preserve and share its importance.
September 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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That said, Kennedy hasn't talked to Liam Vickers, the series' original creator - he's got other contacts at Glitch instead.
AIPT: I assume you’ve had convos/interactions with writer/director Liam Vickers. How much insight or guidance did they offer (if at all)? WK: I actually haven’t spoken with Liam, just a small handful of people at Glitch, all of which were super kind and specific in their vision. I certainly hope Liam’s happy with the final result!
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The reason Glitch had him stick so close to the script: they want to attract both new and existing fans with this comic, hopefully leading to further installments in the same setting (if not the same characters).
AIPT: Do you want this book/story to be a continuation of the series or an add-on instead? Does that distinction even matter? WK: I’d asked Glitch initially if they wanted this to be either of those, but they were very clear in wanting this to be the intro of Murder Drones to a larger comic reading audience with a straight-forward adaptation that hopefully could open the door for continuations with either these characters or the overall world. [Comic Book Club:] Given the graphic novel is supposed to launch a series of comics and books, how much was set up for the new line, versus a straight adaptation? [Wyatt Kennedy:] I’d asked Glitch if they’d wanted any kind of expansion or deviation from the original source material, but they seemed very intent on using this first graphic novel as a way to get their fans onboard as well as attract a new comic reading audience and hopefully expand and do different kind of stories set in the universe later down the line, so I hope that’ll be exciting for whoever might get attached.
September 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Both times, Kennedy explains that Glitch wanted the comic to be a very faithful adaptation of the show, so he focused his efforts on squeezing the story into a relatively small amount of pages (20 per issue, or 136 in total).
AIPT: How familiar were you with Murder Drones before starting on this book? What do you think the appeal of that show is for so many? Wyatt Kennedy: I was moderately aware of it because I knew about Glitch because of their other shows and my friends in the animation industry. I think it’s no different than how something like Invader Zim or The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy was successful. People, but especially kids, really like gothic stories and sardonic humor. AIPT: How do you approach the act of adapting an animated show – what do you keep or throw away, and how do you go about adding without harming the existing property? WK: For this, given I was only granted 20 pages per issue; it’s really about widening the frame for the more dense dialogue scenes and closing up on comedic bits. I think my job really was to as clearly and efficiently translate this for Jo so that her art can really shine. Glitch was very specific about staying on-book as it were, so as far as adding or subtracting, I’d say it’s 99.9999% accurate to the show. [Comic Book Club:] What was your process in adapting the series? They’ve clearly got a ton of material, but I assume it was more complicated than slapping their storyboards on a page and calling it a day. [Wyatt Kennedy:] I mean, yes and no? Haha! Glitch was very specific in being as close to the original show in terms of dialogue and structure, so as far as describing visuals for Jo, I just did my best and finding the most economic paneling (especially since Murder Drones has a lot of complicated set pieces) but I did have two monitors in front of me while I was working, one that had the show playing and the other being my Pages document. It was very technical in a lot of ways.
September 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Thread of tidbits from two separate interviews with Wyatt Kennedy regarding his work as writer on the upcoming Murder Drones graphic novel! 🧵

#murderdrones
Screenshot of the AIPT interview's heading. It's titled "‘Gothic stories and sardonic humor’: Wyatt Kennedy talks ‘Murder Drones’ OGN ahead of Kickstarter," was conducted by Chris Coplan, and was published on September 8, 2025. Screenshot of the Comic Book Club interview's heading. I's titled "Wyatt Kennedy Is Getting His Glitch On With ‘Murder Drones,’" was conducted by Alex Zalben, and was published on September 8, 2025.
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#Klonoa fact: the Famitsu guidebook for Door to Phantomile includes some Moo concept art containing handwritten notes (presumably from the artist).

One of these compares their role in the story to the Shocker Combatmen from Kamen Rider.
A piece of concept art for Klonoa: Door to Phantomile depicting a Moo standing around thoughtlessly. Below it is the following text: "敵側の一般兵隊 ショッカーの戦斗員のよーなものです。" I have attempted to translate it into English. It (roughly) reads: "The villains' rank and file soldiers. Similar to the Shocker Combatmen." Screenshot from an episode of the original Kamen Rider series showing three Shocker Combatment on a bridge.
August 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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An archived Nintendo web page gave its release date as September 23rd, but that was a Sunday in 2001 - a highly unlikely day for any game to come out.
Partial screenshot from Klonoa: Empire of Dreams' listing on Nintendo's official American website, as archived by the Wayback Machine. The relevant bit here is the release date being listed as "Sep 23, 2001."
August 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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#Klonoa fact: contemporary NPD sales data (made publicly available through the Video Game History Foundation's digital library) indicate that Empire of Dreams went on sale in America between September 16 - 22, 2001.

(Source: archive.gamehistory.org/item/73fd7b5...)
An excerpt from an NPD spreadsheet detailing sales from September 16th, 2001 until the 22nd of that same month. Klonoa: Empire of Dreams' place on the sheet is highlighted here - importantly, the columns on the right summarizing the previous 3 weeks' sales show that the game was not out at any point beforehand.
August 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Forgot to add this timelapse earlier

(Also forgot the hashtags: #klonoa #クロノア #風のクロノア)
July 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Drew Tat doing an ojou-sama laugh on a whim last night. This was meant to be a short and simple doodle, but it still ended up taking me around 3 hours.
Tat from Klonoa smugly laughing ("OHOHOHO") with her paw up to her face.
July 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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#Klonoa fact: according to Hideo Yoshizawa in the first Door to Phantomile "relay essay" (www.bandainamcoent.co.jp/cs/list/klon...), he had "DEAR 10 MEMORIES" added to his name in the credits because it was the 10th game he directed/produced (and one that held a special place in his heart).
Screenshot of the first "relay essay" for Klonoa: Door to Phantomile, taken from its official Japanese site. Text transcript: "-メモリアル10- 「風のクロノア」は僕のちょうど10本目の作品にあたるので（エンドクレジットにわがままを言ってDEAR 10 MEMORIESと入れてもらっちゃいました。すみません）特別の思い入れがありましたが、皆さんのおかげでとってもいい思い出になりました。ありがとうございました。"
July 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Haven't had the chance to draw for a while but I started working on a new piece a couple days ago! Hoping to have it done before long.

#WIP
A work-in-progress digital drawing of a jester holding what looks like a mask of some sort.
June 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This part is honestly incredible
―Since the Fuga: Melodies of Steel project was launched at your initiative, was adhering to the furry aesthetic your choice? Matsuyama: Yes, mine and a portion of the team’s (laughs). ―Was it more about inheriting the identity you established with Tail Concerto, or simply a “let’s just make what we love” approach? Matsuyama: It was both. Personally, I was greatly influenced by the anime Sherlock Hound. But even prior to that, I loved not only furry- but animal-centric shows like Osamu Tezuka’s Kimba The White Lion. As a kid, I found it easier to empathize with works that depicted animals rather than other boys and girls. I was drawn to those kinds of worlds throughout my childhood, and then when I encountered Sherlock Hound – it was like everything just clicked into place for me. I remember thinking, still a child, that a masterpiece had started airing. But then it got cancelled, and I was in complete disbelief. The worldbuilding, the theme song, the art – I couldn’t understand why other people didn’t get it. I was frustrated for a while after that. Later, when I was in high school, a show called Uchūsen Sagittarius started airing. Technically, it was more about aliens than about furries, but I was entranced by it. However, just like Sherlock Hound, it didn’t resonate at all with the general public. These experiences made me start questioning whether I was the weird one, whether I was out of sync with what the rest of the world enjoyed. While I was a kid, I really believed that to be true. But when I became an adult, I snapped out of it. I decided that I wasn’t wrong – the world was. ―So growing up, furry-themed content helped you get over this gap you felt with the rest of the world? Matsuyama: Yeah, I realized the world just hadn’t caught on to the appeal of furry content yet. [snipped for char. limit] From there, I started wondering about who would be the one to make a change. How, and when? Eventually, I decided, “Let’s just do it ourselves.”
May 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Tried drawing N in the style of #PuyoPuyo - not 100% satisfied with how it turned out, but I can't complain too much!

#MurderDrones #SerialDesignationN
#ぷよぷよ #マーダードローンズ #マダドロ
Digital artwork of Serial Designation N (from Murder Drones)'s head, done in the style of the Puyo Puyo series (after 2011, to be precise). He smiles against a blue gradient background.
April 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Here's the full list, straight from the original press release.

Oddly, the caption for the vinyl figures' photo says all the toys mentioned here will come out in fall 2025, but the description itself says "this summer."
Text transcript: "Fans of the surreal dark comedy should anticipate a full range of toys and plush that creatively and thoughtfully bring the quirky characters to life in new, imaginative ways, this summer. Highlights of the new Amazing Digital Circus line from Moose include: - Vinyl Figure Collection: All of the "amazing" attitudes of the wacky cast of characters have been reimagined as premium vinyl four-inch figures. Pomni, Ragatha, Caine, Kinger and Gummigoo are fashioned in exceptional detail and packaged in a special collector style box. - Collectible Mini Figures: Tapping into Moose's expertise in collectibles, the collection features 10, 2-inch figures, including Pomni, Caine, Ragatha and Jax who are joined by six additional cast mates. Fans can search for star, rare and ultra rare figures in vivid colors, meticulous detail and premium materials. - Talking Plush: 12-inch, premium sound effects plush of Pomni and Caine who each deliver more than 10 entertaining and esoteric phrases from the show. Pomni asks "Oh God, am I one of those talking plushies?!" and Ringmaster Caine keeps things moving along with phrases like "The secret to eternal life is–" - Plush: A cuddly collection of eight-inch plush featuring the show's main characters includes Pomni, Jax, Kinger, Caine and Ragatha. Collect one, or collect them all."
February 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Some #TADC news: Moose Toys, which picked up the license for the series around July 2024, very recently announced what exactly they're making.
They plan to display their new toys at a fair between March 1-4 & will release them later this year.
More below!
#TheAmazingDigitalCircus #DigitalCircus
An official photograph of three of Moose Toys' Amazing Digital Circus vinyl figures. From left to right: Kinger (just kind of standing there), a black-haired Pomni (visibly traumatized, complete with lenticular scribbly pupils), and Caine (standing confidently and gesturing to himself).
February 21, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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J's marketing proposals for JC Jenson are getting very... unorthodox.

#MurderDrones #SerialDesignationN #SerialDesignationJ
A drawing of N from Murder Drones (specifically, the dog design used for an official plushie) sitting on a stool. J's arm is in view, her hand a gun pointed straight at his head. Unsurprisingly, this deeply worries him. Advertising-style text above the scene reads "If you don't buy our products, we'll kill this dog."
February 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Wonder what's got him all worried?
#MurderDrones #WIP #Teaser #SerialDesignationN
A close-up of a drawing of N from Murder Drones - specifically the dog design used for that one plushie - looking incredibly alarmed about something to his right.
February 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A piece made for @freeboy4life.bsky.social as part of a Secret Santa event!
(Apologies for the colors being a little washed-out and/or intense - I had some persistent post-processing issues that required manual correcting.)

#klonoa #風のクロノア #クロノア #klololo #クロロロ
A digital drawing of Klonoa (a black-and-white rabbit-like creature wearing clothes and a backwards cap - this specifically uses his design from Lunatea's Veil onward) & Lolo (a more humanoid creature with a tail, large ears, and a hat with a feather on it) embracing each other, looking into each other's eyes and smiling. The background is a simple pink gradient.
January 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Checking the Glitch store after #TADC ep. 4 & noticed this
An official photograph of a Gangle keychain plushie, placed underneath a vehicle's tires to give the impression that she's about to get run over.
December 13, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Since Saberspark's reviewing Bunny Maloney very soon (and will likely result in an influx of people with questions about the show), I felt like writing up an unofficial FAQ for reference's sake.

This is the short version - full link in the replies!

#bunnymaloney
Text transcript: - "'Was Bunny Maloney really meant for children?' No, not originally. Original creator Nicolaï 'Méko' Chauvet intended for the show to be aimed at teenagers first and foremost (with some appeal to younger children), but MoonScoop insisted it be targeted solely at kids. Director Stéphane Stoll fought to keep true to the original intent, hence why the final product still has a lot of adult content. - 'Does Méko have any missing English episodes?' No. All he has are 8-10 episodes of (an early version of) the French dub that MoonScoop gave him back in the day. - 'What species is Charlotte?' While many sources (including her English voice actor and two lines in the show itself) assume she's a cow, Méko actually intended for her to be a goat. - 'Is Jean-François's English voice actor the same as the main character in Hatred?' I'm not so sure about that. Tom Clarke-Hill was definitely part of the English cast, but the credits don't specify which characters he voiced, and I haven't found anything that would definitively prove he voiced Jean-François. (For that matter, Hatred uses a pseudonym while crediting its player character's voice actor - it's commonly believed Clarke-Hill did it, but I haven't found any hard evidence otherwise.) - 'Will there be a season 2?' There's no definitive plans just yet (and please don't bother Méko about it). Not much to add here - he's stated many a time that he'd love to revive Bunny Maloney, but there's nothing concrete at the time I'm writing this."
December 10, 2024 at 11:58 AM