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 (sonic-heardle.glitch.me) and sometimes post art here. (Beware of spoilers, generally speaking!) Art-only: @oceanfrontart.bsky.social
![Screenshot from one of JJP's teasers for their Sonic pinball machine. It shows the center-bottom portion of the playfield, including the seven Chaos Emeralds & the Master Emerald atop a list of levels from the series: Seaside Hill, Sky Sanctuary, Speed Highway, City Escape, Rooftop Run, Chemical Plant, and Green [Hill].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreiemo3wfytmktylmztohiz6h4hf5uzn3cjhxuyhxlyzi7n5kuga4kq)
![Excerpt from an interview with Wyatt Kennedy on Comic Book Club Live.
The interviewer asks "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."
Kennedy responds "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 [artist Jo Mi-Gyeong], 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."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreihczrhdul3debjeqd6i2vs5fm4boe5rucxad6rknk34uldrum6p5i)
![Uzi sits outside the nurse's office, bandaged and holding an ice pack to her face. She looks dispirited.
A pink-eyed drone gossips "Eww, it didn't kill her?" to her friend.
As she leaves, a jock-looking drone enters, pointing at someone off-panel: "Ha ha! Classic toxic masculinity, Chad! That's never gonna end up problematic!
Oh wow--Uzi? I-I head you, uh--"
"I'm an angsty teen, Thad. Bite me. Also, how do you know my name? People willingly talk to you."
"Well, I'd say everyone knows Khan Doorman's daughter, but, uh... then you might blow the other half of your face off."
Thad sits down near Uzi. A placard bearing Khan's face (with the text "KHAN DOORMAN on DEALING WITH YOUR DISAPPO[...] OF A[...]") is visible behind them.
"Crippling daddy issues. Hilarious. What are you in for? Testosterone too hard?"
"That can happen?! Awesome. Hey, those bandages look pretty badass."
Uzi blushes. "Oh. E-Ew, gross. I hate that you said that."
"So, what's the, uh..."
Uzi gets up and points her weapon at Thad.
"Sick-as-hell railgun? Sci-fi nonsense that super works. I'm sneaking to the murder drone lair tonight to get the last spare part I need to save the world with and earn my dad's respect and stuff--uh, but mostly the world part."
"Oh--but doesn't your dad make awesome doors so we don't have to, uh... do that scary-sounding, emotionally repressed stuff you just said?"
Uzi moves the gun much closer to his face. It whirrs softly.
"No more feedback on my repression today!"
"OW! I'm sorry. I--"
She stands down and starts to leave, but not before saying:
"BITE ME!
I'm not mad at you, by the way--just generally hormonal!"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreiaytf3kvjy2c2q3h7smatavtm3h2mjxx4vgunxvokf7skvkl4cbjm)
![Text transcript:
"Where might a worker drone go to get away from it all? A wilderness getaway on the uninhabitable surface of Copper-9, complete with murderous councilors, hurricane force winds,and other 'distractions'! As Uzi and her classmates set up camp in this little slice of paradise, the unseen force which has been systematically killing and eating the drone population makes short work of the other campers, and as Uzi discovers, the killer is much closer than she realized!" [sic]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreicumqjqt6kfi5iqqxrdonfjst2wfpzaffd5jclawpe3hz4f2qewcu)
![Excerpt from a Comic Book Club Live interview with Wyatt Kennedy (https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/09/08/wyatt-kennedy-murder-drones-interview). Transcript:
"[Interviewer:] 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."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreiepi6aeqfdhcf6cjavmwr2bmvqidnlupna2mwwxxv2sqq2gexflxi)
![[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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreiavjuqzys2ll6hjf2d4dyb5vmn4z7ggdmc2spsqssvzozootvtq4m)
![[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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tg44izsb7u476ouuc77ziota/bafkreigq4b46sxewuaf5duxyuvucl5fbdzspg6mldfiae3y7slqlkcbhru)
