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liam / 25 / ireland (Known in This World as "WILLIAM_ THE BLIND")
📝 colourful YTPs, black+white comics, and #1 bestselling series Bikini Bottom Adventures
🔎 if it's stupid enough, it's cool, y'know? (70/100)
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william_ leonard @williamleonard.net · Apr 16
ok i am FINALLY putting in the effort to make my site usable and bringing THE ARCHIVES back!!! still slowly adding new links (+ working out how to do multi-page comix better lol) but my entire comicnomicon will soon be at your fingertips....
williamleonard.net/art/archives...
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ethical dilemmas with #eizouken 🔎
ASAKUSA: "kanamori... i know it saves COSTS 'n' all... but won't we get in TROUBLE for animating in PIRATED SOFTWARE?" MIZUSAKI: "i could get my parents to pay for an ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD subscr—" ---- KANAMORI: "FOOLISHNESS. don't y'know all the REAL studios just share the same 20-year-old cd of MACROMEDIA FLASH 8 between all the animators?" ---- MIZUSAKI: "wait... is THAT how you got..." KANAMORI: "i threatened to TELL."
October 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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sparkle on, erika... sparkle on..... #umineko
LAMBDADELTA: "c'mon, bern, your SONAS all look so BORING! let ME pimp 'em up for once~" BERNKASTEL: "just ignore her." ---- LAMBDADELTA: "HMPH! i'll let your SERVANT decide... —wanna look LAMBDALICIOUS at your next RAVE?" ---- ERIKA: "a-ABSOLUTELY NOT!! this DRESS is tacky ENOUGH!!!" ---- BERNKASTEL: "......on second thought, make this brat SUFFER." ERIKA: "NOOOOOOOOOOO" ---- [on the game board...] NATSUHI: "JESSICA! you SURELY have a more SUITABLE outfit for our poor GUEST!" JESSICA: "i—i don't even know where she got it!!!" ERIKA: "it's okay... i can solve the case like THIS.... if it pleases my MASTER...." MARIA: "uu-uu!! new magic pet dog for maria!!"
September 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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SPACEFLIGHT DIRECTOR SANA, in: "Rain Check" #galaxillust
SANA: "aww... LOOK at that li'l thing, about to BLAST OFF..." STAFF: "launch conditions optimal down here, director." ---- SANA: "oh, universe... how's the weather up THERE?" ---- SANA: "ASTEROIDS?? well don't just SIT there, get RID of 'em!!"
November 4, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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SPACEFLIGHT DIRECTOR SANA, in: "Landing Site" #galaxillust
STAFF: "we want to run our prospective LANDING SITE by you, director." SANA: "aw, sure! the moon welcome you ANYWHERE..." ---- STAFF: "it's the most SCENIC place we found... some lovely views of all these CRATERS...." ---- SANA: "UHHH what about over here! it's got MINERALS! you like THOSE right??" ---- STAFF: "o-of course..." SANA: (i CAN'T let 'em find my VACATION HOME...)
November 6, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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SPACEFLIGHT DIRECTOR SANA, in: "Probing Questions" #galaxillust
STAFF: "well, the probe will soon leave our solar system..." SANA: "how cute!" STAFF: "... en route towards the TAU CETI system—" ---- SANA: "oh NO!! not THERE!! that's the home of the ARCHONS!! if they get even a HINT of life on this planet...!" ---- STAFF: "... care to elaborate, director?" ---- SANA: "well... i mean... it's been THEORISED..."
November 4, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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another, better comic about coupons #ameliaRT
AMELIA: "helloooo~! welcome to AME IN THE P.M.! ...our top story tonight!" ---- [ONE FREE COUPONOMIC CRISIS??] AMELIA: "the wattropolitan police are on the lookout for a ROGUE AME who has found YET ANOTHER loophole in the coupon economy!" ---- AMELIA: "as you know, our currency is fun, unique, and highly speculative, described by some outsiders as 'somehow even worse than a child's pretend version of the barter system.'" ---- AMELIA: "previous loopholes, such as the 'ONE FREE COUPON' trick, are still widely used by annoying smartass ames everywhere. —attempts to regulate these have been laughed off VERY loudly." ---- AMELIA: "but THIS case is no laughing matter!! —our reporter ame is on the scene with more..." ---- REPORTER AME: "we come to you from the streets of downtown, where the scourge in question has sown confusion AND frustration in every storefront she walks into!" ---- FISHMONGER AME: "it's just too damn CLEVER!! —why didn't I think of it??" ---- REPORTER AME: "to avoid even WIDER-spread fun-ruining, we will not disclose the loophole. —but rest assured, we wish we'd thought of it too. —god damn." [ONE FREE COUPONOMIC CRISIS??] AMELIA: "we also asked professor of couponomics, AMELIA WATSON, for some deeper analysis!" ---- PROFESSOR AME: "hrm. —yes." ---- PROFESSOR AME: "a great ame once said: 'money isn't even real, lol. 'least we're honest about it. now gimme that free coupon, you dweeb.'" ---- PROFESSOR AME: "our amelian society... is a finely balanced one. —as watsons, we are ALL chaotic little shits." ---- PROFESSOR AME: "but our equal love of justice AND of totally pwning ourselves keeps the population in check." REPORTER AME: "mhm." ---- PROFESSOR AME: "which is to say... we're gonna GET that bozo. —AND her mother." ---- AMELIA: "i couldn't agree MORE, lmao!! —we'll bring you even more open threats after THESE MESSAGES!" ---- ["ame in the p.m." is brought to you by.... WATCO TIME INSURANCE!] [destroyed it in a TIME PARADOX? we'll give you a coupon to REDEEM it!! (if we feel like it.)] [regulated by the council of time wardens.]
October 26, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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an old comic about coupons #ameliaRT
[somewhere in wattropolis...] AMELIA: "weeelll, can't say i'm the HUGEST fan of the TOURIST SHOPS here..." KIARA: "aww! but i LOVE this 'watson salt shaker'!!" ---- KIARA: "there's no PRICE TAG on anything though..." AMELIA: "ah, heave the money to ME!!" ---- AMELIA: "so, um, what are ya wantin' for THIS?" ---- SHOPKEEPER AME: "uhhhhhhh" ---- SHOPKEEPER AME: "one free VIDEO GAME, please." ---- AMELIA: "...i got a FIVER, can you give CHANGE?" ---- SHOPKEEPER AME: "hmm... i'll take THAT actually!" AMELIA: "wait HANG ON!! —i traded a free DIVINE INTERVENTION for this coupon!!" ---- SHOPKEEPER AME: "oh, those were SO last year!! i doubt it's even WORTH this thing..." AMELIA: "UGH FINE HERE TAKE IT YOU LITTLE" SHOPKEEPER AME: "...pleasure doing business~" ---- KIARA: "...that's your CURRENCY???" AMELIA: "let's not dignify it like THAT, lol!! —so anyway, about our KFP FRANCHISE DEAL..."
October 26, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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as we say at Watson Weekly, "It's Real News Somewhere!" 👍 #ameliart
AMELIA: "here on the 'ACROSS THE MULTIVERSE' segment, we bring ya the best scoops from EVERY possible timeline!!" ---- AMELIA: "which totally doesn't mean we just make stuff up and hope it happened somewhere. —we KNOW it did!!" ---- AMELIA: "like when (some) amelia watson (somewhere) won 1st prize at the T-REX RODEO today! —good job, amelia!" ---- AMELIA: "ah! some chronofaxes already comin' in from our eager viewers!" ---- "Dear Watson Weekly, your report is in error. I won 1st prize at the VELOCIRAPTOR rodeo today. —AMELIA #8710" ---- AMELIA: "okay c'mon. you know there's literally INFINITE amelias who won EVERY kind of prehistoric rodeo today. you're not special." ---- AMELIA: "like i'm sorry! we can only pick one! t-rexes are COOLER! journalism 101, bozo!!" ---- AMELIA: "anyway, i don't believe ya. —we'll be right back~"
September 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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the mark of the knucklehead #azumangadaioh
YUKARI: "welp, without bidding further adieu... it's Final Exam time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" ---- YUKARI: "...wait 'til everyone gets their page before you all un-flip yer SURPRISE~" ---- OSAKA: "ah-... ah've been MARKED fer DEATH..." YUKARI: "woops, my pen bled on that one."
December 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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my Shelf of Williams has reached critical mass i fear..... (ft. an honorary Guillermo i'm enjoying a LOT 🫡)
william t. vollmann - you bright and risen angels / the rainbow stories / the ice-shirt / fathers and crows / argall / the dying grass / carbon ideologies / the lucky star / a table for fortune / the rifles / europe central / the book of dolores / uncentering the earth / butterfly stories william h. gass - the tunnel william gaddis - J R / the recognitions guillermo stitch - the coast of everything
October 25, 2026 at 10:35 AM
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sorry guys... the #umineko witches are using AI.... we gotta cancel them now..... #うみねこFA
LAMBDADELTA: "oh, beeeeern~! check out the latest magical scourge CORRUPTING the human race!!" ---- BERNKASTEL: "...i know it's 'ARTIFICIAL', but where's the 'INTELLIGENCE'?" LAMBDADELTA: "oho, NOWHERE! it's just a big ol' PROBABILITY spell that creates ANYTHING you ask... —not that HUMANS can tell the difference~" ---- BERNKASTEL: "i see... what a SPLENDID trick!" LAMBDADELTA: "and since this magic NEVER repeats itself..." BERNKASTEL + LAMBDADELTA: "...us WITCHES will be ENTERTAINED FOREVER!!!" [ALAS...] BERNKASTEL: "GAH—! how DARE you forbid my FANTASY?? i'll find the perfect PROMPT to escape this fate... if it takes me a BILLION YEARS...!!" (PROMPT: photo of ushiromiya battler, dead, murdered, blood and gore, realistic CHATWTC: "I'm sorry, I cannot generate violent imagery. Please try another prompt.) LAMBDADELTA: "uuuu.... what's the use in generating INFINITE CANDY... if i can't EAT it..." (truly... a CURSE..." ---- BEATRICE: "AHEM! no TECHNOLOGY at my TEA PARTY!!"
July 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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#currentlydrawing to the new Olivia Tremor Control ofc but i just got distracted and found the most Stereolab-ass Elephant 6 record of all time and i'm IN LOVE
Aurora, by M Coast
from the album Say It In Slang
marshmallowcoast.bandcamp.com
October 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Hello. I reviewed the new compilation from Habibi Funk surveying Lebanon's '70s and '80s private-press tape scene. It raises some interesting questions about genre signifiers. Can something from Beirut be called "city pop" just because it's got similar influences?
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Various Artists: Beirut City Pop
Read Shy Clara Thompson’s review of the album.
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October 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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let's fucking go.
william t. vollmann - a table for fortune (ft. paige terner)
October 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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nijika drifts apart #bocchitherock
NIJIKA: "w... where's my DRUM RUG...??" RYO: "occupied." BOCCHI: "mmph..."
October 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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happy bday to @bbbbungle.bsky.social !!!!! immortalized in the Watson Family Archives..... #ameliaRT
[ THE LADY AND HER "BUNGLE". ]
October 20, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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hell yeah man ! !
CF - weed comics
September 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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sakaki's 1st night in the astronomy club :) #azumangadaioh
KAORIN: "LOOK! LOOK!! the SPACE STATION'S passing over us!" SAKAKI: "oh!" KAORIN: "that tiny light..." ---- SAKAKI: "...do we make a wish?" KAORIN: "eh, i can't trust an ASTRONAUT with MINE." ---- KAORIN: "—wait, WHERE'D IT GO?!" SAKAKI: "maybe they're going to sleep..." ---- CHIYO'S FATHER: "what a funny-tasting bird."
June 1, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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new epic build coming to Wattropolis! #ameliaRT
ARCHITECT AME: "—uh, just move the water mains a li'l to the LEFT, willya?" ---- BUILDER AME: "boss, i'm curious... how DID you get planning permission for a REAL-LIFE MOB GRINDER in the center of town?" ---- ARCHITECT AME: "heh, if i told ya i'd hafta GROUND POUND ya... matter of NATIONAL SECURITY~" ---- ARCHITECT AME: "let's just say... those ALIENS'll think twice about spawnin' HERE..."
October 17, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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i felt like humiliating myself online w/ how many books i physically own and have not even started, so i made a fancy web-catalog for them all ^u^ stay tuned as this list grows [no closer to completion]!!!
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July 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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my experimental spongebob plush-toy webseries is turning Ten Years Old soon!!! god help me.
Bikini Bottom Adventures
A live-action webseries by William Leonard. An absurdist parody/celebration of the plush-toy video artform. All episodes are improvised, filmed, and edited on-location in Bikini Bottom.
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October 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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annoy squidward day every day ♥️
SQUIDWARD: "well, squiddy, you earned it! time to indulge in a finest SALTINE CRACKER..." ---- SQUIDWARD: "WHAT. WHAT IS IT. OH MY GOD. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME. WHAT" ---- SPONGEBOB: "hi squidward!! i burned all of your crops."
June 23, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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a sponge in trouble
SQUIDWARD: "spongebob, i need one FORTNITE BURGER..." ---- SPONGEBOB: "i told you squidward.... i don't know what that IS" ---- SQUIDWARD: "well a lot of people WANT it... they've been calling NIGHT AND DAY..." ---- SQUIDWARD: "you sure you didn't FORGET how to—" SPONGEBOB: "NO!! i... i....." ---- SPONGEBOB: "did i? i don't know... how can i still call myself a fry cook if i don't know what it is... WHAT THE FUCK IS A FORTNITE" ---- SQUIDWARD: "heh heh. that chump believes ANYTHING."
October 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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#PortfolioDay
Some of my most recent Sana portraits✨
October 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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i've kept dipping into this now and then, still so damn cool lmao - it's been internet-archive'd if you want a taste.... archive.org/details/intr...
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if more people knew (as i had not until i saw it!) that this is one of the most incredible encyclopedic projects ever undertaken by one person, i would NOT have been able to easily afford the entire set in dublin this weekend lol
george sarton - introduction to the history of science
October 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM