Jay Lender

@jaylender.bsky.social

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Storyboarder/Writer/Director of SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold, Phineas and Ferb, the graphic novel Duster, and the live action movie They're Watching. www.jaylender.com www.jaylenderart.com

Return of the living dead with a zombie on a police radio saying "Send More Prime Ministers!"
The cover to Duster. A woman in a flight jacket and jodhpurs holds a machine gun, while a sheriff stands behind with his pistol... they loom over a small town in Texas… in the background, a Nazi bomber silhouetted in front of a swastika is heading downward…
Scumbag, Todd Blanche
Nick Fury steps out of the shadows…
Willie Evans with the tools of his trade
Don Keefer in The Twilight Zone begs somebody, anybody to END THIIIIIIS!
Painting of a medieval dragon presenting human legs to his mistress with the added comic book balloon: "I found these!"
AI answer to the question "is Anthropocene Magazine legit" which claims it is but introduces the notion that it has a left-leaning bias with the word "however", which suggests that a left-leaning bias is dishonest.
The “Sign in with Google” pop-up that obscures every single website I visit even though I will NEVER sign in with Google.
4 tiny color swatches in a vast, empty palette that cannot be made smaller.
Kirk screams "ADOBEEEEEEEEE!!" over the classic image from The Wrath of Khan.
Three rough storyboard panels. 1) SpongeBob's face twisted up into a squinchy shit-eating grin. 2) SpongeBob same in a two-shot with nervous Squidward. SQUID: No, wait-- it's not what you think- I 3) Sponge same. Squid waving his arms frantically. SQUID: This is a big misunderstanding-- you have to believe
TWO ROUGH STORYBOARD PANELS (pencil on yellow post-it): 1) Squid breaks down crying. SQUID: Sob! Sob! 2) Squid rears back, crying. SQUID: Ohh! The wasted years!
Steve HIllenburg's original rough of INTENSE SQUIDWARD pointing to his own face, rendered as a disturbing painting in the final show.
Two pages of clean storyboards. Wider. Plankton carpet covers the floor. Customers panic, running through, covered with plankton.
Two pages of clean storyboards. Squidward holds his head in horror, behind the cashier's boat at the Krusty Krab. Fish customers in the background are similarly terrified as… A CARPET of plankton rush in to crash into the cashier's boat like a wave.
Blue pencil of a city downshot focusing on a decrepit rooftop covered with metal mesh quonsets and cones... Pigeon Man's rooftop lair.
Settings window on MacOS alongside Fade In editing screen with light highlight on white page in Light Mode
Line drawing with color: a nervous, cat-eyed alien girl and her human law enforcement friend hide in the shadows of a broken wall from a formidable-looking, red, alien pursuer with a blaster.
Painted image of Nosferatu (B&W) hugging SpongeBob while Sponge tweaks Nosferatu's ear. "Blood Buddies"
Washington Post's new podcast puts dumbass scare emphasis on a piddling 20 million dollars in the California state budget because they are fascist apologists trying to waste our time arguing with them. BLOCKED.
Tommy Westphall stares into the future of corporate media.
Gigantic Hmmm emoji
Rough storyboard page from the SpongeBob episode "Just One Bite" Features Squidward drooling at the kitchen passthrough while SpongeBob makes a krabby patty that Squid DESPERATELY wants. SpongeBob echoes Al Gore's immortal post-election theft concession line with "while I strongly disagree with your decision <not to enjoy krabby patties>… I accept it!"
Cartoon illustration of an exasperated woman griping to her boisterous aging mom, while dad sits in the background with his cigar, unconcerned.
Steve Railsback and Barbara Hershey in a scene from The Stunt Man
Graphite drawing with red pencil underdrawing of unusually squat Spongebob in a bathing suit, with shoulders high, pleasant smile, drooping buck teeth... and underwear high above his suit line.
Elaine and Ben wonder what they've done at the end of The Graduate
Lon Chaney's Erik points out to Mary Philbin's Christine the location of his heart and provides detailed instructions for demolishing it.
Only half of a properties panel in Adobe InDesign. You must scroll to see the rest.
Square, full color painting of musclebound Patrick licking SpongeBob's foot in "The Fry Cook Games". Tight closeup, with harsh ring lights and shadows. The crowd visible behind. Comic book SFX " MLAAA!"
The terrifying ceiling fan from Laura Palmer's house.
Bugs Bunny Wish meme: i wish all politicians over 65 a very private audience with J.D.Vance
Same panel as above, but with Thors lips twisted way off center like Byrne does.
Ink and red pencil drawing of thrilled SpongeBob grabbing a peeved Squidward in front of the pineapple house. SpongeBob is holding a bubble wand. The giant bubble reads "Smile for Horizons, Squidward!" Squidward says "No." From SpongeBob, Squidward + Jay Lender '26
The Lovecraftian Squid Creature from Watchmen.
Criterion Channel graphic for "Blood Simple". Title in pale green neon. Photo: In inky black night, a man in a suit crawls toward us on the pavement, back lit by car headlights. A second man in jeans is walking toward him with a shovel.
Super-orange blood-spattered background with a glowing cutout of a hand holding a sickle. Inside the cutout, faces of the principle cast in various stages of terror, concern, rage. Glowing TV-TUBE-colored slash-lettering reads "They're Watching"
Comic panel: a confident, bespectacled man in a suit walks in an amber-lit hallway. A nurse behind him looks into camera knowingly… while behind them, in a coldly lit room, a girl with a pony tail sits in a wheelchair looking out a window into the rainy night. MAN: Oh, well… I suppose we'll just file it under "minor details that don't really change anything."
Redline comic book rough drawings PANEL 1 - Full tier Wide downshot past Zeus and Magic Carpet hanging statues to Squidward below angrily gesturing at happy SpongeBob and nonchalant Patrick. SQUID: WAITAMINNIT! You mean to tell me that all I had to do was say I don't want to play your stupid game any more and this whole horrible myth-adventure would have been over? SPONGE: Of course! PAT: If you wanted to play super-hero, you should have spoken up. PANEL 2 Closer. Squidward crosses his arms, pointing one way to Sponge, the other to Pat, swallowing Excalibur behind him. SQUID: Unbelievable! Only in Bikini Bottom could I end up running for my life with an idiot like you… from an idiot like him! PANEL 3 Worried Sponge and Pat watch Squid walk away angry. SPONGE: True… but it's better than the alternative… SQUID: HAH! Which is…? PANEL 4 Close on Sponge and Pat with their pointing fingers up ready to deliver the bad news… BOTH: Well… PANEL 5 Nervous Squid holds his hands out in a warding gesture. SQUID: No, wait… I don't wanna know! PANEL 6 - Full tier FG: Pat and Sponge in shadow holler into BG: where Squidward is running through the wall of the museum and OUT into the sea beyond. PAT: Squidward, wait! We haven't struck you with lightning yet-- SPONGE: --or turned you to stone! You'll like being stone! It'll make having an eagle peck out your liver hurt a lot less! SQUID: FORGET I AAAASKED! END.
Redline comic book drawings PANEL 1 A three-headed dog featuring Old Man, Patrick and a random fish menaces SpongeBob and hysterical Squidward. ALL THREE HEADS: … Cerberus!! Guardian of the underworld!! SQUID: Are you kidding me?! Who are the other two guys?! PANEL 2 Close up on dire, tongue-wagging, possessed Pat, brandishing his claws (and fingers!). PAT (giant text): I AM BECOME DOG, THE FETCHER OF BONES! PANEL3: Crying Squid and Sponge hug each other in terror. SQUID: What the--?! I don't need this! I don't like myths any more! PANEL 4 Squid, Old Man and Random Fish climb angrily out of their Cerberus costume. PAT: Well, fine, Squidward, but it was your idea! OLD MAN: I'm outta here! RANDOM FISH: So long, Pat. You said he was a stick-in-the-mud, but… MAN! INSERT PANEL Squid shocked blank. Poit!
Redline comic book roughs PANEL 1 SpongeBob and Squidward run into a medieval striped tent labeled "Artur" SQUID: We've gotta defend ourselves! Quick! Inside! PANEL 2 Inside the tent: Squidward gestures happily to a big rock with a sword sticking out of it in a pool of sparkling light. SpongeBob points in wide-eyed wonder. SQUID:Now this is more like it! If I'm gonna die… I'll die with a legendary sword in my hand! PANEL 3 Closeup: Squid grabs the sparkling sword, thrilled. SQUID: Excalibur! I've dreamed of this all my life! PANEL 4 Squid angrily trying (and failing) to pull the sword out of the stone, while Sponge shrugs. SQUID: NNNGH! NNNGH! NNNGH! SPONGE: What's the matter, Squidward. PANEL 5 Squid climbs on the rock for better leverage, even angrier. SQUID: NNNGH! NNNGH! NNNGH! NNNGH! (bigger text each time) PANEL 6 Sponge points, smiling, as Squid leans back, standing on the rock, pulling for all he's worth. SPONGE: Maybe you're not worthy! SQUID: Must be bolted in! Darned purists! PANEL 7 Patrick (wearing a dog nose) sticks his head through a gap on the side of the tent, surprising Sponge and freaking Squid out. PAT: Nope! I'm pretty sure it's the worthy thing! SQUID: GAAAH! PAT: So sayeth…
Redline comic roughs with pale orange tone PANEL 1 Squidward and SpongeBob run behind a viking boat. SPONGE: Here! Behind this boat! SQUID: Way ahead of you! PANEL 2 Sponge (finally a bit concerned) gestures behind as he holds onto an oar coming out of the shadow side of the boat with angry Squidward. SPONGE: I have to say, Squidward… I'm starting to get a little concerned about Patrick. SPONGE: Really?! I can't imagine why. PANEL 3 (insert, top left) Sponge helpfully explains: SPONGE: Well, that's easy! It's because-- PANEL 4 - Full tier FG: Close on Sponge and Pat, wide eyed, looking back at… BG: Pat standing on the edge of the boat above with a giant hammer and shield, dressed in full Viking gear, with mustache and beard, screaming. PAT: HINGA-DÏNGA DIE-GEN! PANEL 5 - Full tier Pat smashes the hammer down (KRAKOOM) as Sponge rides off screen, hanging from terrified Squid's shoulders. PAT: This is your ragnarok, mortals! SPONGE: Ragnarok? Well, that doesn't sound so bad! I like music! SQUID: SpongeBob, it means the end of the world!
Redline comic roughs PANEL 1 - full tier Patrick with his weapon, far background, chases thrilled SpongeBob and terrified Patrick toward us. Sponge points at the ceiling. PAT: Come back! I haven't cut out your hearts yet! SPONGE: Hey! The stars look even better at this speed! SQUID: Running! Running! PANEL 2 Patrick rages, as the Egyptian god Set, brandishing an ankh and a hyena staff. PAT: There's nothing to fear! I'm only going to dismember you and feed you to a hippo! PANEL 3 Sponge (giddy) and Squid (terrified) scramble up the side of a pyramid while Pat shouts from below. SPONGE: Wow, Squidward, he's really into this! SQUID: That's what I'm afraid of! PAT: Don't worry-- you won't feel a thing-- PANEL 4 Pat's at the top of the pyramid, while Sponge and Squid slide down, past a fish-sphinx. PAT: --'cause first I'm gonna pull your brain out through your nose! SPONGE: heh--That doesn't sound so bad, Squidward! I mean look at your nose! Your brain wouldn't even touch the sides!
Rough comic panels in blue and black PANEL 1 Squidward and SpongeBob from behind, lying down, looking up at the ceiling of the gallery where constellations are painted. Dragon, Bear, Orion, etc. SQUID: In fact, now that I think about it... lying out here… (or in here, as the case may be)... under the primordial star-painted ceiling… isn't such a bad way to spend an evening. It's certainly better than the alternative. PANEL 2 Looking down at Sponge and Squid, lying on their backs, satisfied. SPONGE: Which is? SQUID: Well… I guess… if one of us were to be possessed by the spirits of these mythological characters, and tried to kill the other two with an assortment of ancient weapons. PAT (o.s.): You're right, Squidward… PANEL 3 FG: Squid from behind, shocked. BG: Pat, creepily uplit, facing him with a possessed look on his face, dressed in mayan ceremonial garb, and holding a spiked macahuitl. PAT: …that would be BAD.
"It's a Veggie-saurus, Lex" gif.
Fade in "Save As..." dialog. Offers Fade In Access and On My Mac as location options, rather than a standard location selector dialog.
Redline comic book roughs PANEL 1 Squidward nervously paces in front of statues of mythological heroes. SQUID: Okay… I could tie the golden fleece to the mantle of Arthur to the robe of the fire-rat and make a rope! PANEL 2 FG Squid points high up and far past 4-faced Brahma-fish (with his bow, arrow and lotus) at a tiny open port-window. SQUID: Then I could tie it to the arrow of Brahma and shoot it through that open window up there. PANEL 3 Sponge rubs his chin, narrow-eyed, while Squid gulps and Pat gestures knowingly. SPONGE: I don't know, Squidward… it might be an easier shot if you were standing on Baba Yaga's flying mortar and pestle. PAT: Or he could just ride the flying throne of Kai Kavus right out of here and cut out the middle man. PANEL 4 Squid runs away shrieking while Pat and Sponge call after him. SQUID: YAAAAH! SPONGE: Have you considered Apollo's chariot? PAT: Or Helios' if you prefer the greek! PANEL 5 Squid laments, crying while Sponge and Pat are sympathetic in the background. SQUID: I wish I never came here! SPONGE: Oh no! You don't mean that, Squidward! PANEL 6 Close on Sponge and Pat, eyes filled with wonder. SPONGE: This is the most exciting place in the whole wide sea! A world of thrilling adventure! PAT: Yeah! Myths are the bestest super-heroes ever! BOTH: You taught us that! PANEL 7 Sponge and jumping-for-joy-Pat flank happy Squid. SPONGE: And seeing as this is the last day of the exhibit… we're kinda glad to get a few extra hours any way we can! SQUID: Really? PAT: Hooray for Squidward! PANEL 8 Close on Squidward, crying grateful tears. SQUID: Wow. Sniff. I finally got through to them!
Redline comic book roughs PANEL 1 Squidward screams, grabbing his head. SQUID: It's a NIGHTMARE! SPONGE (o.s.): No, Squidward… PANEL 2 SpongeBob is wide eyed, thrilled. Patrick intense smiling. Squid cowers behind a column, covering his head. SPONGE: …it's a FUNMARE! PAT: Yeah! With fun on it! SQUID: Oh, no… PANEL 3 High down shot past hanging dragon model. Sponge and Pat dance giddily while Squid lays on the floor, arms out. SPONGE: Now we can play mythology ALL NIGHT LONG! PAT: HOORAY! SQUID: Wake me when it's over. PANEL 4 Upshot of thrilled Sponge, looking at statues of various world mythological figures. SPONGE: Costumes! PANEL 5 Thrilled Pat shakes handfuls of Egyptian staffs and snakes. PAT: Props! PANEL 6 Thrilled spongebob gestures with multiple arms to all the wonderful things in the exhibits (near a sign that reads "Hades", while giddy Pat pushes Sisyphus' boulder up an incline behind. SPONGE: Fifteen different versions of the underworld to explore! PAT: GHEE! PANEL 7 Sponge zips in on one foot gesturing to a spinner rack full of pouches with a winking Egyptian head on top and a sign: "Isis-cream" SPONGE: And all the lotus-flavored astronaut ice-cream we can eat! PANEL 8 Squid, miffed, gestures o.s. while fat-belly, satisfied Pat lies against a column in the back, covered with sticky food, lying in a pile of isis-cream packets, and holding up two empty ones. SQUID: How is that a good thing?! PAT: How is it not?
Redline comic book roughs PANEL 1 (BG) Laughing SpongeBob tickles giggling Patrick's armpit, while Squidward (FG) bites his "nails" nervously. SQUID: OH, NO! I'll be trapped in here with these idiots all night!! SPONGE AND PAT: HAHAHAHA! PANEL 2 Upshot: BG: Sponge and Pat in the far distance, laughing, while Squid (FG) desperately runs toward us. SQUID: Wait! Wait! I'm still here! PANEL 3 - thin, full tier Squid runs like a maniac toward the guard in the doorway far right... with a huge statue of King Neptune with his hand out and spear raised stands between the two. SQUID: NO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O! GUARD: Welp! Time to lock 'er up! PANEL 4 Close on Squid, looking backward as he runs… not seeing Neptune's hand coming in at the edge of the frame. SQUID: Gotta get away from-- PANEL 5 Stars and Moons impact panel. SFX: SPWACK! PANEL 6 Sponge runs in, fists overhead, cheering, while Patrick scratches his head over Squidward knocked out on the floor, stars and moons circling Squid's head. SPONGE: Wow, Squidward! That was great, the way you simulated the wrath of the gods, there! PAT: Yeah! What myth does that come from?! PANEL 6 Close on Squid on the floor, sweating, smiling nervously as… SQUID: Ok, Squidward, calm down. It's just a few hours... I'm not going to starve... I'm sure the building's up to code! What's the worst that could happen?! PANEL 7 - full tier Ultra-wide downshot past shadowy foreground hanging sculptures of gods and monsters. . Below, Sponge and Pat stand over Squid, still lying on the floor. A Medusa sculpture looms not far away. SPONGE AND PAT: Is that a rhetorical question?
Redline comic book roughs PANEL 1 A kid (hand held by mom O.S.) points at Squidward, relaxing in the arms of a Minotaur statue, while Pat points at the minotaur, and Squid points O.S. right. SQUID: Yep! These are the real super-heroes! PAT: They should call this one "half-man-half-other-thing-man!" SPONGE: What's that, Squidward?! PANEL 2 Squid hops into action, thrilled. SQUID: I'm glad you asked! PANEL 3 - Remainder of page Vignettes surrounded by musical notes, with Squid showing statues of various folkloric figures… Amaterasu from Japan… Eshu from Africa… a Chinese Dragon… Native American Kachinas… CAPTION: Music Montage!! (Dialog is variations on...) SQUID: Gobble-gobble-gobble-gobble! PAT: Guh! SPONGE: Gwee! PANEL 4 Squid looks nervously over his shoulder at a distant figure in the doorway. FIGURE: The museum is closing… LAST CALL!
Redline comic book roughs. PANEL 1 ( full tier) Patrick and SpongeBob stare around wide-eyed and slack jawwed as Squidward leads them into a grand gallery. Columns, Cerberus statue, dragons hanging fromt he ceiling, pagoda, pyramid, etc. SQUID: All the ancient stories are here! Heroes! Gods! The epic, life-and-death struggles of unforgettable characters! Take the Greeks… PANEL 2 (rest of page) Vignettes depict human characters: Heracles fighting a three-headed dragon while thrilled Sponge and Pat watch… Perseus riding flying Pegasus with Sponge, while Pat hangs onto the tail behind… and a shrouded ferryman pushing a boat over smoky waters while terrified Sponge and Pat ride inside. All of this is contained in a dream bubble coming from happily satisfied Squidward, bottom right. CAPTIONS: Like Heracles… who killed the multi-headed hydra!… or Perseus, who captured the amazing Pegasus… a flying land-horse!… or Charon the undead boatman… SQUID (finishing the narration) …who ferries you across the river Styx and out of my hair forever.
Redline rough comic book panels. PANEL 1 Squidward (in laurel wreath and tunic) gestures proudly to himself. SQUID: In fact, today's the last day of a show all about it at the Bikini Bottom Museum of Not Actually History--and I'm going! PANEL 2 SpongeBob and Patrick (waving a weaving shuttle) rush forward, startling Squidward. SPONGE: We're coming, too! PAT: I've got my weaving shuttle! PANEL 3 Closeup: Squid, narrow-eyed at left, Sponge below, Pat at right, nonchalant. SQUID: Patrick, why on earth do you have a weaving shuttle? PAT: Why not ask a bird why it swims? PANEL 3 (3/4 page) Wide shot looking up the stairs of the "Bikini Bottom Museum of (Not Actually) History. A banner "Made up stuff through the ages!" hangs under the facade, made of of recovered greek columns, lintels, and broken statues. Squid (regular outfit again), arms outstretched, leads wondering Sponge and Pat up the steps. CAPTION: Soon… SQUID: Here we are, noodniks! Dioramas, costume displays, interactive virtual reality experiences, interpretive dance workshops! IT'S ALL HERE! SPONGE: WOW! PAT: I see now that my life has been lacking!
ROUGH COMIC BOOK PANELS in red line. PANEL 1 Squid covers his ears in his artist garret, while working on a painting. VOICES OUTSIDE: Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! etc. SQUID: GRRRRRRR!! PANEL 2 Upshot past worried Pat and Sponge toward angry Squid shaking a fist out the window of his house. SQUID: Will you two knuckle heads knock that off?! Take your stupid-heroes somewhere else! SPONGE: But we love our superheroes! PANEL 3 Over Squid's shoulder looking down on Sponge, waving up with Pat. SQUID: Puh-leez! It's modern mythology for idiots! Cultural marshmallow! SPONGE: But we love marshmallows! PAT: Yeah, they speak to us! What's mythology? PANEL 3 Squid shocked and offended. SQUID: WHAAAT? PANEL 4 3 silhouettes of Squid running down his stairs. SQUID: I've gotta get those kids off my lawn! But first… a little classical education! PANEL 5 Wide shot of Squid busting out the door of his house, in a toga and laurel wreath, holding a sword, while Sponge holds out his stinky underwear and pat trots with excitement. SQUID: Stand aside, dimwits! This is what real mythology looks like! SPONGE: WOW! Bedsheet man! That's a great superhero idea! But I don't know about the leaf hat. Wanna wear my helmet? PAT: Yeah, it's filled with the odor of righteousness! SQUID: You two don't know what you're talking about. PANEL 6: Squid holds up his hands in wonder while Sponge and Pat marvel at images of foreign mythological characters… dragons, etc. SQUID: Real mythology has stood the test of time! Greek, Chinese, Indian, Egyptian! Amazing stories of danger, heroism and adventure, perfected over thousands of years! SPONGE and PAT: OOOO!
Rough comic book panels: PANEL 1 Wide downshot of Pat's rock, Squid's Easter Island head and Sponge's Pineapple. Sponge and Pat play superheroes in the yards. TITLE: SQUIDWARD'S MYTHOLOGICAL MADNESS. SPONGE: SO! At last we meet again, Pink Purloiner!! PAT Enough words, Captain Waistband! Unless it's "Hassenpfeffer!" I like the way that word sounds! SPONGE: Me, too! PANEL 2 Closeup of Sponge gesturing powefully in his hero costume: underwear over his head, hero gloves and trunks. SPONGE: Still, you leave me no choice but to… FIGHT YOU SO MUCH! PANEL 3 Pat runs toward us crazily with his tongue hanging out. Wearing a high-collar cape. PAT: RUFF! WOOF! ARF! PANEL 4 Sponge delivers a huge uppercut (Bip!) knocking blissful Pat backward. Teeth flying. PAT: GHEE!
J. Jonah Jameson and his astronaut son talk about the weird thing that happened to him on his last space mission...
Social media post from Donald Trump: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin' Strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Rough storyboard panels of: 1) Squid, Krabs and anchovies blinking blankly. 2) Squid gets a wondering look on his face, and rubs his chin, while they listen. "That idea may just be crazy enough… to… 3)"…GET US ALL KILLED!" Everybody screams in rage.
Rough storyboard panels of Patrick: 1) Grabbing an imaginary city "We should take Bikini Bottom…" 2) Turning the other way, and rearing back to… "and..." 3) PUSH it in the other direction. "…push it somewhere ELSE!"