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— Your ongoing series ‚Special Friend‘ is about a friendship (maybe a dependency?) between two characters named Babylon and Durgie. Can you describe the character of their relationship? Will they ever find satisfaction and peace?
— Special Friend has a pretty simple concept — one of the characters is bad (Babylon) and the other one is good (Durgie). Neither of them is really inherently good or bad, though Babylon often states that he is ‘Mean’ and he often pretends that he doesn’t like Durgie or doesn’t know him. His scheming and mischievous behaviour are usually only to attract Durgie, whom Babylon secretly reveres. Durgie is always optimistic and loves Babylon, though because Babylon has such internalized dislike of himself, he doesn’t believe that Durgie loves him and goes to great length to impress him, which sometimes tires Durgie out. I think they complete satisfaction and peace in their disfunction — without it there wouldn’t be a comic to make!
И про стиль:
— The world most of your characters live in is charmingly chaotic, it makes me think of a dismembered user manual tenderly put back together.
How do you create these landscapes and rooms? Also (but that might go too far): Is this reflecting your view on the world in any way?
— I honestly think this style has developed from a lack of ability — I avoided drawing backgrounds in my early comics because really didn’t feel confident doing it. I would just leave a lot of white space and/or draw a bunch of weird esoteric objects around to fill space. I obviously feel a lot more confident depicting backgrounds and spaces now — but I think that floating-in-the-void approach has evolved into something that is characteristic of my style.
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Про комикс в интервью http://p-kyle.tumblr.com/post/157911981861/patrick-kyle:
— Your ongoing series ‚Special Friend‘ is about a friendship (maybe a dependency?) between two characters named Babylon and Durgie. Can you describe the character of their relationship? Will they ever find satisfaction and peace?
— Special Friend has a pretty simple concept - one of the characters is bad (Babylon) and the other one is good (Durgie). Neither of them is really inherently good or bad, though Babylon often states that he is ‘Mean’ and he often pretends that he doesn’t like Durgie or doesn’t know him. His scheming and mischievous behaviour are usually only to attract Durgie, whom Babylon secretly reveres. Durgie is always optimistic and loves Babylon, though because Babylon has such internalized dislike of himself, he doesn’t believe that Durgie loves him and goes to great length to impress him, which sometimes tires Durgie out. I think they complete satisfaction and peace in their disfunction - without it there wouldn’t be a comic to make!
И про стиль:
— The world most of your characters live in is charmingly chaotic, it makes me think of a dismembered user manual tenderly put back together.
How do you create these landscapes and rooms? Also (but that might go too far): Is this reflecting your view on the world in any way?
— I honestly think this style has developed from a lack of ability - I avoided drawing backgrounds in my early comics because really didn’t feel confident doing it. I would just leave a lot of white space and/or draw a bunch of weird esoteric objects around to fill space. I obviously feel a lot more confident depicting backgrounds and spaces now - but I think that floating-in-the-void approach has evolved into something that is characteristic of my style.
Всего на данный момент 255 стрипов, некоторые поздние можно найти тут https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/special-friend-comic
И его комиксы на Вайсе https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/patrick-kyle
