When did you first created the concept of NOISE? How much have things changed?
NOISE, formerly known as Broken Records and before that, The Disjazzters (awful) has been slowly rotting my brain for a very long time. Here’s a really long answer to your question.
I’ve been making comics pretty much for as long as I can remember. When I was 12 I started reading a lot of webcomics, so I decided that I wanted to make my own. I started many projects that went nowhere, some which still haunt me to this day on my old deviantart page.
There’s been elements of NOISE in many of the things that I made, but when I was 13-14 I officially had the idea, which I pitched as “comic about a dysfunctional jazz ensemble”. At first there was supernatural elements in it and everyone was, like, a demon or some kind of creature, but i couldn’t figure out the world-building (and I still cant) so I scrapped it.
About the characters. Xavier, later changed to Patric, later Patrik is an annoying guy. He used to have glasses and be much shorter. At some point i must’ve jockified him.
His sister Vera’s design is a little bit inspired by a Puffin and is taken from a comic about bird people (they could turn into birds) that i never finished. Vilma was a character that didn’t make it because she had no purpose and her only character trait was Weird (and they’re all weird). Their characters kind of morphed into each other and I guess Vera came out on top.
Other brilliant ideas my pre-teen mind had was Singer Girl and her Boyfriend. Lucy, formerly Olivia’s only trait was, for a long time, Pretty Woman Sings In Band. I think I’ve fleshed her out a little since then. You don’t know it yet, but in her volume, things go down.
Tom was always my most bland character. He used to be white and I guess he has Patrik’s glasses now. I plan on spicing him up with some drama and existential dread. I think I’ll just straight up give him my mental illness. Yup. Character fixed.
Max is so old. His history is long and cringe. He’s always been a scrawny nerd with a superiority complex. At one point he was a humanoid insect with four arms and eyes.
I have countless of pages in old sketchbooks just filled with banter and close ups. My worst nightmare is someone finding them and asking me why I used the r-slur so much as a 13-year old.
I’ve started to incorporate a lot of things from my life into NOISE. It’s a strange mix of my family and friends and things I read and watch. I started off liking funny lines and edgy characters, but now it’s all about love and family and emotions and friendship. Gross!
To everyone who reads NOISE; thanks a lot. Knowing that other people care about the people who live in my head is a great thing that I cherish. Special thanks to @colalexander who’s supported me from the start. Means a lot. (^:
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