STRANGE STAR

STRANGE STAR is Katie O'Neill and Toril Orlesky making comics together.

[jacobin]

Commission for my lovely friends strangelykatie and starlock! They commissioned me to draw their characters Gomi and Kenta (who I adore…) from Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club! GO READ IT!!

And thank you again for commissioning me bbs, you know I love your work so much, it was such an honour to draw these two for you! <3

[strangelykt]

LORD I’M STILL CRYING AT HOW UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL THIS IS??? look at EVERY SINGLE DETAIL HERE!!! the flowers, the triangles, the AMAZING LOGO???? this is so so beyond out of this world and I’m so so happy!!!! ;o; what a beautiful piece, thank you SO MUCH sam!!!!!!!

[strangestarcomics]

Sam, this is stunningly perfect, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THE WORDS everything here is just. the ideal, your design sense and taste in colours are sO INCREDIBLY AMAZING!!!!!! i'm crying as well, thank you a million times!!!!!!!!!!!!

[reimenaashelyee]

Congrats to Katie + Toril for launching their super excellent comic - Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club. My Japanese writing seems a little dubious haha but I tried to get it looking as legit as much as possible. Check the comic out if you haven’t already!

[strangestarcomics]

Ashel, this is absolutely beautiful!!!! You draw the boys so well, their expressions are spot on!! I love all the details (screentones! flowers!! mushrooms!!!) and the colours you've used are perfect, as always ~ thank you so much!!!!!

[uselessroom]

hype! hype!! hype!!!

[strangelykt]

AHHHHHHHH OMFGGGG THIS IS SOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! WOW WHAT AN ADORABLE AND STYLISH GOMI??? i LOVE the zazzle shirt sfm oh my god it’s so fitting! and ur style is so!! cool!! the pattern on the shirt is amazing, and the cute kicks!!!! ;w; omg this is gorgeous THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! wow!!!!

[strangestarcomics]

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE??? i screamed when i saw this on my phone and i haven't stopped, i love everything about how you've drawn slouchy prince gomi *_____* ESPECIALLY THE NAIL POLISH... YES....... IM HERE thank you a million times for drawing him!!!!!!

[weja]

ehheheh UHM HAY LOOKIT ITS GOMI AND KENTA BEIN ALL CUTE IN A GARDEN OR SOMESHIT :^D i tried to make it as lovely as possible especially because it took me FOREVER TO FINISH THIS because i got the commission right before a move and a buncha other things happened but GOSH toril and katie are so wonderful and make such amazing things both separately and together and they’re so supportive of somany other artists i adore and i loves them and everything they create REALLYTRULY. i wanna draw these two again sometime in the near future but YEAH GOSH it was super fun and you guys are the best and these characters are really interesting too and i hope its okee i drew them in a somewhat playfully intimate moment hahahahhaaa :^DDDD \n__n/;;;

ANYWHO mahou shounen breakfast club is the joint project of katie and toril so YEAH GO CHECK OUT DEM CUTE FOLK AND CLICK ALL THE LINKS n____n

[strangelykt]

omg never apologise for drawing the gents in playfully intimate moment, THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE FOR!!! they look soo good in your style weja!! ;w; your lines are always so perfect and immaculate, and i love the sweet background details! and ofcourse, SHARING HEADPHONES AND CIGARETTE, ACTUALLY PERFECT !!!! thank you so much for drawing them!! ^0^

ps omg i love gomi’s star boxers sooooooo much frick!!

[strangestarcomics]

"playfully intimate" IS LIKE GENTS IN A NUTSHELL weja this is spectacular and perfect AND EVERYTHING kATIE SAID also i totally adore the way u draw hands AND THEIR SOFT SOFT HAIR and gomi's sultry eyelashes omg ~ thank you again!!!! 

[choodraws]

a commission I finished recently for Katie and Toril of Gomi and Kenta from their collab project Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club. thank you so much guys! <333

[strangelykt]

omg CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CHOOOOOO omg as soon as you drew the sons at Smash I KNEW WE HAD TO GET FULL COMMISSION AND I SURE WAS NOT WRONG THIS IS SO PERFECT, EVERY SINGLE THING your lines are so charming and full of character!! and the colours are so gorgeous *0* i love the blue halo haze effect you are SUCH A MASTER ahhh THANK YOU FOR DRAWING THE GENTS!!!!!!!! WE’RE SO HAPPY

[strangestarcomics]

CHOO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, THIS IS THE BEST gosh your inks and colour choices are totally TOP NOTCH, THANK YOU ONE MILLION TIMES FOR DRAWING THE OTP!!! also i'm never gonna be over how sweaty they are, ever, in my life 

[strangestarcomics]

Here are some more sketches from the development work of MSBC! By "development" we mean "drawing these two dorks a whole bunch". It's really hard picking out things that aren't major spoilers, so please enjoy general smushiness.

[strangestarcomics]

Hello~

Due to popular demand, we've made our TAKE 2! zine (which is 34 delicious b&w pages of character designs and development sketches from our upcoming webcomic Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club) available for purchase as a .PDF for $5!!! You can buy it here!

MSBC is a slice of life & romance story about a bunch of voice actors living and working Tokyo~ thank you for your continued support!

♡♡♡ Katie & Toril

[strangestarcomics]

We've been asked a few times about our collaborative process and how we came to know each other, so we thought we'd share two short bio comics from the back of the Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club zine! 

(Katie is the demon, Toril is the triangle)

You can buy a copy of our zine here! Your support helps us make comics and mega travel plans~ thank you!! ❀

[scrotumnose]

COMMISSION #2!!!

this was really fun to make! it is GOMI and KENTA, the main characters of KATIE and TORIL’s comic MAHOU SHOUNEN BREAKFAST CLUB! They are japanese voice actors, so what better situation to put them in than karaoke?!??

K&T are just so awesome, words to describe this badass combination never seem to do any justice! they’re already way badass comickers on their own, and now they’ve teamed up into a crazy talent singularity called STRANGESTAR COMICS! please check it out, you will not be disappointed!!!

P.S. they’re singing LINDA LINDA by the blue hearts, i love that song P.P.S. wu xing high references

INTERESTED IN GETTING A COMMISSION FROM ME??? I GOT LOTSA SLOTS OPEN, INFO HERE!

[strangelykt]

OMGGGGG DAVE I’M STILL YELLING ABOUT THIS, LAST NIGHT I CLOSED MY EYES AND I COULD STILL SEE KENTA’S FACE. You did such an amazing job, you always go 100% with your art and give it your all and the results always speak for themselves!! The colours are AMAZING and I love how you can play with shapes and still have them look totally natural. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

[strangestarcomics]

DAVE I'M ALSO STILL SHOUTING, I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER STOP! everything about this is SO INCREDIBLY SPOT ON!!! thank you again also!!! EVERYONE, PLEASE COMMISSION DAVE, IT WILL MAKE YOU EXTREMELY HAPPY

[strangestarcomics]

The comic will spend a lot of time in Gomi's room and even more in Kenta's flat, so the other day we sat down to solidify their floorplans~ 

Kenta has lived in the same (fixed rent) apartment for ten years and hasn't quite finished unpacking. The only types of books he owns are manga.

Gomi lives with his grandparents and hosts his own midnight radio show. His room is much more civilised, at least in terms of cleanliness.

[strangestarcomics]

i have a question, if you have the time to answer! how does the collaboration process work when you're both doing the art and writing? (which is what i assume is happening, because the promo pictures look like a blend of both your styles). i'm very excited for the comic to come out, good luck to you both! \\\o///

Hello!

We are indeed both doing art and writing, and we're glad the finished product seems like a blend of our two styles! We both trust each other/admire each other's work a lot, so it's really easy for us to basically tag team with both~

For the actual process of writing, we've talked out our ideas over Skype quite a lot - like over months. Just casually building up the characters and story together, sort of like "what if they did this" etc. This gave us a good handle on the characters, and some of the developments we wanted to make with both them and the plot.

Once we decided we really wanted to Write A Comic, we looked at all the plot points we already had figured out, wrote them out into chapter sections and then filled in the blanks! And now that we're writing the actual script, we'll usually chat on Skype while both writing the same Google Drive document. Basically whoever has an idea for the next line will just write it down, and it usually ends up around 50/50 anyway!

We haven't started on art yet, but the zine cover was Katie's pencils and colours, and Toril's inks! We both love each others work so much that in the end, it doesn't really matter who does what, just whatever feels right~

It's really nice being able to share each part of the process equally, and it probably contributes a lot to how much we both enjoy the project! It also means we can encourage each other/help out all the time! Thank you for askin, and thanks for being interested in the comic!! We hope you'll like it!

[strangestarcomics]

I dont know if this was already addressed and I am blind-- uu; I was just wondering about the romance aspects (if any) in the comic, someone said it was bl?? I didnt see anything outright saying it and was just looking for clarification! ty!

Hello! We aim to portray a range of different relationships, but the main focus of the comic will definitely be on Gomi and Kenta and its eventual progression into a romance!

[annaxiin-deactivated20180808]

commission for katie of the characters Gomi and Kenta from katie and toril’s upcoming webcomic Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club!

Thanks so much for the commission, I had so much fun~  ; w ; !

[strangelykt]

ANNA!!! THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! I absolutely love how you drew the trash sons, both their expressions are so perfect and so in character!! (so are their figures, hella kenta dad legs yooooo). the flower details are SO GORGEOUS, and the springtime palette is just amazing, you’re so good with colours and lines and everything!! ;w; thanks so much for drawing them!!

[strangestarcomics]

Ahhh senpais I'm sooo excited for MSBC to come out! Both of you are big inspirations to me and I love your work :) Distinctive, original styles with awesome and often surprising colour choices ahhhh I love it!! Also your internet friendship is super cute haha k sorry to be a big creep uwu just wanted to say your stuff is hella rad

What a sweet message, thanks a ton!! We’re super excited to be working together~! 

♡♥(✿ฺ´∀`✿ฺ)ﾉ 

[yumbles]

strangelykatie commissioned me to draw some cute mahou shounen!! Kenta & Gomi are from her and starlock's new comic and they're perf (ps!!**happy early birthday starlock!!!**)

[strangelykt]

Thank you so so much again for such an absolutely perfect image of our trash pair!! It turned out wonderfully, I’m so charmed by your interpretation and attention to little character details. The colours are just wonderful and I couldn’t be happier! Thank you!

[ena-kim]

A commission of Mahou Shonen Breakfast Club cuties for starlock and strangelykatie !

[strangelykt]

ENA THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!! I absolutely adore your style, it’s so fluid and smooth and natural and comfortable! And the colours are so warm and crisp, it’s such a beautiful atmosphere! There are a million details here that I’m just in awe of, like the holey umbrella and the little bandaid!! I’m so happy, thank you so much!!!

[strangestarcomics]

i was wondering why you used kanji for kenta, but katakana for gomi? (also gomi in katakana means trash...)

There are some things we'd prefer to remain mysterious, but rest assured Katie has a BA in Japanese so all choices are entirely intentional!