How this Book came to be

I actually bought a bottle of ink that was far too large by accident. When I unpacked the one-liter bottle of Lefranc Bourgeois ink, I remember thinking there was no way I would ever draw enough to use it all. It’s still not empty, but I’m getting close, and there’s not much left now.

I started drawing the first astronauts about a year ago. I never imagined that, within just twelve months, I would create so many more. But I genuinely enjoyed it. Once my initial doubts disappeared, I found myself in a kind of creative flow.

For a long time, I wondered whether I should move so far away from the familiar characters of the KPLX universe. In the end, I asked myself, why not? It felt right from the very beginning. Besides, I had a perfectly good excuse—I somehow had to use up all that ink.

There was another reason as well. Over the past few years, I’ve found myself wanting more distance from the constant stream of news, feeds, and notifications. Don’t get me wrong—I care deeply about what’s happening in the world. I’m interested in politics, I read the news regularly, and I want to stay informed.

But the internet has increasingly become a place where opinions are shouted before they’re fully thought through, simply because outrage attracts attention. Stepping away from that world has become a welcome change of pace for me.

That’s what this book is about. A collection of drawings that take place far away from Earth, offering a little room to breathe. As an analog medium, a book is the perfect place for that journey.

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