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Hey folks! Remember the last time when I posted a journal about my essays of Derideal? Well,Good News! I got a chance to interview with some Comic talents,One of them is Chilean Comic Book Artist Andres "Kiaun" Barra,and I'm using DM on Bluesky to make a interview out of it.....So let's begin! When was the date and time for you when it created Derideal? I'm not sure exactly the day and time, but it was during 2006 when I first created the original 12 page Prelude story. It was one weekend and I made the pages in a notepad at morning before starting the day, so it was probably during summer vacations. I wanted to make a comic back then and tried many times with planning, but Derideal was made just quickly made after some dream I had that morning, I didn't originally planned to make such a long story or continue that prelude. What is your biggest inspiration for the story and yourself,if you can list some artist and creator and cartoonists and comic book artist no matter in yours and others. my biggest inspiration for the Derideal story I guess it's the Silent Hill 2 game, robocop and a Dune. The story blend all I liked about those, mystery psychological dread and failure, a dystopian society and biological aspects in sci-fi. I think I got no singular author names to mention, as I mostly remember "works" that I like and I consider big influence, comics I love like the Long Halloween and DC JLA comics from the 2000s and mostly movies like Blade Runner, Robocop and sci-fi books as Dune. I guess that my comic style is strongly influenced by edgiest time of American super hero comics. Mix and Pixi is so cute and fancy,about them stepping out of the shadows and step up to their incoming spotlight,what would you say so? Mix and Pixi "personal" story was on my mind since a while, because Mix originally wasn't part of the Derideal universe, and her inclusion in my imagination was later on and for some reason, both characters have been shipped together in individual arts since years, and I thought they deserved their own story. Pixi is been part of the Derideal expanded stories in "the void" comic since many years(way before Mix was created), and she was often mentioned as part of the favorite characters in it by readers (and she's often considered clumsy). Lost Memories comic is also an experiment making a more "fun" story and see how readers like it. I also have more fun drawing in a more simple and spontaneous way. I hope people enjoy the story and canon version of Mix, and also learn more about Pixi's past and hopefully like her some more. In 2019,you started to refresh the story from scratch (at least in notebook),with reboot/remake/refreshed storytelling and even continued from what is left from it,How do you came up with? Derideal was remade because of the old art was upsetting to me. I learned to draw by making a comic every day for years and the art and storytelling was very inconsistent. I also thought it was boring to redraw the same story, so I remade it, that way I felt it was more interesting. It's been 20 years since you started Derideal on a sunny Sunday (I persume),How can you say something to all of us? (But that ain't the last question I can ask) making anything you dream of to make will take lots of time and hard work. Begin now and Just never stop until you're done. We're never ready to "begin ' and nothing we do for that first time is gonna be perfect. Making anything to me feels like carving it out from stone, so it slow and tedious process. Contrast to Derideal,Which is dark and edgy I guess,Lost Memories will be as light and warming story,Will it release to all on I dunno in month or day's before Christmas I guess,and will it be fitting for a mitten? in a way, Lost Memories is an experiment to tell a story in a more fun and light way, but it will have a mystery and nostalgic feeling lurking underneath. it's still a Derideal story, setup in the same universe, so that is important to keep in mind. (which means Lost Memories isn't exactly a warming story only, it might have some fun moments, but still deeply a Derideal tale) If you draw a funny comic,what would it do for Derideal? probably something with Mix and Pixi. But only short stuff. If anyone would love to see your character and your story being animated in a inide animated way like Lackadaisy and Murder Drones,or making a cameo,How can you do to suggest them? I'm not sure if I understand the question. You mean if anyone wants to animate the story? I doubt it will happen and I don't have the resources and "fan" power to make it happen either. Which favorite character you like to draw? Mix is my comfort character, I like to draw her a lot and I do draw her often for myself. She wasn't originally part of any of the comics. Can Mix finally get her socks? (maybe yours) She already has all socks she want. And when you lose a sock it was probably her fault. Sock business is always growing. Your creator sona "Kiaun" is a rabbit,and how do you talk with NOVA (your another rabbit)? Nova is the clan defender of the Exi-clan and its future leader. She must be addressed with respect. Still, I know her favorite topics so it should be easy have a fun conversation. How do you came up with a rabbit as your sona? it's nothing too fancy, my Chinese zodiac is rabbit, and I thought it fit more or less. Anything to say for the future of Derideal universe,any new concepts you been cooking on,and what can you say for all folks down here for those who enjoy all 20 year's of Derideal? (I looking forward for a celebration on these 20 year's of Derideal,excpet get a smaller than bigger) the future for the Derideal comics is the Nova continuation. Nova will be the full series and main comic after this. But there will be a bonus Derideal episode after the ending, an "extended ending" episode. First in Patreon, but then it will be public too.I also hope to make a little voice chat in the Derideal discord, as celebration of Derideal ending. What is your favorite Anime/Cartoons,and maybe Video Game's or movies? (other than Silent Hill and robocop) Battlestar Galactica, the reimagined series is my most favorite show in the universe (and it's the inspiration that got me decide to begin working in Nova in the first place) I also love X-Files I love a lot. My favorite book series is Dune by frank Herbert (at least until book 5) I also love the original Mass effect trilogy. I also love the Baldurs gate rpg game series. What is your favorite song during the making of this comic? (can you list some song that fits these Derideal characters?) www.patreon.com/posts/810338... You can see a list of the songs that inspired me during Derideal Oh,and one more stuff,Introduce Yourself to everybody! (Mostly New here.) I'm Kiaun, an artist from Chile. I love making comics, science fiction, cats and ferrets. You can find my webcomic and all of my art galleries here linktr.ee/derideal Thanks,Kiaun for taking a time with it. Remember to go to derideal.com to support Kiaun and his creations,Oh! and of course,Don't forget to see more Derideal/Xeno Experiments with new episodes of NOVA,as well as New Series "LOST MEMORIES".......See ya.