Rucho

The Katzen Klavier

Added 2021-04-06 09:02:54 +0000 UTC

Now that we're 10 pages already into the comic I think it's time to start talking a bit more about the lore.

This is the facade of Raph's nightclub of choice the one and only "Katzen Klavier" this means "cat piano". the cat piano was an infamous instrument which consisted on a huge organ-like gadget containing one caged cat for each key on the keyboard and each key would pull a nail piercing a cat's tail forcing a note from the poor creature.

Part of the inspiration was "The cat piano" a short animated film by The People's Republic of Animation, directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson. (link to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj4RBmU-PIo )

So... why choose that name? well... in the world of "Love and other lies" this nightclub is known to be a gay hookup place where men from all around the city would go in search of an easy way to get laid, though in the case of our protagonist Raphael is a place of pleasure and pain, he has a lot of memories tied to the establishment and it's people and also most of his story is related to them. so the name itself is intended to be ironic, a way to suggest how much pain and trouble has happened inside it's walls but also how Raph is trapped here, singing his own blues, cause in the end he's nothing more than a cat victim of the katzenklavier.

*note*
this is a drawing from 2018, the original idea for this comicbook dates back to 2017, yet, I wasn't able to start this proyect till november of the last year, it's been a while but I'm just so happy that you guys like my work so much, the next "behind the scenes" are from back then, where I was just exploring the characters and cooking up the ideas.
if you're still reading thank you very very much for all the support, you are the reason why I can do what I love <3