Kazumph! |The Making of...

written by Danny (Old Timer)

illustrated by Dione (Sprat)

First colour test drawing of Kazumph!

"Oh! These things are a PEST to make..."

That's how our good friend, Old Timer would describe the making of Kazumph! What a grump! But he always means well and there is some truth to what he says. A lot of work has been achieved in creating their story, a whole lot indeed! Enough to make any-bug grumpy!

I am Danny and I am here to walk you through how Kazumph was made and share with you a few exclusive illustrations along the way!

The Kazumph! team is made up of three key people, all working together to make Old Timer, Sprat and everybody else in their Bedbug world happy enough to make them smile too. I am the lead writer of Kazumph! and my work consists of many different aspects.

Firstly, I am responsible for developing each of the characters you will meet in the story and explore every little thing they like and don't like, Secondly, I created the world they live in, what they see and how they react to the wonderful things our heroes live alongside. And thirdly, it is my job to give them the adventures they all love so much!

That does sound like a lot doesn't it?

"Sounds like an adventure to me!"

Luckily for me, Dione (quite like our Sprat) was definitely up for the job of making what you read, into something you can easily see and imagine too!

Dione is primary illustrator and designer of Kazumph! and her magical power is that she can actually see and draw what you read! Whatever I write, Dione is the person who can make that a fun reality.

Every grumpy look of Old Timer, every excited smile of Sprat, and every colourfully-rendered drawing of their world is painstakingly created from Dione's hand.

Initial bedbug character designs.

"However will all this work out?"

Behind the scenes, and mostly hidden from view is Ayeen, who is our production person. Ayeen is that someone who deals with the other aspects of the Kazumph! story that you can't see.

Ayeen keeps the team focussed during the most challenging of adventures, especially when Old Timer and Sprat (Danny and Dione) start to disagree! Ayeen's job is to keep the team together and make sure our own adventures in creating Kazumph is as rewarding as possible!

Initial ideas for both Old Timer and Sprat.

"And so, young Sprat, our adventure begins!"

The creation of Kazumph! has been an adventure in itself. The story has taken many twists and turns with plenty of planning, rewriting and redesigning along the way.

As a team we were able to create an entire world with both heroes and villains exploring their brand new bugiverse; voyaging and exploring the landscapes around them and also finding out a little bit more about themselves along the way.

Kazumph! is very much a labour of love and every picture you see, and every word you read is dealt with a lot of care and our fullest attention. Kazumph is coming!

And so, we can now finally hand over to Old Timer and Sprat, who are more than willing to tell you their magnificent story, they really can't wait. And let us not forget the enigmatic Rescue Force, he has been seen hiding in the pages of this website, so I am told!

#HOWHOWHOW ABABABOUTTT M-MEMEME?!#

Wait! Did you hear that? I could have sworn I heard something...