‘Strange Planet’ Creator Nathan Pyle Drew From ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Muppet Babies’ to Adapt Webcomic for TV
variety.comSophia Scorziello editor Existence is absurd. At least, that’s what Nathan W. Pyle believes. Birthed out of his very cute and very literal comics, Pyle’s upcoming Apple TV + series “Strange Planet” dares to grapple with the oddity that is life and how we all manage to get through it.
Since the start of 2019, Pyle has been drawing the webcomic series under the same name. Little alien-like characters he called the Beings lived in shades of pink, blue and purple, trying — in a very matter-of-fact way — to process emotions and the difficult stages of life we all go through.
Pyle traded words like alcohol or food for “mild poisoning” and “sustenance,” or hug for “limb enclosure.” In just four little squares, Pyle was able to poke fun at the strangeness of human life by rewiring the way people think about language.
In a little over four years, he amassed 6.5 million followers on his “Strange Planet” Instagram page, and turned his comic IP into books, merchandise and, now, a 10-episode series set to premiere on August 9.
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