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A blue and white illustration of various western-themed doodles across two pages. Elements include a cowboy, a revolver, a cactus, and the phrases “Frontier”, “The Promise Land” and “This land is your land”.

Future king of the comic world Kyle Platts showcases his terrifically puerile imagination

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Date
19 June 2012

It’s hard to sum up things that are as good as Kyle Platt’s creations, but I suppose if I were to explain his work to someone who had recently gone blind, I’d probably say something along the lines of “Imagine what Bart Simpson would draw if he was real and incredibly good at illustration.” Yep, bogeys, sweat, sludge, teeth, spots, toes – this is the stuff that dreams are made of, especially in the comic and zine world, in which Kyle seems to be a pretty high-flier. Pick up his meticulously detailed, disgusting and beautiful prints at illustration fairs across the country, nay the world, but remember to get him to sign it – it’ll be worth a lot of money one day.

An illustration of a surreal concert where a yellow egg-shaped figure and a blue walrus both play electric guitars on stage. Speech bubbles above them read “I am the Eggman” and “I am the Walrus”. Below the stage, a crowd of colourful, distorted figures watches. One person leans over a railing with a speech bubble that reads “It will never catch on”, while another says “I think they’re great”.
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Kyle Platts: Personal Work

A black and white illustration of three bearded figures in a surreal, patterned landscape. One figure holds a chainsaw, another brandishes a sword, and a third wears a police helmet.
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Kyle Platts: Personal Work

A comic strip illustration in pink and blue tones. Five panels show a person picking their nose and teeth, ending with two people touching fingers.
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Kyle Platts: Personal Work

An illustration of various hand-drawn arrows in dark blue on a light blue background. The arrows vary in style, including 3D forms, dotted lines, and patterned fills.
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Kyle Platts: Personal Work

A black and white illustration of a laboratory where two figures lie on slabs, connected to machines by wires. A person with a high pompadour hairstyle stands over one figure, watching a monitor that shows a jagged waveform. In the foreground, a second figure with a crown of thorns holds a sword over a creature with a large, open mouth.
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Kyle Platts: Personal Work

An illustration of a person with blonde hair and a wide smile, wearing a black T-shirt. They hold several yellow blocks and cylinders in their arms, with a speech bubble reading “FLIPPIN’ECK I’M PROPER NORMAL ME...”.
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Kyle Platts: Personal Work

A black and white illustration of a surreal, chunky vehicle composed of intricate patterns and geometric shapes. The car is adorned with various circular elements, pipes and a large speaker system mounted on the back.
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Kyle Platts: The Believer

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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