In a world where there are endless stresses, criticisms, pressures and fractured factions of opinions there is a genuine need for individuals and communities who can build resilience to stereotypes and criticism together through humor. This is the heart behind this series of characters who reflect different communities that together form the, "absurdity of what it is to be human". 

This general approach and philosophy was best summarized by John Cleese in his book by this same name "So Anyway" when he said, 

“A good sense of humour is the sign of a healthy perspective, which is why people who are uncomfortable around humour are either pompous (inflated) or neurotic (oversensitive). Pompous people mistrust humour because at some level they know their self-importance cannot survive very long in such an atmosphere, so they criticise it as “negative” or “subversive.” Neurotics, sensing that humour is always ultimately critical, view it as therefore unkind and destructive, a reductio ad absurdum which leads to political correctness. Not that laughter can’t be unkind and destructive. Like most manifestations of human behaviour it ranges from the loving to the hateful. The latter produces nasty racial jokes and savage teasing; the former, warm and affectionate banter, and the kind of inclusive humour that says, “Isn’t the human condition absurd, but we’re all in the same boat.”

― John Cleese, So Anyway 

In the coming year, in this spirit, there will be multiple creatures made and stories told in a sense of jest and good spirit. These will be based on the experiences and perspectives of some of us who live the labels and don't care how others define us by them.

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