 We were excited since Nikki has always drawn such remarkably expressive characters to make completely invented animals Not even animals really just freaks We had this idea that we could embrace the title of freak as it is such a nonspecific title The word means anything really unusual or unexpected But it is bandied by bullies around the world to diminish anyone they deem to be weird This derisive blanket term taken at its actual definition is a fantastic set of constraints for a design project We wear the title of freak as I have come to wear the title queer with pride and Assign its literal meaning to ourselves and to the objects we wish to create Unexpected abnormally shaped surprising out of the blue To us these terms all sound pretty cool We want to make beautiful freaks we christen the series a freaks