Koyama exclusive: Don’t Come In Here imagines a surreal alternate Springfield
The title of Patrick Kyle’s new Koyama graphic novel Don’t Come In Here is a warning, and some readers may feel alienated once they enter the abstract world Kyle creates on the page. Following a nameless tenant over the course of their lease in a new apartment, the book offers a bold perspective on the domestic experience, one primarily driven by surreal visuals that reinterpret the familiar in strange new ways. The narrative presented by the text is relatively sparse, but the visuals tell a story about one person’s struggle with anxiety and loneliness in their own home, emotions that are evoked by the shapes and patterns of Kyle’s art.