The Pitch: It's like A Beautiful Mind meets Ghost World!  

THE PULSE: Who are some of your creative influences in comics?
KOCHALKA: The biggest influence on me was probably the minicomics movement from the mid '90s. Guys like David Lasky and Tom Hart and John Porcellino were quite inspiring. Of course, if we go back to my childhood, the big creative influences on me would be Peanuts, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Li'l Abner, Krazy Kat and stuff like that. Oh, and the Moonintroll books. Then when I got older, Maus was an inspiration, as was Eightball.