Have you ever felt like you don't quite belong?
Muun knows that feeling. He's an alien living as a human, caught between Earth and the hidden world of Planet Perfect. Come explore his world and join him as he tries to find a place he can call home.
An invisible twin planet. The beings who call it home. An Earth reimagined.
Planet Perfect
Earth has an unseen twin. Planet Perfect is the home of the Muumbra: a world of floating islands and unfamiliar landscapes, built around an idea of perfection. The planet's name originated from the entities that created it. Earth was supposed to be perfect when the divine energies were sent in the direction of Earth, but this created a whole new perfect world.
This world is invisible to Earth and has no oxygen.
Meet the Muumbra
The Muumbra are blue beings from Planet Perfect whose existence humanity cannot detect. They do not need to eat, sleep or feel sensations in order to survive. They can shape-shift and fly at rocket speeds around Planet Perfect. They are able to travel to Earth via a portal which converts them to be humans. Eating the fruit of humanity allows them to be fully human.
Through Muun, born into a human life, the story asks what happens when you belong to two worlds and feel at home in neither.
Earth, reimagined
HOME’s Earth is an alternate version of our own, with places such as The New Africa and Blanch. Its imagined geography offers another way to explore identity, division and belonging.
I added two additional countries so that the HOME universe remains a place that does not critisize real countries. The New Africa is a play on how the African continent now has two new countries, hence its new.
FROM TAKUDZWA THULANI
I first came up with HOME when I was in Los Angeles. I was feeling like I couldn't belong anywhere, and I started asking myself: where is a place I can truly call home?
I grew up as an immigrant. The country I grew up in doesn't quite feel like home. But when I go back to the country I was born in, I still don't feel like I belong. So where do I fit in? Where do I truly belong in the world?
I also kept wondering why humans constantly fight with each other. Why do we go to war? Why is there racism, hatred and violence? Why can't we all just get along?
Those questions became what is now the HOME universe. Through Muun, an alien living as a human, I get to explore what it feels like to be caught between worlds and search for somewhere to belong.
There's so much more I want to unpack. For now, I hope you find a little of yourself in his story.
Right now, you can jump into HOME through the comics. I'm also making a live-action short film that brings part of this world to the screen.
And I don't want the adventure to stop there. In the future, I want to explore HOME through animation and interactive experiences, so you can discover this universe in new ways.
For now, come meet Muun and see where his story takes you.
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