faerber and kuranel were introduced by their mutual friend yildiray cinar, who had worked with faerber on the comic "noble causes". despite speaking different languages, they had no trouble communicating. faerber made the decision to print the book in black and white, partly because "not having a colorist is one less mouth to feed." kuranel was happy with this decision, as "black and white is the most impressive form in comics for [him]."