Surviving 24-Hour Comic Day

168 hours since I started penciling out a not-so-well thought out project for 24-Hour Comic Day. Surrounded by a lot of young enthusiast with fancy pens, t-squares and 'BIG' ideas, once again feelings of being inadequate began to creep into the process. But when you set out to do a half-ass job from the beginning, there's not much that can stop you from 'finishing'.

Here's a little background information.

Rule #1 - 24-hours to write, pencil, ink, and shade (optional) 24 pages.

Reality - Loaded up on pizza, coffee, and red bull (otherwise known as 'the sauce') you can do anything... until your heart gives out.

Rule #2 - You can sketch out some ideas before the event begins (October 18th @ noon), but you can't go as far as writing out a whole script and penciling the thumbnails.

Reality - This rule seemed to have been interpreted very liberally. Like a poorly proctored test, I saw dudes pull out piles of thumbnails. One guy even decided to do a 'remake' of an other person's work already in print. To be fair there were some who stuck completely to this rule and worked well into the night painstakingly writing out every detail.

Rule #3 - You don't have to gather together in one spot on this day to do the challenge.

Reality - I don't know who would go about doing this by themselves. Plus, with the prospect of free pizza and caffeine, I couldn't pass that up.


Rule #4 - If you finish within the time limit good for you. If you don't, then you can finish at your own leisure. You work would then be labeled a 'spectacular failure'.

Reality - I discovered that if you eliminate certain elements widely believed to be staples in a comic (i.e. backgrounds, shading, and a story), then you can easily finish w/in the 24-hour time limit. I actually finished with eight hours to spare. History will probably go ahead and label mine a 'mediocre success'.

I haven't gotten around to scanning in the comic, but when I do I'll post it on ayellowworld.com.
Until then you can find other submissions at 24-Hour Comic Day Blog.