Alex Heberling

Yet another 24HC blog post.  By the time December rolls around, I’ll be sick of them, I bet.

Tomorrow, October 18th, is 24 Hour Comics Day.  I’ll be attempting another go at it, but this plan is to do it all within the 18th– that is, midnight to midnight.  I’ll be sleeping the evening away to prepare for another marathon.  Hopefully the physical strain wont be as bad this time, since I’ll be making a conscious effort to prevent repetitive motion injuries.  My hand wraps will be close by regardless.

I originally wanted to do this attempt with a group, and I had several friends and acquaintances interested in gathering somewhere, but when it came down to it, I was afraid that the effort needed to organize a hosting party would result in me being unable to actually make a comic.  After going through one attempt on my own, and realizing the work involved in just doing a comic, it didn’t seem feasible to get it all together, especially since I ran out of time to do so rather quickly, due to the nonstop busyness that invaded my life starting September 24th.

On a related note, I’ve been so damned busy with school that the thought of trying to maintain even Garanos right now seems really crazy to me.  I’m really glad I decided to put it on hold.  I’m thinking that when I do continue with Gara next month, I will announce an irregular update schedule until school is over.

I plan on doing the video documentation a bit different this time around, as well.  I felt like I was saying “Okay..” and “So…” way too much even when I was just filming, so I’ll try to be a little more eloquent and ditch the filler words.  And at the suggestion of my peers, who critiqued Pariah last week, I’ll try to get more footage of myself actually drawing somewhere in there.  I did get footage like that last time, but in the interest of getting the video done ASAP, and YouTube’s dumb 10-minute rule, I didn’t include them.

When it comes to inking, all I have to say is that I hate drawing things twice.  It was even worse with Pariah because I disliked how much of the character of the original sketches got lost when it was inked; this is a complaint I’ve had about inking for years.  I think I’m going to go with a something a little less polished, something in pencil and colored pencil, perhaps.

And I’d like to potentially do a comedy this time.  I’ve been doing serious comics for… how long now?  Over two years.  I do believe something jigworthy and fun is in order.  I need more of that in my life.