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[stereotypist]

so! you want to take part in hourly comic day! AWESOME

nitty-gritty:

beginning the hour it becomes february first, in your time zone, you will make a journal comic describing your past hour, for every hour that you are awake. no one wants to read about you sleeping!

SO let's say that you are awake at 7:37am. make a comic before 8am! and when you have done that, you will need to make another comic some time before 9am!

you will do this every hour until it becomes february 2nd! (midnight!) OR until you go to bed and stay asleep past midnight.

the internet part:

any time afterwards, but hopefully within the next day or so (or maybe right at midnight), scan all the comics you made, and crop/resize them so they fit comfortably in a browser. 600 pixels for the width or height is probably the absolute largest they should be. 400 pixels square is a pretty good size.

you'll then need to upload the pictures somewhere so that other people can see them. if you don't have a server, i know photobucket is a pretty reliable image host.

THEN, and pay careful attention here, post your day's comics in a new thread, in this forum. because there might be a decent number of people doing this, i'm going to ask that you adhere to a little format! post only your comics, in order, in this new thread. make the subject as follows:

[hc] name, location

so when i post my comics, the subject of the new thread that i create will look like:

[hc] john campbell, chicago, illinois

this helps us know what time zone you're in and such!

more general things:

this isn't a competition at all! it's actually not impossibly difficult to make a comic every hour. perhaps you'll find it startlingly easy! if you want a challenge, you may have to challenge yourself to make the comics more visually complex. some of you may have the opposite problem of spending too much time on each comic. simplify! make it minimal enough to leave you time to do something during the day.

buy a little book or something to carry around with you. i personally use index cards that are spiral-bound. they are small, sturdy, and tear out for easy scanning. they work okay!

you may want to do a little test run to see if you live a life such that you can stop and comic once an hour. this is especially true for people who go to school or have jobs. please don't get fired or kicked out of class or what have you.

if you need any more clarification, go ahead and ask!

[Jamie Dee Galey]

I will win this so damn fast, James Campbell!
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[stereotypist]

that's the spirit, james dee!

[deantrippe]

Seriously, I'm definitely going to win. It's about how many times you can draw yourself at a computer or listening to headphones, right? THATS ALL I DO SUCKAS!
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[Jamie Dee Galey]

You forgot "hand on mouse" Dean Trippe.
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[MatthewH]

Careful guys, I wouldn't want you to have any "accidents" before the big day...Maybe its best for all involved if you take a fall in the 9th.

[jasonturner]

[iwanttotouchjohncampbell]

so, every person starts an entirely new thread just for his or her comics?

which category in the forum, or does it matter, or stuff

[stereotypist]

yes, everyone will post a separate thread in this, the hourly comic forum. that way there's one place to go for all of them, and people can leave comments if they want to.

*touch*

[Bezman]

Yo, I came online to see what the crack was re: Feb 1st.

Is the 'no one wants to read about you sleeping!' a dig at me? That seems kinda mean...

2 things I notice re: rules.

1 - if someone wakes up at say, 11:59 and 50 seconds (or even just 7:59 or whatever) they might not be able to wake up and make a comic in that one minute, so will lose.

2 - if someone has a nap or falls asleep on the train or whatever, what happens then?

Other thing - I think it is actually kinda hard. I keep forgetting and I messed up a few days. Not yet managed a solid week. But I promised myself I wouldn't miss another deadline.

I actually think it's an amazing feat that you've remembered each hour for so long, keeping it on your mind and not being distracted by other stuff.

But yeah, it'll be interesting to see everyone else's stuff at some point in the future.

Stay funky,
- Bez

[stereotypist]

[deantrippe]

[jasonturner]

[deantrippe]

[NMcCoy]

This sounds like a lot of fun. I have essentially zero skill at drawing (I know everyone says that, but I mean it), and can't find any black pens in my apartment, so I guess I'll be doing sort of a mixed-media stick-figure mishmash. With no rehearsal, it'll be an interesting experience.

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[Bezman]

[Jared]

Must...stop trolling Hourly comic forum for new updates and entries....
I've had so little sleep, but people keep posting new, interesting, and awesome hourly comics. God damn you all!
-jared
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