I’ve known about 24-hour comic day since the late 90’s, but I unfortunately just starting doing it two years ago. 2016 and 2017 were such a good experiences that I’ve been looking forward to this all year. Yeah it was that fun.
So in 2016 I used Manga Studio primarily and then in 2017 I went back to Photoshop with some new fancy brushes, and well…. this year I went back to Manga studio. I think I chose it primarily for the textures and zipatones that I wanted to use, which felt like it was easier to use in Manga Studio. Perhaps if this was color I would use Photoshop.
I keep saying that I will one year do it all traditional, but I’ve yet to do it that way. I might though, because I do love playing with inks and brushes and that would be fun.
Overall it was another great time working and being creative. This year I I started at 8:00am and finished around 7:00am, so I had an extra hour to go back and clean up a little, still there are some very rough pages, but that’s the way this experiment goes. I listened to music all 24 hours, mostly my vinyl, everything from Michael Jackson, Doobie Brothers, tons of Beatles, Parliament, Hamilton, 3 Girl Talk albums, Radiohead, the list goes on.
Click here to Download 2016 comic: Soy Chicano
Click here to Download 2017 comic: 5th Grade
Okay, without further delay, enjoy the comic My Name Is Sadie, made from start to finish in 24 hours in all its raw and unedited/corrected form!
To Download the 24-page comic: My Name Is Sadie
Or just read it here!
Andres Salazar is the author of the horror western comics www.pariahmissouri.com
They can also be found at your local comic book store, Comixology and Amazon.