This week I’d like to highlight my contributions to 2010′s Mid-Missouri Comics Anthology. This book collected comics made by various local cartoonists and we sold copies at Rock Bottom Comics. I drew four short comics of side-stories in the style of what one would find in such publications as Giant Superman Annual. The book was printed in black and white but I actually did two of the comics in color.
Also included is the introduction that was left out of the final book. Enjoy!
Oh yeah, the away team was being attacked by giant gorillas. All arguments are thus rendered invalid.
The comics section of my site has been improved and I think it all works! Aside from the more modern layout that looks more like the blog than the old site, there are also new and newish comics that make their internet debut! Today I’d like to highlight Keeley: 24 Hour Comic Character Extraordinaire.
I did this in 2010 as part of the official 24 Hour Comics Day, the last one we had at what is now the Root Cellar in Columbia. The idea was for each hourly page to reflect an hour in a day of Keeley’s life. Starting at the start time of the event, I was supposed to keep pace and draw in that hour the same hour as in the comic. I actually went ahead of schedule and got around six hours ahead so I could take a nap at around 5:00AM in my car. Still, I got a full day’s worth of comics drawn and I think it is a neat story revolving around Keeley’s dual lives. Enjoy!
If you want more, you can poke around the comics section and look for the other new(ish) stuff that is now there.
The comics section may be malfunctioning as I transition to the new pages. I’ll let you know when everything seems to be in place and working.
Update: I’m guardedly optimistic that the comics section is working properly. Give the link a click in the header!
8:13
While my coworkers have taken today off to start their Christmas weekend plans, my vacation doesn’t start until tomorrow. Therefore, I’m the only person on the third floor of the School of Nursing today! I’ll be liveblogging my work day as I’m sure it’ll be very exciting.
As I came into the building I found that the stairwell door to the third floor was locked. I went back to the second floor and got in the elevator instead. The elevator took me to my floor and I noticed that the door from the medical school was open. So why lock the stairwell door? Oh well. I’m just glad I could get to my office.
8:33
I panicked when I couldn’t get into the fourth floor coffee room but I found coffee in the second floor copy room. I’m also going full speakers today. No earbuds for me!
10:29
I found one article that references another article we could use, that references another three articles. This is getting complicated. A little while ago, someone who works on this floor walked by but I haven’t seen her since. Someone from the second floor was here as well.
10:55
I saw someone I didn’t know in the student lounge. She was watching the same slideshow that has been on the TV there since I started this job. I’m afraid that if I describe this person to one of my coworkers, they’ll say “Why that person died five years ago!”
12:10
Let’s see what the cafeteria has for lunch!
1:12
Their special was ham so I just got the usual pre-fab hamburger, onion rings, and a soup. Their soup was a super thick wild rice and chicken stew. I forgot to get a spoon so I ate it with a plastic knife I found in the lounge.
Later
As it turned out, the rest of the work day was uneventful. I got a lot done, took a few walks around the deserted floor, and left for home, ready for my flight to San Diego!
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