Good morning, actual proper good morning when people are starting to get up, not just the early morning which is actually just very late at night.
As our exhibition opens later today and someone has to make sure it's all ready and sit there looking amenable all day we decided that those of us that aren't drawing would have a break at some point to get some sleep, or fresh air, maybe have a bit of a cry. I drew the long straw and got to go home for all of about four and a half hours sleep. I just got back over an hour ago, feeling reletively fresh faced and excited to see what I'd missed.
I'm absolutely stoked* that we've ended up with such great quality comics. It's also mind blowing how everyone has interpreted the Dick Williams character.
When I arrived everyone seemed quite bleary, but generally upbeat, if slightly manic - although it's that's mostly Tom. That's the result of drinking a lot of Kick I suppose.
Jake Rowlinson finished his 24 pages before I arrived, at about quarter to seven. That's 24 pages in an astounding 19 hours. He's like a comic making machine. When I arrived he was having a well earnt nap on the couch, despite the near-constant sound of out scanner.
Jack Teagle was only slightly behind, finishing at 6.30am, completing it in a nicely rounded twenty hours.
Both Jake and Jack studied aty illustration under Tom Barwick, who is taking the challenge on his own today. It's like Tom's training his own army of super efficiant illustrators. Or formulating a human comic factory - there's got to be something untoward and Marvel super villain like going on, how else can we explain it?
Following hot on their tails was Robert Fresson, who finished a few minutes ago at 7.00am. That's twenty hours and thirty minutes of solid drawing board and curves action. That really does take stamina.
It looks like a couple of people might not finish. We're okay with that though, part of challenging yourself is finding a way to work the system around how you usually work - and sometimes it takes a few hours to find a groove. Those hours can be precious when you've only got 24 of them.
What I'm saying is, we're not cracking the whip here, it's meant to be fun, kay?
Hopefully we'll get the finished comics in the next week or so. or maybe some will just end on page 17 with an almighty cliffhanger that will bug us for ages.
Anyway, I'm going to upload some of these comic pages now, we've got a bit of a back log.
Breaking News: Jack Teagle just gave me some awesome books he's published. I am pleased as punch. They're amazing, you should totally buy some - they're available on the internet somewhere.
By the way, my camera has run out of battery - someone left it on.... ahem. So that's why instead of some fun pictures you've just had me typing for ages. We're resorting to the camera phone - prepare for some pixels....
*only at 7am, after working for 12 hours and only 4 1/2hrs sleep is it acceptable to use the word 'stoked'
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