Mike Norton's 24 Hour Comic: The Curse
34 Posted on Oct 5, 2009 in articles by Josh Flanagan |
If you're not familiar with 24 Hour Comic Day, you take some stalwart comic creators, give them 24 hours to create, write, draw, ink, and letter a 24 page comic, from scratch. Comic shops held events all around the county (maybe even the world), where creators pro and amateur alike, toil to stay awake and finish the challenge.
I've got to say, if you're doing this, you must friggin' love making comics. I mean, maybe 10 years or so ago, I could make it 24 hours, just doing nothing, but to voluntarily risk those cramps, just for the sake of personal completion, is something special.
In that vein, our friend Mike Norton, both a DC exclusive artist and pug owner, took up the challenge on October 3. Here's a guy who's probably got more legitimate comic book work than he can handle, and decided to do it anyway. That's how you know a guy just loves making comics. Then again, by about hour 22 or 23, he might have been questioning that decision.
Mike posted his finished comic, "The Curse" and I was damned impressed. It's a fun concept, and even under the gun, Mike delivered some great, professional quality pages.
And what do this mean for you? Free comic story on a Monday morning!
Comments
awesome. 24 hours? WOW. The art is great.
Posted by twooldridge on 10/05/09 at 09:15 AM
were-pirate = genius
Posted by cutty on 10/05/09 at 09:19 AM
One from Emi Lennox <a href="http://gennyfaith.blogspot.com">http://gennyfaith.blogspot.com</a>
(please work link)
Posted by deadspace on 10/05/09 at 09:20 AM
A few years ago Ryan Ottley did this as well and did a stand alone issue called Death Grub. Image actually released it and I picked it up at my LCS. I loved it. Great Ottley art and just a fun story. He actually ended up putting the "Death Grub" in an issue of Invincible shortly afterwards.
I'll make sure to read Norton's comic as soon as I get into the office later this morning. :-)
Posted by drakedangerz on 10/05/09 at 09:22 AM
Yeah the art was great, but 24-hours isn't enough to write a comic.
Posted by muddi900 on 10/05/09 at 09:31 AM
James Stowe - http://jamesstowe.blogspot.com/
Posted by deadspace on 10/05/09 at 09:38 AM
Don't lie. You only liked it for the bulldog.
Posted by OnASunday on 10/05/09 at 09:52 AM
It's a pug. Completely different than a bulldog.
Posted by josh on 10/05/09 at 09:52 AM
that pug's eyes are huge!
loved that little comic.
Posted by Bryce31 on 10/05/09 at 10:13 AM
@josh well, they're basically the same thing... /sarcasm
Posted by OnASunday on 10/05/09 at 10:55 AM
oh you have to highlight it first. ok:
Posted by deadspace on 10/05/09 at 10:56 AM
Did he ink and grey wash this himself too? That seems like alot of work for 24 pages.
This was funny and paced perfectly throughout. Excellent 1 shot comic.
Posted by KickAss on 10/05/09 at 01:04 PM
That was great! Is that supposed to be Ninja?
Posted by MikeFarley on 10/05/09 at 01:19 PM
I love 24 hour comic day. I've been doing it the last two years and even though I'm not an artist in any sense of the word, I enjoy the challege. Watching the despersation of the other people in the Comic shop around 5 am, only to look at your own page count and remember that you have no idea how the hell your going to end your story. Fantastic stuff. worth the sore neck and fingers.
Plus, I get to see some of the local artists sweet work.
Posted by thisisegan on 10/05/09 at 01:45 PM
considering the time frame, it was decent. art=good, writing=meh
Posted by vadamowens on 10/05/09 at 02:21 PM
I really enjoyed the concept, the jokes and the art. I wasn't a fan of the excessive swearing. Normally swearing doens't bother me, but it was the rhythm and usage. Some of it just felt unnatural and forced. Maybe that's just me. Loved the comic. That's just my small nitpick.
Posted by Anson17 on 10/05/09 at 02:59 PM
Starring Ron?
Posted by schark on 10/05/09 at 04:21 PM
I really wanted to do the 24hr comic at the local comic shop in DeKlab but it was my sisters birthday the next day and we were doing stuff from early on..... maybe I just do it myself when I get home and see what happens :)
Posted by LukeB on 10/05/09 at 04:31 PM
Also, Mike's comic is pretty freakin' sweet, all this is 24hrs.... DAMN!
Posted by LukeB on 10/05/09 at 04:31 PM
That was damn good. Mr. Norton sould do an OGN like very very very soon.
Posted by WinTheWonderboy on 10/05/09 at 04:43 PM
Amazing, amazing work done in a very short period of time. The dog killed me!
Posted by braincloud on 10/05/09 at 05:36 PM
My brother and I ended up partaking in the competition again this year.
We were more prepared this year and paced ourselves, unlike last year.
I should get the master pages back soon. (Although Mike Norton's lettering is far superior than what we did.)
But it was fun, and we both got done in 18 hours.
Posted by viewaskew117 on 10/05/09 at 06:47 PM
And to add, Norton's is stunning, even after participating in the event. He out shined every project I saw.
Posted by viewaskew117 on 10/05/09 at 06:52 PM
My new catchphrse:
AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR BITCHES!!!!
Mike Rocks.
Posted by RobAbsten on 10/05/09 at 07:46 PM
A+
Posted by PymSlap on 10/05/09 at 09:03 PM
That was awesome. Thanks for sharing with the world Mike and Josh.
Posted by Neb on 10/05/09 at 09:22 PM
Can't believe that thing was put together in 24 hours. That looked great. And it was funny to boot!
Posted by JeffR on 10/05/09 at 10:56 PM
Really impressive and I enjoyed the looseness of the art. Did he do this on his Modbook? Must've to get the lettering and panels like that. Really sweet.
Posted by Tad on 10/06/09 at 12:07 AM
I think it's definitely digital.
Posted by josh on 10/06/09 at 12:15 AM
Favorite line: "One trip to the park with you and I'll be knee-deep in the booty".
Posted by IroncladMerc on 10/06/09 at 05:23 PM
Thanks for this.
Im home ill with the flu, but this made me feel a little better. Funny stuff and really impressive considering the 24 hour deal.
Posted by JamesH on 10/05/09 at 09:09 AM