Sunday, April 25, 2004
April 24: 24-Hour Comics/NFL Draft Day.
Here's my diary of April 24, 2004, as I concentrated on two things: my 24-hour comic and the 2004 NFL draft:
1:21 a.m. While watching Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai take on American Bobby Flay in "Iron Chef America," I started laying out the first few pages. Just sketched out the panels, nothing big.
1:35 a.m. I finished panel layouts for pages 1 and 2 and sketched out page 1. My eyes are too tired to continue, especially with the Flay-Sakai battle heating up. Elapsed time on comic: 14 minutes.
1:46 a.m. Has Alton Brown grown out his hair since "Good Eats?" Has he gotten some Botox injections? These are the things I wonder.
1:59 a.m. Bobby Flay wins! Then Flay calls Sakai the "Babe Ruth of Iron Chefs." It can't get any worse.
8:01 a.m. I can barely see the numbers on the clock, but somehow I'm awake enough to start up on my comic again.
8:30 a.m. I'm on page 2 and I'm feeling the pressure. How am I supposed to get 24 pages worth of comic?
9:10 a.m. I've got the first page done. Woot! Even so, it took me nearly an hour and a half, and the first page is pretty barren, being the lead-in. Part of page 2 is completed also. Elapsed time: 1:23.
9:49 a.m. At just over two hours passed, I'm done completely with two pages. Elapsed time: 2:02. It's at this point that I figure I'll complete my comic in 24 non-continuous hours. Break time.
11 a.m. The 69th annual NFL draft begins. Now I only have to wait another four hours before the Green Bay Packers pick at 25th overall.
11:04 a.m. First Pat Tillman reference. Over/under is 13 for the first hour.
11:30 a.m. Completed first four pages nearly. Elapsed time: 2:32.
12:30 p.m. Michael Irvin knocks Texas wide receiver Roy Williams for staying in school. I knew this would be fun.
2:28 p.m. Started working on my comic again after watching way too much NFL draft and eating lunch.
2:46 p.m. Added some darker tones to the first four pages. Elapsed time: 2:50.
3:14 p.m. Watching Michael Irvin and Ron Jaworski battle over the merits of starting QB Carson Palmer in his second year is hysterical. This is the highlight of the draft so far, Eli Manning be dammed.
3:28 p.m. Packers select Ahmad Carroll, a cornerback from Arkansas. The past half-hour made me nervous wondering what the Pack was going to do.
4:37 p.m. Round Two begins. I also realize I will probably not complete more than my current four pages of comic. Oh, well. One-sixth isn't too bad.
6:39 p.m. Packers are on the clock.
6:41 p.m. Maybe they'll just trade down.
7:25 p.m. Round Three begins. I'm still waiting for Green Bay's second pick.
7:44 p.m. Packers select cornerback Joey Thomas from Montana State. At least McKenzie's days are numbered.
8:50 p.m. The Packers moved back into the third just to select a punter? I'm officially worried about this next season.
I only completed 4 of 24 pages. Even though I wasn't successful in this endeavor, it did get me motivated to complete some other comic ideas I've had in my mind for a while. And even though I did technically quit, I'm happy with the part I did finish and happy that I was able to generate my interest in doing something similar again.
10:14:00 PM
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