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tag-autobio-comics tag-caregiving tag-comic tag-crying tag-dad tag-family tag-greyscale tag-grief tag-hcd tag-hcd-2022 tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2022 tag-hourly-comics tag-neighbor-cat tag-ojai-2"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" > <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2022/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2022</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Hourly Comic Day is an annual tradition in the comics community where folks set out to draw a panel (or two, or three) for every hour they’re awake on February 1st. </p> <p>It took me a couple weeks to get through finishing my pages from this year because it was a) hard to fit in inking and watercoloring and posting around caregiving, but also b) just <em>exhausting</em> to deal with emotionally. Still: I’m so glad I did it. In <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2021/" target="_blank">2021</a> I was right on the cusp of uprooting my life in Portland to move down to Ojai and look after my dad. Now I get to have a record of what the rhythm of these days has been like, and I’m sure I’m going to appreciate it more and more as time goes on.</p> <p>There’s more to say but I’ve been formatting and posting these pages in various ways all day as I spread them across my internet haunts and I am <em>wiped</em>, so I’ll just get on with sharing them. If you’re finding this through an RSS reader, be warned that the gallery won’t work! Ya gotta click through to read it easily. (Also! An accessible edition with panel by panel alt text is available <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Zhzrz6ZfeNSURlbLozH9d_RJgEO3Q9n3d0E8Zul1kk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a> thanks to a collaboration with various folks from the Friends of the Space Gnome Discord server. 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src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HCD2022Toned08_Clean-scaled.jpg" data-attachment-id="7386" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="250" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/02/HCD2022Toned08_Clean-scaled/4200991919.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" 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class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/HCD2022Toned10_Clean-scaled.jpg" data-attachment-id="7388" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="250" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2022/02/HCD2022Toned10_Clean-scaled/640406641.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22150%22%20height%3D%22250%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20150%20250%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div></div> <p>You can read previous Hourly Comic Day installments at the following links: <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2021/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">2021</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2019/" target="_blank">2019</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/something-huge-hourly-comic-day-2018/">2018</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/last-day-in-paradise-hcd-2017-7e529ecc8acf" target="_blank">2017</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/what-makes-it-a-practice-hcd-2016-d6207b6a91e9#.9lk7ywcv1" target="_blank">2016</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/" target="_blank">2015</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/" target="_blank">2014</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/" target="_blank">2013</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/" target="_blank">2012</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/" target="_blank">2011</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2022/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-16T17:19:06-08:00">February 16, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-16T22:00:10-08:00">February 16, 2022</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio-comics/" rel="tag">autobio comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/caregiving/" rel="tag">caregiving</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comic/" rel="tag">comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/crying/" rel="tag">crying</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/dad/" rel="tag">dad</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/family/" rel="tag">family</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/greyscale/" rel="tag">greyscale</a>, <a 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tag-pierre-bonnard tag-sheila-heti tag-the-yale-review tag-wizardry tag-zina"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" > <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/blog/brain-food/" rel="category tag">Brain Food</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/blog/reading/" rel="category tag">Reading</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/internet-kismet/" rel="bookmark">Internet Kismet</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I’m starting to think I have a knack for digital bibliomancy—an uncanny ability, given the vastness and improbability of the internet, to stumble upon just the right input at just the right time.</p> <p>To set the scene: I finished watercoloring my hourly comics tonight, and have been thinking a great deal about repetition and sameness and grief and depicting the people and places you love. I’ve also been picking apart why, having made this intimate portrait of what it looks like to care for my aging father day in and day out, I feel more comfortable with the idea of sharing the comic online with an audience of thousands than I do showing it to my own mother.</p> <p>Tonight, the knack looked like going on Twitter to follow <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.kiostark.com" target="_blank">someone</a> I’d just met through a private Slack, reading the last few <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/kiostark/status/1360269388532875265" target="_blank">tweets</a> in her timeline, seeing a link she’d posted in early 2021 to a now-archived <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120316113600/http://idreamofbarack.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>, clicking through and laughing at the blog and then feeling like the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.sheilaheti.com" target="_blank">curator</a>‘s name was familiar, realizing I’d read a <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.sheilaheti.com/the-chairs-are-where-the-people-go" target="_blank">book</a> she’d cowritten some years ago, perusing a list of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.sheilaheti.com/essays" target="_blank">essays</a> on her website, and finally clicking on the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://yalereview.org/article/common-seagull" target="_blank">first one</a> because it was about “death, mourning, the artist Pierre Bonnard, and how to make a vital life out of repetitions and sameness, rather than newness and adventure.”</p> <p>Here she comes:</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>There is a deep, dark, endless feeling to representing one’s insides. What appears in your writing changes the objects and people around you; they take on the qualities of how you portrayed them. A friend drawn ugly becomes ugly. A life drawn sweet becomes more sweet. <strong>To draw your life is to attempt to transform it with your magic. Your life invariably comes to resemble the depiction layered on top of it, because you now look at it through the lens of how you depicted it.</strong> This is why some artists run away from their lives; because who among us can live forever in our own dream?</p></blockquote> <p>I threw that bold in there, because that was the point I sat up straight and thought “OH SHIT.”</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Of Bonnard’s working method the curator Dita Amory wrote, “Only when he felt a deep familiarity with his subject—be it a human model or a modest household jug—did he feel ready to paint it…. Asked if he might consider adding a specific object to his carefully circumscribed still-life repertoire, he demurred, saying, <strong>‘I haven’t lived with that long enough to paint it.’</strong>”</p><p>I have repeated that phrase in my mind so often since encountering it, twisting it this way and that: I haven’t lived with it long enough to paint it. I haven’t lived with it long enough to write about it. I haven’t lived with it long enough to love it. What does it mean to distrust the novelty of experience? To say instead that what one needs in order to create are not new things—not new grand adventures, not new wives or husbands or cities—but the same thing over and over again until a Platonic form of the thing builds up in the mind and becomes the model for what is written about, or painted?</p></blockquote> <p>There were many moments in the course of penciling and inking my hourlies that I found myself drawing things without reference and feeling surprised—as if I haven’t interacted with them daily my entire life. As if I haven’t seen the exact pattern of my father’s behaviors day in and day out for an entire year. </p> <p>I keep thinking about fixed action patterns in animals.</p> <p>I keep thinking about what is being cemented in me during this season.</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>We all know that <strong>there is a quality of duration that must be harnessed</strong>, which seems to be not only a way of working against the fickle intrusion of inspiration but the only way of living after a certain age: understanding the humdrum repetitions of life to be a kind of balance; refusing to chase the tsunami of inspiration that comes with each new falling in love, each new city; having only the same walls around us, and the same plates, and only one wife, who will always dislike our friends, and spend day after day in the bath.</p></blockquote> <p>(I even have a wife who loves the bath! It’s not relevant to the main thrust of this, but I do love my wife and my wife loves the bath.)</p> <p>There it is: the delight of finding something that speaks so precisely to the moment I’m in—down to the second. And then the wondering about whether reading it on any other day would’ve left me cold.</p> <p>(The first time I read Ali Smith I bounced off her work <em>entirely</em>. And now I’m reading everything of hers I can get my hands on.)</p> <blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow"><p>Walking in the forest with my dog a few weeks after my father died, I noticed the green of the fir trees; the colors were so muted and beautiful. And up above was a flat gray sky, easy to look at, the sun dimmed at midday by a thick layer of clouds. All I could see were the colors in nature and their perfect harmony. I could have stood there staring for much longer if my dog hadn’t been impatient, and if my shoes hadn’t been wet. Everything was dripping, the previous day’s snow already melting. And because I felt in that moment as if I had never really looked at colors before, I stood wondering beneath the shadowless sky whether, when my father died, the spirit that had enlivened him passed into me, for I had held him as he died; as perhaps when his father, a painter, died, his spirit went into my father, so that now I had the spirit of my father and the spirit of my grandfather both inside me. And I wondered whether this influence—the spirit of my painter grandfather inside me—was why I was suddenly noticing colors.</p></blockquote> <p>What a gift.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/internet-kismet/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-15T20:27:55-08:00">February 15, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-15T23:05:07-08:00">February 15, 2022</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/ali-smith/" rel="tag">Ali Smith</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/bath/" rel="tag">bath</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/caregiving/" rel="tag">caregiving</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/colors/" rel="tag">colors</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/dad/" rel="tag">dad</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/digital-bibliomancy/" rel="tag">digital bibliomancy</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/essay/" rel="tag">essay</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/familiarity/" rel="tag">familiarity</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/gifts/" rel="tag">gifts</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/grief/" rel="tag">grief</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/home/" rel="tag">home</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hopskotch/" rel="tag">hopskotch</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day/" rel="tag">hourly comic day</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/intimacy/" rel="tag">intimacy</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/kio-stark/" rel="tag">kio stark</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/painters/" rel="tag">painters</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/pierre-bonnard/" rel="tag">pierre bonnard</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/sheila-heti/" rel="tag">sheila heti</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/the-yale-review/" rel="tag">the yale review</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/wizardry/" rel="tag">wizardry</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/zina/" rel="tag">zina</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-7363" class="post-7363 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog category-delights category-reading tag-100-essays-i-dont-have-time-to-write tag-2022-in-reading tag-a-primer-for-forgetting tag-anne-bean tag-buddhism tag-chill-drawing-hangout tag-commonplace-book tag-cootie-catcher tag-grief tag-grieving tag-hourly-comic-day tag-infinity-zine tag-inking tag-kori-michele tag-lewis-hyde tag-lighthouses tag-minicomics tag-mishmash tag-nisabho-bhikkhu tag-patreon tag-reading tag-sarah-ruhl tag-true-believer tag-zines"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" > <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/blog/" rel="category tag">Blog</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/blog/delights/" rel="category tag">Delights</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/blog/reading/" rel="category tag">Reading</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/a-collection-of-small-things/" rel="bookmark">A Collection of Small Things</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I’d never even heard of Infinity Zines before, but this one Kori made is just stunning:</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"every morning, we ache." An infinity zine of meditation on some sad and cyclical feelings about the current moment. 4×4 inches, digital print with spot color, hand assembled.<br>I love you. <a href="https://t.co/DOKZo6pn7Y">pic.twitter.com/DOKZo6pn7Y</a></p>— Kori Michele (@korimichele) <a href="https://twitter.com/korimichele/status/1489791470626291713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 5, 2022</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> </div></figure> <p>Then there’s a tiny essay <a href="https://twitter.com/annebeantweets" data-type="URL" data-id="https://twitter.com/annebeantweets">Anne</a> sent me in the mail that’s modeled on a cootie catcher. It’s about care and capitalism and giving and receiving, but it’s more complicated to photograph than I have the energy for tonight, so this is just to say that I am having a lot of feelings about unusually-formatted zines lately. I think they’re very good.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-1024x768.jpeg" alt="A photo of Lucy's desk with four half-inked comics pages on it." class="wp-image-7365" width="512" height="384" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3262-2000x1500.jpeg 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px"></figure></div> <p>I’m inking my entries from Hourly Comic Day, which knocked me on my ass this year. It’s not that it was a lot of work (I mean, it was), but more that it forced me to really look at what’s happening in my life during this season. To examine the monotony and poignancy and fear and humor of caregiving. To feel as if part of me is still trying to maintain a life like the life I had when I did Hourly Comic Day <em>last</em> year (and the year before that, and the year before <em>that</em>, and so on x 10). </p> <p>Not wanting to draw my dad because to draw someone you have to really <em>look at them</em> and sometimes it’s too painful to look at him.</p> <p>And then also understanding that sometimes the best thing I can do is look at my pain.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator"> <div class="wp-block-image"><figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" src="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tree1-1024x791.jpg" alt="An ink drawing of a lumpy, leafless tree with two tiny people at the base of it." class="wp-image-7366" width="768" height="593" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tree1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tree1-300x232.jpg 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tree1-768x593.jpg 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tree1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/tree1-2048x1582.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px"></figure></div> <p>I hosted another <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-drawing-61862140" target="_blank">Chill Drawing Hangout</a> on Zoom earlier today and it was <em>lovely</em>. I’m grateful to know so many people who are willing to gather and be generous with each other and enjoy making art together. I’m going to do my best to make it a monthly practice, which means next one’s March 4th from 12-2pm Pacific. (That’s one day before we’re due to open a show of the collages I’ve been making with my dad, so I’m anticipating that I will be <em>a mess</em>, but that probably also means a couple hours friendly drawing will be much-needed.)</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator"> <p>I want to write properly about how long it’s taken me to realize that one of the MANY reasons I’m in love with Lewis Hyde’s <em>A Primer for Forgetting</em> is that it’s basically a blog in book form. So many small chapterlets subdivided into loose categories, all titled with brief words or phrases, all circling similar themes. It’s how I think about what I’m doing here (or with my <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/rambles/" data-type="page" data-id="5754">Rambles</a>)—building a database over the course of many months of Stuff I Am Thinking About so that someday I can surprise myself by finding out the seeds of the next thing have been germinating for longer than I’ve known.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator"> <p>Nisabho’s been recording meditations and sharing them online, which I only realized recently while trying to Google the name of the monastic community he’s working to establish up in Seattle. We went to college together (he features very prominently in <em><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.gumroad.com/l/TBPDF" target="_blank">True Believer</a></em>, the first comic I funded on Kickstarter) and he’s remained one of my lighthouse humans. Anyway, Wednesday this week was rough and so I found myself listening to this <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://insighttimer.com/nisabho_bhikkhu/guided-meditations/mourning-and-daybreak" target="_blank">half-hour talk on grief and mourning</a> to try and cope. It was so lovely—like we were still walking together in the early dark of Portland in October 2020. He recited the same Mary Oliver poem for me on the sidewalk there. I got to share my 100 Day Project with him and his parents.</p> <hr class="wp-block-separator"> <p>This post is basically Sarah Ruhl’s <em>100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write</em>, although she was caring for small children when she wrote it, but I feel an increasing affinity with anyone who’s doing 24/7 care work these days. </p> <hr class="wp-block-separator"> <p>Okay that’s enough small things, back to doing dishes.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/a-collection-of-small-things/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-02-04T20:05:30-08:00">February 4, 2022</time><time class="updated" datetime="2022-02-04T20:05:31-08:00">February 4, 2022</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/100-essays-i-dont-have-time-to-write/" rel="tag">100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/2022-in-reading/" rel="tag">2022 in reading</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/a-primer-for-forgetting/" rel="tag">A Primer for Forgetting</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/anne-bean/" rel="tag">anne bean</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/buddhism/" rel="tag">buddhism</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/chill-drawing-hangout/" rel="tag">Chill Drawing Hangout</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/commonplace-book/" rel="tag">commonplace book</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/cootie-catcher/" rel="tag">cootie catcher</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/grief/" rel="tag">grief</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/grieving/" rel="tag">grieving</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day/" rel="tag">hourly comic day</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/infinity-zine/" rel="tag">infinity zine</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/inking/" rel="tag">inking</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/kori-michele/" rel="tag">kori michele</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/lewis-hyde/" rel="tag">lewis hyde</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/lighthouses/" rel="tag">lighthouses</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/minicomics/" rel="tag">minicomics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/mishmash/" rel="tag">mishmash</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/nisabho-bhikkhu/" rel="tag">nisabho bhikkhu</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/patreon/" rel="tag">patreon</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/reading/" rel="tag">reading</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/sarah-ruhl/" rel="tag">Sarah Ruhl</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/true-believer/" rel="tag">true believer</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/zines/" rel="tag">zines</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-6567" class="post-6567 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-comics tag-autobio tag-autobio-comic tag-comics tag-diary-comics tag-hcd-2021 tag-hourlies tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2021 tag-hourly-comics tag-inkwash tag-nonfiction-comics"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" > <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2021/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2021</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Hooray hooray it’s Hourly Comic Day! (Or rather, it was on February 1st.)</p> <p>I feel so relieved to have gotten back on the wagon after kind of <a href="https://twitter.com/LuBellWoo/status/1356047010042769409?s=20" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">falling off last year</a>. This is my tenth year participating, and the completionist in me is slightly miffed that I don’t have a full run to collect and publish, but whatevvvver. It’s the practice that counts! And I’ll do it again next year.</p> <p>Going into this round, I gave myself permission to work under whatever constraints I needed to in order to finish and still retain some semblance of sanity while packing and prepping to move four days later. That ended up looking like just putting down pencils every hour, and leaving inking and toning for my week of post-arrival quarantine in Ojai. I also logged out of every social media platform on the 1st, because I’ve found that I often spend the day sucked into staring at everyone else’s work and feeling inadequate and I just didn’t have time! It helped a lot, but it also meant not seeing a bunch of people’s work. If you had favorite hourlies, please feel free to <a href="http://twitter.com/lubellwoo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tweet them at me</a>. (I have already seen and loved <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://t.co/Ha8pgXyi4M?amp=1" target="_blank">Danielle Corsetto’s</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwms8hDY59/" target="_blank">Katie Wheeler’s</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/AbbyHoward/status/1356595965990428680?s=20" target="_blank">Abby Howard’s</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLGHW4TsIa6/" target="_blank">Vera Brosgol’s</a>, and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLK4czdjDSG/" target="_blank">Lissa Treiman’s</a>.)</p> <p>Also, RE: the FOMO bit, I saw someone lamenting that they’d posted theirs a couple days late because it meant fewer people would see them—they’d missed the zeitgeist bandwagon. And I get that frustration! I do! I feel it! But it’s also been helpful for me to consider what (and who) this practice is for. I do this because I <em>love</em> having a time capsule of the same day every year. I also do it to remind myself that I can Make Comics without it being a huge, stressful deal. I already have everything I need. Why not make comics that bring me pleasure? Even though I’m perpetually nagging myself to loosen up and go straight to ink or get more expressive, I still love the way these came out. My Hourlies from the last few years feel like I’m finally hitting my stride.</p> <p>Anyway, here’s some comics! I am still deeply dissatisfied with my options for posting artwork on my own website! I’m working on it! (Case in point: this gallery plugin doesn’t have an option to include alt text that doesn’t totally eclipse the image by default. If you need alt text with any of these, the versions posted to <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/LuBellWoo/status/1360723307029426176?s=20" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CLQAmpcD80x/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> are, ironically, more accessible.)</p> <style type="text/css"> #foogallery-gallery-6546 .fg-image { width: 170px; } </style> <div class="foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-gutter-5 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-round-medium fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-light-overlays fg-ready" id="foogallery-gallery-6546" data-foogallery='{"item":{"showCaptionTitle":false,"showCaptionDescription":false},"lazy":true}'> <div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_1.png" data-attachment-id="6547" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span 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data-srcset-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_8/3430855089.png 2x" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22170%22%20height%3D%22170%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20170%20170%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_9.png" data-attachment-id="6555" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_9/3704952847.png" data-srcset-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_9/196319403.png 2x" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22170%22%20height%3D%22170%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20170%20170%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_10.png" data-attachment-id="6556" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_10/1834713863.png" data-srcset-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_10/3157754486.png 2x" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22170%22%20height%3D%22170%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20170%20170%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_11.png" data-attachment-id="6557" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_11/1261413257.png" data-srcset-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2021/02/HCD21_IGLayout_11/2588123896.png 2x" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22170%22%20height%3D%22170%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20170%20170%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div></div> <p>You can read previous Hourly Comic Day installments at the following links: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2019/" target="_blank">2019</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/something-huge-hourly-comic-day-2018/">2018</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/last-day-in-paradise-hcd-2017-7e529ecc8acf" target="_blank">2017</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/what-makes-it-a-practice-hcd-2016-d6207b6a91e9#.9lk7ywcv1" target="_blank">2016</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/" target="_blank">2015</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/" target="_blank">2014</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/" target="_blank">2013</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/" target="_blank">2012</a>, <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/" target="_blank">2011</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2021/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-02-13T19:26:37-08:00">February 13, 2021</time><time class="updated" datetime="2021-02-13T19:41:43-08:00">February 13, 2021</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio/" rel="tag">autobio</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio-comic/" rel="tag">autobio comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comics/" rel="tag">Comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/diary-comics/" rel="tag">diary comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hcd-2021/" rel="tag">HCD 2021</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourlies/" rel="tag">hourlies</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day/" rel="tag">hourly comic day</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day-2021/" rel="tag">Hourly Comic Day 2021</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comics/" rel="tag">hourly comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/inkwash/" rel="tag">inkwash</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/nonfiction-comics/" rel="tag">nonfiction comics</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-5502" class="post-5502 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-comics tag-autobio-comic tag-comics tag-diary-comics tag-hcd-2019 tag-hourlies tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2019 tag-hourly-comics tag-nonfiction-comics"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" style="background-image: url('https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_08-2000x1500.jpg');"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2019/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2019</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>It’s here it’s here! My very favorite comics holiday! February 1st AKA <strong>Hourly Comic Day</strong> is a group activity where creators around the world illustrate the minutiae of their lives in hasty panels and sketches. Head to Instagram or Twitter and you’ll be bound to see some lovely entries under the #hourlycomicday tag.</p> <p>I participated for the first time in 2011, which makes this my <em><strong>ninth</strong></em> contribution to the series! (I’m going to do a little print collection next year for #10.) In the meantime, you can read on for a brief window into my life right now:</p> <p><style type="text/css"> #foogallery-gallery-5491 .fg-image { width: 250px; } </style> </p><div class="foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-medium fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready" id="foogallery-gallery-5491" data-foogallery='{"item":{"showCaptionTitle":true,"showCaptionDescription":true},"lazy":true}'> <div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_01.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_01" data-attachment-id="5499" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_01/2299638817.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_01</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_02.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_02" data-attachment-id="5498" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_02/1690341856.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_02</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_03.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_03" data-attachment-id="5497" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_03/4153566275.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_03</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_04.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_04" data-attachment-id="5496" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_04/2651410296.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_04</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_05.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_05" data-attachment-id="5495" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_05/4148242816.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_05</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_06.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_06" data-attachment-id="5494" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_06/445647937.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_06</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_07.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_07" data-attachment-id="5493" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_07/634512496.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_07</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_08.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_08" data-attachment-id="5501" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_08/2201036977.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_08</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/HCD19_09-1.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD19_09" data-attachment-id="5500" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="250" height="300" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2019/02/HCD19_09-1/2405475479.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22250%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20250%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19_09</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div></div> <p>You can check out my previous entries for Hourly Comic Day at the following links: <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/something-huge-hourly-comic-day-2018/">2018</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/last-day-in-paradise-hcd-2017-7e529ecc8acf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2017</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/what-makes-it-a-practice-hcd-2016-d6207b6a91e9#.9lk7ywcv1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2015</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2014</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2013</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2012</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">2011</a>.</p> <p>Thanks to my stalwart crew <a href="https://www.patreon.com/LucyBellwood">on Patreon</a> for making this work possible!</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2019/" rel="bookmark"><time 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href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2019/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-5067" class="post-5067 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-comics tag-autobio tag-autobio-comic tag-comic tag-comics tag-diary-comic tag-hcd-2018 tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2018 tag-introspection tag-journal tag-sketchbook tag-slice-of-life"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" style="background-image: url('https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd3.png');"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/something-huge-hourly-comic-day-2018/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2018</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p id="5164" class="graf graf--p graf-after--h3">It’s time for another installment of my favorite comics holiday: Hourly Comic Day! Every year on February 1st, creators around the world draw a panel (or panels) for every hour they’re awake. This is my <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">eighth </em>year participating, and I love it more and more each time around. It’s a great opportunity to reflect on where I’m at in my career, what’s changed in the past year, and how I’m feeling about the future.</p> <p id="fe54" class="graf graf--p graf-after--p">(Full disclosure: while I penciled all eight of these pages on February first, I inked and painted about five of them on February <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">second</em>. I always want to watercolor my hourlies and never let myself do it so this year I got indulgent. <em class="markup--em markup--p-em">Worth it.</em>)</p> <p>These were all drawn on 6×9″ Strathmore mixed media paper with a mix of Kuretake and PITT brush pens, Daniel Smith watercolor, and a 2H pencil.</p> <p></p><div class="foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-medium fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready" id="foogallery-gallery-5458" data-foogallery='{"item":{"showCaptionTitle":true,"showCaptionDescription":true},"lazy":true}'> <div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd1.png" data-caption-title="HCD1" data-attachment-id="5068" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1407" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd1.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221500%22%20height%3D%221407%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201500%201407%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD1</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd2.png" data-caption-title="HCD2" data-attachment-id="5069" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="940" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd2.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221500%22%20height%3D%22940%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201500%20940%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD2</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd3.png" data-caption-title="HCD3" data-attachment-id="5070" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1040" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd3.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221500%22%20height%3D%221040%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201500%201040%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD3</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd4.png" data-caption-title="HCD4" data-attachment-id="5071" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="702" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd4.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221500%22%20height%3D%22702%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201500%20702%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD4</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd5.png" data-caption-title="HCD5" data-attachment-id="5072" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1488" height="637" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd5.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221488%22%20height%3D%22637%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201488%20637%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD5</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd6.png" data-caption-title="HCD6" data-attachment-id="5073" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1501" height="807" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd6.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221501%22%20height%3D%22807%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201501%20807%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD6</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd7.png" data-caption-title="HCD7" data-attachment-id="5074" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1478" height="599" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd7.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221478%22%20height%3D%22599%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201478%20599%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD7</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd8.png" data-caption-title="HCD8" data-attachment-id="5075" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1493" height="999" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd8.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221493%22%20height%3D%22999%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201493%20999%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD8</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd9.png" data-caption-title="HCD9" data-attachment-id="5076" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1493" height="1064" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd9.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221493%22%20height%3D%221064%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201493%201064%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD9</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd10.png" data-caption-title="HCD10" data-attachment-id="5077" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1486" height="668" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd10.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221486%22%20height%3D%22668%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201486%20668%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD10</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd11.png" data-caption-title="HCD11" data-attachment-id="5078" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1489" height="657" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd11.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221489%22%20height%3D%22657%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201489%20657%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD11</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd12.png" data-caption-title="HCD12" data-attachment-id="5079" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1512" height="646" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd12.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221512%22%20height%3D%22646%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201512%20646%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD12</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd13.png" data-caption-title="HCD13" data-attachment-id="5080" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1493" height="771" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd13.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221493%22%20height%3D%22771%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201493%20771%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD13</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd14.png" data-caption-title="HCD14" data-attachment-id="5081" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1501" height="983" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd14.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221501%22%20height%3D%22983%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201501%20983%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD14</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd15.png" data-caption-title="HCD15" data-attachment-id="5082" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1520" height="1435" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd15.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221520%22%20height%3D%221435%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201520%201435%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD15</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd16.png" target="_blank" data-caption-title="HCD16" data-attachment-id="5083" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1489" height="945" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd16.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221489%22%20height%3D%22945%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201489%20945%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD16</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd17.png" data-caption-title="HCD17" data-attachment-id="5084" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1478" height="688" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd17.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221478%22%20height%3D%22688%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201478%20688%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD17</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd18.png" data-caption-title="HCD18" data-attachment-id="5085" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1478" height="798" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd18.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221478%22%20height%3D%22798%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201478%20798%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD18</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd19.png" data-caption-title="HCD19" data-attachment-id="5086" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1482" height="884" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd19.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221482%22%20height%3D%22884%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201482%20884%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD19</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd20.png" data-caption-title="HCD20" data-attachment-id="5087" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="2318" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/hcd20.png" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%221500%22%20height%3D%222318%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201500%202318%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD20</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div></div> <p>Thanks for reading! You can check out my previous entries for Hourly Comic Day at the following links: <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/last-day-in-paradise-hcd-2017-7e529ecc8acf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2017</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/what-makes-it-a-practice-hcd-2016-d6207b6a91e9#.9lk7ywcv1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener">2015</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener">2014</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener">2013</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener">2012</a>, <a class="markup--anchor markup--p-anchor" href="https://lucybellwood.com/2011/02/04/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener nofollow noopener">2011</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/something-huge-hourly-comic-day-2018/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2018-02-05T08:24:38-08:00">February 5, 2018</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-01-31T15:26:33-08:00">January 31, 2019</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio/" rel="tag">autobio</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio-comic/" rel="tag">autobio comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comic/" rel="tag">comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comics/" rel="tag">Comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/diary-comic/" rel="tag">diary comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hcd-2018/" rel="tag">hcd 2018</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day/" rel="tag">hourly comic day</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day-2018/" rel="tag">hourly comic day 2018</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/introspection/" rel="tag">introspection</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/journal/" rel="tag">journal</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/sketchbook/" rel="tag">sketchbook</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/slice-of-life/" rel="tag">slice of life</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/something-huge-hourly-comic-day-2018/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-4626" class="post-4626 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-comics tag-aloha tag-autobio-comics tag-comic tag-comics tag-hawaii tag-hcd tag-hcd-2017 tag-hourlies tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2017 tag-new-comic tag-snorkeling tag-travel tag-travelogue"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" style="background-image: url('https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13.jpg');"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2017/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2017</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Hey friends! I’ve got a new comic for you today:</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/last-day-in-paradise-hcd-2017-7e529ecc8acf#.kkucngfew"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4627" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1.jpg?w=900" alt="1" width="900" height="419" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1.jpg 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-300x140.jpg 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-768x357.jpg 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1-1024x476.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"></a></p> <p>This is my seventh year doing Hourly Comic Day, and it’s really such a delightful thing. For those that aren’t familiar: it’s a global art project where folks draw a panel for every hour they’re awake on February 1st. It’s a wonderful way to discover new artists, take a look at what everyone’s up to, and chronicle a day out of each year. <em>This</em> year I just happened to be wrapping up a couple weeks in Hawai’i, so there’s a bunch of tropical escapades in here.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4628" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/12.jpg?w=900" alt="12" width="900" height="434" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/12.jpg 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/12-300x145.jpg 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/12-768x370.jpg 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/12-1024x493.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-4629" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13.jpg?w=900" alt="13" width="900" height="438" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13.jpg 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13-300x146.jpg 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13-768x374.jpg 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/13-1024x498.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px"></p> <p>You can read the whole comic <a href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/last-day-in-paradise-hcd-2017-7e529ecc8acf#.kkucngfew">over here on Medium</a>. I love having these annual visual check-ins that remind me of where I’ve been every February since I was a junior in college—especially if this tropical trend continues. Wonder where I’ll be in 2018…</p> <p>Did any of you participate? I try not to read people’s till I’ve posted my own, since it wigs me out and I get self-conscious, but now I am FREEEEEE. Link me to your entries in the comments or <a href="http://twitter.com/LuBellWoo">on Twitter</a>.</p> <p>You can also read all my previous years’ entries here: <a href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/what-makes-it-a-practice-hcd-2016-d6207b6a91e9#.ll2uv1x24">2016</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/">2015</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/">2014</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/">2013</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/">2012</a>, and <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/2011/02/04/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/">2011</a>!</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2017/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2017-02-06T13:06:45-08:00">February 6, 2017</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-01-31T15:47:26-08:00">January 31, 2019</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/aloha/" rel="tag">aloha</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio-comics/" rel="tag">autobio comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comic/" rel="tag">comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comics/" rel="tag">Comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hawaii/" rel="tag">hawaii</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hcd/" rel="tag">HCD</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hcd-2017/" rel="tag">HCD 2017</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourlies/" rel="tag">hourlies</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day/" rel="tag">hourly comic day</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day-2017/" rel="tag">hourly comic day 2017</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/new-comic/" rel="tag">new comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/snorkeling/" rel="tag">snorkeling</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/travel/" rel="tag">travel</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/travelogue/" rel="tag">travelogue</a></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2017/#respond">Leave a comment</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-3992" class="post-3992 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-comics tag-autobio-comic tag-comic tag-comics tag-hcd tag-hcd-2016 tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2016 tag-lucy-bellwood"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" style="background-image: url('https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1.png');"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2016/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2016</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3994" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/titlehcd.png" alt="TitleHCD" width="1200" height="225" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/titlehcd.png 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/titlehcd-300x56.png 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/titlehcd-768x144.png 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/titlehcd-1024x192.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4008" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1.png" alt="1" width="1200" height="774" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1.png 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-300x194.png 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-768x495.png 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1-1024x660.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"></p> <p>Hello, friends—it’s time for another installment of everyone’s favorite working holiday: Hourly Comic Day! This is my sixth(!!!) year participating which, for those of you who aren’t familiar, involves drawing a panel or two for every hour you’re awake on February 1st. It’s a lovely way to create a time capsule of your drawing style and general life trajectory over time, and I always enjoy to sense of creating something start-to-finish in a single day.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4004" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2.png" alt="2" width="1200" height="532" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2.png 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-300x133.png 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-768x340.png 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/2-1024x454.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"></p> <p>You can read the whole story <a href="https://medium.com/@lubellwoo/what-makes-it-a-practice-hcd-2016-d6207b6a91e9">over on Medium</a>! Enjoy—I’m really proud of how this batch turned out.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4005" src="http://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4.png" alt="4" width="1200" height="705" srcset="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4.png 1200w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4-300x176.png 300w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4-768x451.png 768w, https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/4-1024x602.png 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"></p> <p>[Previous years: <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/">2015</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/">2014</a>, <a href="http://lucybellwood.com/2013/02/04/hourly-comic-day-2013/">2013</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/">2012</a>, and (gulp) <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/">2011</a>.]</p> </div> <footer class="entry-footer"> <span class="posted-on"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2016/" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-02-02T14:38:49-08:00">February 2, 2016</time><time class="updated" datetime="2019-01-31T15:32:07-08:00">January 31, 2019</time></a></span><span class="tags-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/autobio-comic/" rel="tag">autobio comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comic/" rel="tag">comic</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/comics/" rel="tag">Comics</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hcd/" rel="tag">HCD</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hcd-2016/" rel="tag">HCD 2016</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day/" rel="tag">hourly comic day</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/hourly-comic-day-2016/" rel="tag">hourly comic day 2016</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/tag/lucy-bellwood/" rel="tag">lucy bellwood</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-3366" class="post-3366 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-comics tag-autobio tag-autobio-comics tag-brunch tag-football tag-hcd-2015 tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2015 tag-hourly-comics-day tag-hourly-comics-day-2015 tag-moby-dick tag-new-comic tag-snack-time tag-sports tag-superbowl"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" style="background-image: url('https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-1.jpg');"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2015/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2015</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>It’s that time of year again, folks. 2015 Hourly Comics are here! Be warned there are mild boobs and sorta-I-guess spoilers if you’re committed to never knowing how Moby Dick ends? That’s all the warning you’re getting though.</p> <p>For those of you who aren’t familiar with the premise of this exercise, on February 1st cartoonists around the world attempt to draw a panel (or series of panels) for every hour they’re awake. The result is a tiny snapshot of everyone’s lives, which is generally a ton of fun. Google around and you should be able to find comics from many great creators. I’d recommend <a href="http://beouija.tumblr.com/post/109881642965/i-did-hourly-comic-day-yesterday-lots-of-great">Eleanor Davis</a> and <a href="http://comics.boumerie.com/hourly-comic-day-2015-2/">Boum</a> to start.</p> <p>If you’d like to see previous HCD efforts, here’s <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/">2014</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/">2013</a>, <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/">2012</a>, and (gulp) <a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2011-and-other-measurements-as-well/">2011</a>. It’s amazing to see how much my art’s changed year to year. My skills are improving but I’m also getting…tighter? More static somehow? Next year I’d like to draw straight to ink and loosen up a little—maybe work in something larger than my sketchbook to keep things flowing. Also it’s physically <em>painful</em> to me that these are uncolored pages. Nrgh, perfectionist tendencies.</p> <p>ANYWAY. Comics. Have at ’em!</p> <p></p><div class="foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready" id="foogallery-gallery-5464" data-foogallery='{"item":{"showCaptionTitle":true,"showCaptionDescription":true},"lazy":true}'> <div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-1.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD1.1" data-attachment-id="3369" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="773" height="545" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-1.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22773%22%20height%3D%22545%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20773%20545%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD1.1</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-2.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD1.2" data-attachment-id="3368" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="747" height="470" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-2.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22747%22%20height%3D%22470%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20747%20470%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD1.2</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-3.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD1.3" data-attachment-id="3367" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="757" height="228" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd1-3.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22757%22%20height%3D%22228%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20757%20228%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD1.3</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd2-1.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD2.1" data-attachment-id="3378" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="450" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd2-1.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22450%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20450%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD2.1</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd2-2.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD2.2" data-attachment-id="3377" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="357" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd2-2.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22357%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20357%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD2.2</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd2-3.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD2.3" data-attachment-id="3376" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="479" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd2-3.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22479%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20479%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD2.3</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd3-1.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD3.1" data-attachment-id="3375" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="348" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd3-1.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22348%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20348%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD3.1</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd3-2.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD3.2" data-attachment-id="3374" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="431" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd3-2.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22431%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20431%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD3.2</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd3-3.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD3.3" data-attachment-id="3373" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="511" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd3-3.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22511%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20511%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD3.3</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd4-1.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD4.1" data-attachment-id="3372" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="427" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd4-1.jpg" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%22427%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%20427%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">HCD4.1</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hcd4-2.jpg" data-caption-title="HCD4.2" data-attachment-id="3371" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span 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Comments</a></span> </footer> </div> </article> <article id="post-2835" class="post-2835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-comics tag-autobio tag-autobio-comics tag-hourly-comic-day tag-hourly-comic-day-2014 tag-new-comics"> <div class="hentry-wrapper"> <header class="entry-header" style="background-image: url('https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hcdbanner.gif');"> <div class="entry-header-wrapper"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="cat-links"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/category/art/comics/" rel="category tag">Comics</a></span></div><h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2014/" rel="bookmark">Hourly Comic Day 2014</a></h2> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Another year, another edition of Hourly Comic Day! For those of you who aren’t familiar, cartoonists all over the world draw a panel or short comic for every hour they’re awake on February 1st. It’s a fun way to see how folks spend their time (spoilers: mostly drawing comics) and churn out a finished thing in a relatively short period.</p> <p>These are a couple days late, ’cause I didn’t have access to a scanner over the weekend, but I did manage to finish all the drawing on Feb. 1st. Wish I’d had time to color ’em too, but that’s the nature of the game. Also: it has been traditional (see HCD <a title="Hourly Comic Day 2013" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comic-day-2013/">2013</a> and <a title="Hourly Comics 2012!" href="https://lucybellwood.com/hourly-comics-2012/">2012</a>) for me to eat salami on February 1st — I have no idea why — but by the time I realized this year it was too late. Shame.</p> <p></p><div class="foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-gutter-10 fg-center fg-default fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready" id="foogallery-gallery-5467" data-foogallery='{"item":{"showCaptionTitle":true,"showCaptionDescription":true},"lazy":true}'> <div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hourlies2014_1_web.gif" data-caption-title="Hourlies2014_1_Web" data-attachment-id="2837" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="1236" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hourlies2014_1_web.gif" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%221236%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%201236%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">Hourlies2014_1_Web</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hourlies2014_2_web.gif" data-caption-title="Hourlies2014_2_Web" data-attachment-id="2838" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="1236" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hourlies2014_2_web.gif" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22800%22%20height%3D%221236%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20800%201236%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" loading="eager"></span><span class="fg-image-overlay"></span></a><figcaption class="fg-caption"><div class="fg-caption-inner"><div class="fg-caption-title">Hourlies2014_2_Web</div></div></figcaption></figure><div class="fg-loader"></div></div><div class="fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle"><figure class="fg-item-inner"><a href="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hourlycomics2014_3_web.gif" data-caption-title="HourlyComics2014_3_Web" data-attachment-id="2839" data-type="image" class="fg-thumb"><span class="fg-image-wrap"><img decoding="async" width="800" height="1236" class="skip-lazy fg-image" data-src-fg="https://lucybellwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/hourlycomics2014_3_web.gif" 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