Hey all! I lied. I had intially informed anyone who reads this blog (I think it’s dwindled down to about two or three now) that your first opportunity to purchase Super Maxi-Pad Girl #2 would be at the MCBA Fallcon 2009 on October 10th and 11th at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

Well, for those that can’t make it to Fallcon, or just don’t want to wait, it is already available at the bewilderedkid online store!

Also, it turns out that they are already available at Quimby’s bookstore in Chicago. Additionally, you can find copies of Super Maxi-Pad Girl #1 and Super Fantastica Comix 2009 there. I can’t say enough good things about Quimby’s. I’ve only been there once and it was for only about fifteen minutes, but it is by far one of the two coolest bookstores I’ve ever been to (Powell’s Books in Portland, Oregon is the other one.) And if I can figure out that it is great by only spending fifteen minutes inside of it, well then imagine what I’d be able to say if I had, say sixteen minutes!

Hey everyone! Here is my 24 Hour Comic for this year! However, there is a bit of required reading. If you hadn’t read my comic from last year you may not get all of the jokes referenced. They are best read back-to-back. So, do that first! Click here to read “Somewhere in Montana.” Then click on the graphic below to read “Meanwhile in Wyoming.”

This year I did things a bit differently. I learned a lot last year from watching Zander Cannon, Kevin Cannon, and Danno Klonowski do their respective stories. Instead of working at 8.5″ x 11″ paper, as I did last year, I worked smaller at 5.5″ x 8.5″ pages. I was still able to do my average of six panels per page, but it looked a lot tighter. Also, I ditched the “pencil, ink, and write as you go approach” that had practiced since my first 24HCD and broke up the process into two parts. First, I wrote and penciled the entire story, which gave me the opportunity to have a pretty structured story. Then I finished each page up with inks….which was nice, because I could pretty much remain a zombie and not have to think, too much, for the rest of the night.

Once again I took the “Pictionary approach” to my story. Since I didn’t have any Pictionary cards when I started, I just picked out five words at random in the dictionary. My words were mop, rave, kung-fu, cumulus, and rookie. I did bend the McCloudian 24HCD rules and had somewhat of a plot figured out before hand. Basically, I knew that I was going to use the same characters as last year.

Eventually, I finished at 5 AM, quite impressive as I had to leave at about 7 AM last year after my hand cramped up and it hurt to draw. To alleviate that problem, I ate bananas, got a good nights sleep, and kept myself somewhat hydrated throughout the event…although in retrospect, I could have used more water.

Check out other Minneapolis 24 Hour Comic Day results at the Minneapolis 24-Hour Comic Day blog.

It’s good to be able to back at the drawing board and not having to worry about finishing a twenty-four page comic in twenty-four hours! And the greatest thing! My hand isn’t in a torturous state of pain today! Hooray!

Anyhow, here is the latest page of Hijinks!

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For the beginning of the book, click here.

Stranger things have happened, I guess, but not to me. Michael Cavna mentioned and linked to my 24 Hour Comic, “Meanwhile in Wyoming” on his Comic Riffs blog at the Washington Post. I had never seen this blog before today, so it’s pretty cool to find it. It’s really neat being mentioned on the same website as Tom Tomorrow and Scott McCloud.

Once again, the cool cats over at Ain’t It Cool News gave Super Maxi-Pad Girl a positive review. Thanks a lot Ambush Bug!

You can find SMPG #2 in the online store, at Quimby’s Books in Chicago, at the MCBA Fallcon this weekend, and soon in select comic shops throughout the US.

What an exciting week this has been so far! Just Wednesday itself was incredibly exciting with the reviews and my 24 Hour Comic being mentioned on the Washington Post of all places. The excitement WILL NOT STOP though, since Fallcon is on deck for this weekend! Whoo hoo!

Anyway, onto the reason for this post. A new page of Hijinks! I’m almost finished with this chapter and under normal circumstances I’d say it’d be completed this month. However, we’re moving this month, so that will take some time away from the drawing table. All right, enough talking….

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For the beginning of the book, click here.

Fallcon has come and gone and now I have the oh so enviable task of moving into a new home. Ugh. I hate moving. This move will be beneficial, but the whole “moving” part of moving is such a nuisance. So, as you may have already been able to guess, my posts for Hijinks may be less frequent this month. I’d REALLY like to finish this chapter in October, but I’m not sure it’s going to happen.

Anyway, here is the new page, enjoy!

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For the beginning of the book, click here.

Michael May over at the Robot 6 Blog @ Comic Book Resources reviewed Super Maxi-Pad Girl #1 and #2. Check it out here or click on the image below.

You can find SMPG #1 and #2 in the online store, at Quimby’s Books in Chicago, at I-Con on November 7th, and soon in select comic shops throughout the US.

Ted Anderson over at The Examiner gave glowing reviews for Super Maxi-Pad Girl #1 and #2. Thanks Ted! Check out his blog at The Examiner as he uncovers and reviews all comics related news relevant to the Twin Cities!

As always, you can find SMPG #1 and #2 in the online store, at Quimby’s Books in Chicago, at I-Con on November 7th, and soon in select comic shops throughout the US.