I make them fairly similarly to my hourly comics, with a template and straight to digital inking. They’re intentionally very simple and quick to make, since my other comics work takes so long. Sometimes I have an idea early in the week, sometimes I have to sit and think about it right before I draw it. They’re loosely about my life the previous week- something that happened, something I’d been thinking about, a difficulty or a joy. Thank you! I almost always draw those comics on Mondays, the day before I post them. I love the short strips you post to your Twitter account, so seeing your output on Hourly Comics Day is always a real treat! What's your process like for your short weekly strips? For me, it’s the right balance of fun, achievable, and still a little challenging!

I kept making small adjustments, and now I use a set template (three square panels), draw digitally, and present myself as a small cartoon rabbit, approximately a foot tall. I also switched to drawing straight to ink instead of trying to both pencil and ink. For the first few years they really stressed me out and I didn’t like my results at all! They started getting better when I began drawing myself as a rabbit, at first just kind of a bunny head on a human body. I started doing Hourly Comics Day in college, when we had a small comics club.

How did you start doing those? And what's that day like for you? You recently participated in Hourly Comics Day, an annual event started by cartoonist John Campbell in 2005 in which participants draw a short comic for each hour they're awake on February 1st.

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