Comments on: Pokrok Zapadu, The Greatest Warrior Who Ever Lived: A 24 Hour Comic

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Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:48:44 +0000

[...] A big thanks to professional cartoonist Neal Obermeyer for the next three weeks of guest strips! Please stop by his site and visit and leave a comment here to say hi! You can also check out his 24 Hour Comic Day creation here. [...]

By: Jim Doom

Jim Doom — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:34:33 +0000

Hi Gary! Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words. Will you be posting your comic online anywhere? I think the other Doomkopfers pretty unanimously wish they could’ve been there again this year, so I’d expect better representation next time around.

By: Gary Peterson

Gary Peterson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:34:54 +0000

This is Gary Peterson checking in, one of your fellow 24-hour comic book colleagues (the square in the sweatervest).

Your work is outstanding and humbling to behold. You were so silent and dedicated to your task, off unto yourself at your own table, breathing in amazing amounts of marker fumes and consuming mass quantities of McD’s. But you prevailed and were the only one of the seven us to complete your 24-page book.

I look at your pages again and marvel that they were completed in that short span of time. (You should mention how you finished even after losing about 45 minutes after your contact lenses dried up on you and you had to head home.)

I appreciated the history of Pokrok Zapadu. My under-caffeinated mind assumed it was some conglomeration of Pop Rocks, Pokemon, Frank Zappa and Husker du. (I think the music references came into my mind after you shared with us some of your encyclopedic knowledge of 1980’s and 90’s music with us.)

I hope your friends can come join us in 2010. I myself am neither a comic writer nor an artist, but I had a lot fun cobbling something together (I made 19 pages) and I especially enjoyed the company and camaraderie of fellow fans like yourself. — Gary

By: Jim Doom

Jim Doom — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:39:43 +0000

On one hand, I’d like to, because I really did have a vision I wasn’t able to execute with my dying markers. But on the other hand, I would still feel like that’s cheating. If I’m going to do any additional work outside the 24 hours, why stop there, you know? I love the challenge for what it is, so I think I’m inclined to keep it pure, even if the finished product has some flaws.

By: Maxo

Maxo — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:45:18 +0000

Another great entry — I can’t believe you did all this in 24 hours! Do you think you’ll go back and “reink” the pages done after you ran out of markers?

By: Jim Doom

Jim Doom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:47:01 +0000

It was the name of a Czech newspaper in Omaha in the late 19th / early 20th century. It means “Progress of the West.”

By: Doom DeLuise

Doom DeLuise — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:13:14 +0000

By the way, I don’t think there’s a cooler name for a character than Jakko. I loves it. Although, Pokrok Zapadu is a pretty badass name. How’d you come up with that?

By: Jim Doom

Jim Doom — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:12:05 +0000

I was totally inspired — it just wasn’t the right place in the story for it. So I had to consciously undo my inspiration.

By: Van

Van — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:33:38 +0000

You’re quickly establishing yourself as the master of 24HCBD. One day, these need to be collected.

Also, Return of the Mack is a great song. How can you not be inspired, listening to that?

By: Doom DeLuise

Doom DeLuise — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:35:45 +0000

That last sentence I wrote in my comment was inferred from when you said, at the very end, “I still had a really good time.” I’m so insightful!