Smile, Crocodile! #12

Hourly Comic Day '25 & Recs!

Feb 10, 2025

Hourly Comic Day is an annual event on February first to encourage cartoonists to make comics! There’s no specific way to participate, but a lot of us use it as an excuse to document our day hour to hour. Many of us, myself included, don’t always finish the comics/ drawing day of but it’s always fun to make journal comics! Many of the comics I made in high school and college were autobiographical so I really like having an excuse to make them again. Honestly it can be a bit of a motivator to do more with the day when you know you’re planning to share it with other people in a comic, too.

Below are this years comics, as well as some recommendations of what I’ve been watching, reading, etc!

Hourly comic day comics drawn with individual sticky notes for panels. 10am(2panels) I lurch upright out of bed, January calendar page in background, “it’s time!” I tiredly exclaim. Pointing at the calendar, now displaying February, I tell it “the bar is so incredibly low, like give us anything.” 11am *in the elevator* a woman compliments my crocs while I hold a package. 12pm. On my computer typing, I ponder the woman who complimented my crocs “I need to look cute- the nice elevator girl was cute - gotta up my game. Woman am I right like what-“

Hourly comic day comics drawn with individual sticky notes for panels. 1pm I make a lot of quesadillas. 2pm my migraine activates while at work on my laptop. 3pm I leave to buy a donut and hot chocolate! The donut is cherry amaretto glazed with a graham cracker topping! 4pm I am reunited with the girl who complimented my crocs in the elevator earlier, now she wears her crocs too!

Comic with sticky notes used for panels- time of hour documented in the upper left corner. 5pm: movie/short film break! It’s called “I live in your house” (I highly recommend) 6pm: my pen keeps being weird but dinner is tasty so we are all good. 7pm: I get back to work on comics stuff. 8pm I have a migraine and lie face down on my bed. 12 am: I keep having a migraine Comic with sticky notes used for panels- time of hour documented in the upper left corner. 5pm: movie/short film break! It’s called “I live in your house” (I highly recommend) 6pm: my pen keeps being weird but dinner is tasty so we are all good. 7pm: I get back to work on comics stuff. 8pm I have a migraine and lie face down on my bed. 12 am: I keep having a migraine

I wasn’t able to finish my comics day of this year due to migraine issues, but I’m glad to have made them! If you’d like to read more newsletters with comics here’s a few I really love!

Lian Cho, Zoe Si, Danielle Chuatico, Blind Alley Sunday Haha

Aaaaand here’s a few other recommendations for you!

Film: I Live in Your House - a short off-putting 15 minute horror/comedy film about a woman and her neighbor that I love.

Podcast: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame) with Jamie Loftus - covers past and present main characters of the internet in depth with fantastic interviews too! From Left Shark & “30 to 50 feral hogs” to my personal favorite: guy who ate 40 rotisserie chickens in Philadelphia.

Graphic Novel: Please Be My Star by Victoria Grace Elliot - Incredible & Phantom of the Opera adaptation!

Novel: Vacationland by John Hodgman - Extremely chill and funny book about Massachusetts, Maine, aging, anxiety and so much more. Also I love reading books by podcasters ‘cuz my brain reads it in their voice.

Article: Shiny Pokemon Don’t Exist Anymore - this one made me a bit sad but I liked it and would recommend reading the first part at the very least if you don’t care about Pokemon.

Have a good week and take care of yourselves - here’s a drawing of my dog freaking out from a couple of months ago on your way out

-Jayme

digital sketch depicting me comforting one of my dogs after he freaked out from the smoke detector noise going off. Text reads: ~10 minutes post alarm fix, a pictoral re-enactment. label on a scared dog who looks mildly posessed in the eyes: "Just got back from running ~2 houses away from fear of alarm noise." off to the side is a happy and confused dog. her label reads:"peacefully oblivious/can barely hear or see". the label on myself (trying to comfort my scared dog) reads: "bravely went outside to find dog who will not break eye contact with window reflection" digital sketch depicting me comforting one of my dogs after he freaked out from the smoke detector noise going off. Text reads: ~10 minutes post alarm fix, a pictoral re-enactment. label on a scared dog who looks mildly posessed in the eyes: "Just got back from running ~2 houses away from fear of alarm noise." off to the side is a happy and confused dog. her label reads:"peacefully oblivious/can barely hear or see". the label on myself (trying to comfort my scared dog) reads: "bravely went outside to find dog who will not break eye contact with window reflection"

Smile, Crocodile!

Smile, Crocodile! #12

Hourly Comic Day '25 & Recs!

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