Hourly Comic Day 2017 is an A6 size mini-comic comprising of just 20 pages. Compared to Rachael's graphic novels it's a quick read, but still manages to contain more charm and wit than most mainstream comics. Basically, on 1st February every year, artists from all over the world take up the challenge of Hourly Comic Book Day where they draw a comic or illustration for every hour they're awake. This comic features Rachael's contributions.
I've never really been enamoured with autobiographical comics but, like Rachael's other book, Wired Up Wrong, the artist has an ability to make such stories interesting. As with anyone, the situations in Hourly Comic Day of Rachael and her boyfriend Adam Cadwell may seem domestic and ordinary but they can help us to relate and get to know people better, and that can't be a bad thing.
And there's even a page where Rachael gives her recipe for Chilli Con Carne, so it's educational too!
Considering this entire comic was done in one day it doesn't look rushed and Rachael's style is still on top form. Treat yourself to a copy by ordering it from the artist's online store here:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FlimsyKitten
3 comments:
Rachael is definitely an artist who has caught my eye, especially her personal work on Wired Up Wrong but I never got around to buying anything, which is shameful of me! Now that I've got a new-found appreciation and enthusiasm for the UK scene I'll definitely be purchasing some of her fantastic-looking work at long last.
Rachael's an artist well worth supporting. Her work is very readable and such a tonic from all the usual stuff seen in most comics.
There's a sense in which "Dennis the Menace" is domestic and ordinary - British and American both.
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