Archive for October 18th, 2008
Angulimala 13-18
Thus the Buddha accepted Angulimala into the sangha.
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Hearing that the Buddha was in the village, the king went and paid homage.
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So fearsome was Angulimala's reputation that the king became quite alarmed.
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Angulimala 7-12
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- Finally, when Angulimala was out of breathe, he cried out, “Stop, monk, stop!” Said the monk, “It is you who must stop, Angulimala.”
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- Angulimala asked, “What do you mean by this? For it is I who have stopped and you who have not.”
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- Said the monk, “You must stop your evil ways, as I have stopped.”
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- When Angulimala heard this he became enlightened.
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- He realized that this monk was the Buddha.
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- Angulimala fell to his knees and asked if he might join the Buddha as a monk.
Angulimala Pages 1-6
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- Angulimala was a notorious highwayman who roamed the secluded jungle.
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- He kept a finger from each of his victims and wore these around his neck. This is how he earned his nickname Angulimala, which means “a necklace of fingers.”
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- Once he came upon an ascetic monk who was walking through the jungle alone.
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- Angulimala intended to make this monk his thousandth victim.
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- But as fast as Angulimala ran he could not catch up with the monk, who walked at only a leisurely pace.
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- Angulimala was amazed at such a feat. How could this be?
24 Hour Comics Day Hour 10
Things are really starting to hit their stride. I’ve got twelve pages fully inked and ready to go. Not to mention the cover page:
Angulimala
24 Hour Comics Day Hour 7
I have finished the pencils for the first twelve pages now, and have inked almost 9 pages. I am taking some time for breakfast right now. Cheese and turkey-bacon omelet. Mmm-mmm.
The sun rise was very nice this morning. It’s remarkable how many things we miss while we sleep.
24 Hour Comics Day Hour 5
Well, I’m almost a quarter of the way through the day and I have the pencils done for the first six pages and I am starting on the inks. I am going to ink the easier pages first and the get to the more complicated ones, and after I have inked these twelve I’ll started the sketches for the last half.
I didn’t mention it before, but the subject of this comic is the ancient Buddhist legend of Angulimala.
Wow this is slow going. Time to make some coffee.
24 Hour Comics Day Hour 1
Today, Saturday October 18th, is Twenty Four Hour Comics Day! As of midnight, eastern standard time, your ever so humble cartoonist has embarked upon an epic journey. The mission: to create a full 24 page comic book in the span of 24 hours. I will be blogging about it in real time throughout the day so stay tuned for my progress.
Let the micron be my sword.
And so it begins.
