Hourly Comics Day was February 1, which means a lot of great comic creators put up short glimpses into how they spent their days. (The event encourages artists to create comics every hour, so it’s kind of like a sketchbook diary.) Here are some of my favorites:

Lucy Knisley went way above and beyond by doing hers in watercolor.

I liked finding out more about Sarah Becan‘s day job, although I was sorry to hear she’s sick. Favorite quote in reference to customer feedback: “‘Oomph’ is not adequate direction.

Alex Heberling shows the nocturnal style of creative living in a simple but colorful style.

Jen Wang uses collages of multiple images to capture her day. Features happy poop and other biological effects.

Raina Telgemeier provides this excellent observation: “The most productive days are also the most painful!” Work takes effort and has a cost, but it’s so worth it! (Something I needed to hear right now.) The panel right before the one shown here is outstanding cartooning, by the way. And I like seeing the quiet domesticity of artist couples.

In her writeup, Brigid Alverson notes:

Hourly Comics Day brings journal comics to their logical extreme: Every hours, creators stop what they are doing and draw a comic about it. There’s an inherent flaw in the concept, in that the best artists are the people who draw comics all the time, which makes for a dull diary.

Yet I like seeing comic creators drawing themselves making comics, at least in short bursts. There’s such diversity in how they show themselves to us and the staging of the scene.