Lachowski, Kris – 24 Hour Comic

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24 Hour Comic

Well, that has to be just about the laziest title for a 24 hour comic that I’ve ever seen.  And, not to get all technical or anything, judging from that timeline this was only a 20 hour comic, so it’s not even an accurate title.  As for the quality, Chris does say right on the cover (in case you can’t read it) “Wow, this was not the best 24 hour comic I’ve done”.  Still, the man has too much talent for it to be completely awful, it just suffers from the occasional 24 hour comic disease of falling apart completely by the end.  This is the story of a preacher who sticks with the craziest of the bible quotes for his sermons, losing more and more parishioners every week, until he’s eventually noticed and given a television show.  Hey, look around at religious people on the teevee, this is certainly accurate.  Along the way he gets asks for advice from a fellow priest who doesn’t speak up until almost the end of the book, but the advice he does give is sound.  The last few pages are just Kris trying to fill up space, but there are several things I liked about this book.  There was him writing “empty space” over and over again on a panel with too much empty space, the character flipping channels for a few pages and flipping past images from past comics that Kris has done, and the depiction of a sermon as the earth being smited (smoted?  smitten?), two dudes kissing and Elijah saying “booga booga” to scare people.  He’s done better, that’s for sure, but if you’re a fan of his work this is still worth a look.  $129