Do you kinda wish Three on the Third happened more often, just so you could read more comics drawn by friends and friends-of-friends? Well, I do. Lucky for me, not one, but two talented Three on the Third participants are embarking on more-than-once-a-month comic endeavors. recoveringmale has revived and re-invented The Mighty Bu, and is now updating twice a week, while upsidedown cat is going to do three journal comics every other day for two weeks! (I might be skeptical about this if she did not already have a track record of completing all kinds of incredibly ambitious projects.)
In other news, I am accumulating ideas for a 3 on the 3rd overview and FAQ. patchwork just asked exactly the kind of question I'm looking for:
Q: I was wondering, are the 3 on the 3rds supposed to always be about things that happened to you? Like, always journal comics? I know there aren't concrete 'rules' to it or anything, but I was just wondering if there are guidelines. It's still in the beginning phases too, so we're all sort of helping define what it's all about!
A: I'm gonna say that if you are not making comics about things that happened to you on the 3rd day of the month, then technically what you are doing is not Three on the Third.*
From the beginning, the intent of Three on the Third has been to tell tiny true stories. Journal comics encourage us to
a) hone our anecdotal delivery skills,
b) pay attention to the small interesting things that happen in our daily lives,
c) make interesting things happen so we'll have something to write about, and
d) record the mundane details of the present for a time when they will no longer be mundane, but remarkable. (Imagine if your grandfather had scribbled out some journal comics when he was your age! Even if they were lousy, they'd still be an absolutely amazing record of life in the past. Now imagine finding your own journal comics, 25 years from now: won't that be awesome?)
Having said that, I am not going to be your Non-Fiction Police Officer. So you throw something in there that didn't happen? Whoop-de-doo. And if you want to harness the momentum of our collective energy to create three totally fictional comics on the 3rd of the month, that is awesome, go for it! I will read and enjoy them, maybe even link to them. Honestly, though? I'd rather read comics about you.
Ultimately, like NaNoWriMo or Hourly Comics, Three on the Third is a self-monitoring project: you do what you want to do, share as much of it as you feel like, and decide for yourself if you're a winner. At some point I hope to set up a way (a "better than Blogger comments" way) for people to submit their own works every month, so that I'm not the gatekeeper.
But if you want a guideline, here it is: Three on the Third = journal comics = stuff that happened to you.
*Note that we've had some great examples of comics about things that should have happened. Of course, dreams, daydreams, wishful thinking, and the like still fall squarely under the category of Journal Comics.
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While I'm on the topic of 3 on the 3rd-ers other comic projects, I should also mention that one of the Three on the Third participants has his own established webcomic, Ask Dr. Eldritch, that recently passed the 400th-episode milestone!
Agh, no! She's making rules! And, and.... lists of objectives! Next thing, there'll be a MISSION STATEMENT! Aiiiieeee!
Hey, not just one mention, but TWO! Thanks!
I've considered doing more journal comics than 3on3rd, but right now I'm feeling... not burnt out, but slightly singed from doing ten comics today. Perhaps next month...
oh yay, hehe, i didn't know i was getting a little write-up.
yeah, i think i'll be able to do it...and i think just drawing every other day (which is something i rarely do normally) is helping me draw better, slowly.
it's been interesting.
oh yeah, i'm already thinking about cool stuff to make happen in my comics. i'll go to the velodrome if anyone wants to come..
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