Something magical happened this past October! A clever witch, her crafty niece, and a cranky old bird have taken over Sundae Comics! This past Fall, I took part in the month-long Inktober art challenge, attempting to make a new comic strip out of each of the daily word prompts. As anyone who has participated in Inktober can tell you, it’s difficult enough to just make a clever drawing out of each prompt. Coming up with an conceptual idea that uses the prompt, figuring out a composition, finding the time to draw and ink the finished art — for 31 straight days? Not easy. Adding in the challenge of turning each prompt into a comic strip with a punchline? Let’s just say it’s a really, really hard challenge. Really, really hard. My first attempt at this challenge was in 2019. Sundae Comics was less than a year old. I was struggling. It was taking me over a week to write and draw a single comic strip — I was just too slow and I knew it. I needed to shake things up. The comics I made in the first few days of Inktober that year were… awkward. Rushed and unfinished. But
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