*The idea of a "relay comic", ( which is not original to us btw ) is that each participant draws one panel and passes the comic onto the next person ( like a relay race ). The story is improvised as we go along, so each participant has the opportunity to take it in a new direction as they build upon previous panels to create a sequential-yet-spontaneous course of events.

The names of all those who signed up were put on a list, list put through an order randomizer, then cut in half. First 10 names assigned to #0a, the latter 10 to #0b. We let this list determine order of turns. The 21st artist was signed in late and written up end of list on #0a without issue.

Everyone had 24 hours each to complete their panel once they got to their turn. Nobody missed their deadline! Had someone ran out of time, they'd be moved to the bottom of the queue ( aka. last panel ) and forced to wait their turn again.

Standard for acceptable drawing quality was ( and shall remain for any future relay comics ) stick figures. We would enthusiastically accept stick figures as long as the characters are identifiable. Expectations for quality ought to be low for what is supposed to be a fun game. An important goal is that no one feel dissuaded from signing up just because they're not confident in their drawing ability. The point is not to make something pretty to look at. The 24 hour deadline was deliberately designed to be as low as possible while still fair ( equally accommodating to every time zone ) in order to promote half-assery. Which, impressed to say it evidently failed to do! Chris hopes this is just a byproduct of excitement among the test subjects UH, he means artists, and that the quality of art may decrease over time should we organize more of these.

From delivery of template to first panel-artist, to delivery of last panel: Comic #0a took 1 week, one and a half hours between 11 people. Comic #0b between 10 finished a little earlier, taking 5 days and 22 hours to complete. Based on how this test run played out, having between min. 6 to max. 12 people per comic seems ideal for this template.