y2cl-Daily

Released: January 2024 We all get a little anxious. J Horsley III spent a year doing daily hand drawn comics on Instagram and now we’ve collected them into themed books. The first one tackles Anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Great way to start a series, right? Get the heavy stuff out of the way first! Don't worry though, we revisit these topics often. How often? Well we circle back (like our corporate talk there? Gotta sound professional) on issues 3, 5, 10, 20, and 21. If you're worried about there being a TEN ISSUE gap without anything related to this, it's sprinkled in to damn hear every issue. How fun, right? ENJOY!

Released March 2024. We all have that lingering question “Am I an asshole?” Hell, there's an entire sub-reddit on this topic. (Side note, I HIGHLY recommend heading over to that sub-reddit and reading through some of the topics. There's some real gold in there. You could make a book out of some of them. Hmm... Why have I never thought to mine this sub-reddit for You might be an Asshole if... ideas?) Anyway, this book aims to help you answer that question. y2cl-Daily was an attempt in 2016 to release a hand drawn, inked, lettered and sometimes colored comic strip every day for a full year. They have been broken out into 24 page themed issues for your reading pleasures and released every other month. At the end of each year they are collected into a volume that you can puck up that will contain six whole issues.

Released May 2024. Disquietude (noun) - a state of uneasiness or anxiety. Who say’s you can’t learn something from these comics? We learned something putting it together! That J Horsley III doesn’t know how to shut up about his feelings. Or how to take them seriously. There are more than one masturbation jokes in this supposed book about his feelings...nothing more than feelings. There is also a really clever Dick joke, a potty joke, something about Batman, and a two page true story about adventures walking through Seattle at 5am!  What are you waiting for? Pick up this book and end your disquietude!  y2cl-Daily was an attempt in 2016 to release a hand drawn, inked, lettered and sometimes colored comic strip every day for a full year. They have been broken out into 24 page themed issues for your reading pleasures and released every other month. At the end of each year they are collected into a volume that you can puck up that will contain six whole issues. 

Released July 2024​ Have you ever bought a y2cl-Daily book and thanked yourself cause it’s the greatest y2cl-Daily book you could possibly imagine? No? Well this may be it! Featuring some of the following questions for you to ponder: Done something super awesome but no one was around to see it? Misjudge the size of the page you are drawing on. Been in a meeting and has to fart... Forgot your amazing idea? Had a perfect day ruined by your kids and looked up the number for the local orphanage? Danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? Felt optimistic and happy as well as drained? Lost track of time on someones Instagram? Got lost in the beauty of a painting? Loved somebody so much it makes you cry? Ran down some tracks to relax while pissing? Running a race and fading into nothingness? Felt like two people at the same time? Just wanted to draw a pretty flower? Relaxed in a field on a nice day? and many more! y2cl-Daily was an attempt in 2016 to release a hand drawn, inked, lettered and sometimes colored comic strip every day for a full year. They have been broken out into 24 page themed issues for your reading pleasures and released every other month. At the end of each year they are collected into a volume that you can puck up that will contain six whole issues.

Released September 2024. Apparently J Horsley III spent a lot of time using this series as a diary to work through things. Here’s a book full of that kind of stuff. From that ballad of the bad tooth, to cancer, to face melting medication this book as it all! You also get some pretty sweet man ass on one of the pages. How could you pass this one up? Oh, that's right. You can't. y2cl-Daily was an attempt in 2016 to release a hand drawn, inked, lettered and sometimes colored comic strip every day for a full year. They have been broken out into 24 page themed issues for your reading pleasures and released every other month. At the end of each year they are collected into a volume that you can puck up that will contain six whole issues. 

You know how it’s a trend in mainstream comics to do cover swipes, or homages to classic comic covers? Well I do that too. It's fun and let's m stretch my creative muscles a bit into things I wouldn't normally draw. Cover swipes in this issue? Detective Comics #27 - Bob Kane Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 - George Perez Amazing Fantasy #15 - Jack Kirby Wolverine #8 - John Buscema Action Comics #252 - Al Plastino TMNT #1 - Kevin Eastman & Peter Liard Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #98 - Curt Swan House of Secrets #92 - Bernie Wrightson Archie #1 - Bob Montana DC Super-Stars #7 - Jim Aparo Flash #123 - Carmine Infantino Star Wars #1 - Howard Chaykin Green Lantern #84 -Neal Adams Justice League - Darwyn Cooke Batman #66 - Dick Sprang Betty and Me #16 - Barry Grossman Incredible Hulk #340 - Todd McFarlane Fantastic Four #1 - Jack Kirby X-Men #1 - Jack Kirby Batman #59 - Lew Sayre Schwartz Detective Comics #523 - Gene Colan El Diablo v3 #1 - Ande Parks Brave and Bold #200 - Jim Aparo Fury of the Firestorm #28 - Rafael Kayanan The Flash #117 - Carmine Inantino The Brave and The Bold #25 - Ross Andru Batman Adventures #12 - Mike Parobeck Batman #1 - Jerry Robinson The Killing Joke - Brian Bolland x-Men #11 - Jim Lee Superan #79 - Dan Jurgens Wonder Woman #88 - John Ross Rai #1 - David Lapham X-Men Adventures #1 - Andrew Wildman Green Day Dookie - Richie Bucher Green Day Kerplunk - Chris Appelgren Ugly Kid Joe America’s Least Wanted - Moish Brennan Spider-Man The Venom Factor - Ron Lim

During the initial run of y2cl-Dailyin 2016, J Horsley III would take *suggestions* from the readers as well as answer questions. It’s a fun way to not have to think of content. Enjoy! ### Answers to questions like: - What does a pule of flamingos next to a middle aged Power Ranger standing in front of a pile of shit with a "Detroit" sign on on it with a parachuting cat and heaven's gate closed in the sky look like? - Is it tru that Kangaroos have three vaginas? - Are Flamingo yolks really pink? - Do Wombats have cubed poop? - Am I rich yet? - What does it look like to see a cat riding a unicorn that's farting rainbows and breathing fire while Deadpool laughs to see such a sight and the dish runs away with the spoon? - Do I lift, bra? - What is the dimensions of the universe? - Is this all there is? - 42 - What is the airspeed velocity of the unladed swallow? - Why can't I just buy a sports car and be normal? - Can we get an updated drawing of me? ***And much more!***

Released March 2025. The EIGHTH wonder of the world! Or of this series at least. Is it the greatest issue yet? Probably not since it’s just a bunch of behind the scenes non sense of me explaining my little y2cl-Verse to you all. Wait, no thats not this issue. That’s issue ***fourteen…***with will release March 4, 2026. Only one year off. Dammit, get back on track. We are talking about y2cl-Daily #8 – Behind the Scenes. The concept here is the characters are aware they are in a comic strip, or a TV show, or a “whatever” and this is them behind the scenes talking about the series. Or about me. Or about something outside the comic itself. I’ve been doing this in y2cl since the literally FIRST comic. You get a neat little look at some of the original y2cl – The Web-Comic characters like Plank Face (originally called The Tiki Guy, but I like Plank Face better), Larry T. Cob, a nice reference to Stick Dylan (See Just Shoot Me, NJ the Fasion Model, y2cl vs Caitlin Day, and Dylan’s Stickaversary for contest), and the ninjas **SMT, and K-Bot.** All in all, a SOLID issue. With a hella cool cover.