24 Hours From Q-Town: HOUR 10

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

Hard to believe it’s been 10 hours, eh? Of course, to you it hasn’t been any time at all because the 24 Hour Comic Day website has been down since yesterday. Nonetheless, I am diligently posting away so that when the site does come back up, you’ll be able to read this and maybe feel a part of the experience that is 24 Hour Comic Day.

So we had another round of raffle drawings and these folks (and I) won some cool stuff.

Julie won this Ben Girven original t-shirt depicting Black Widow and Hawkeye as Lucy and Linus.

John, Talon, and I won a $10 Lobo Anime and Comics gift certificate.

While Rosie won an All the Growing Things trade paperback from Typod Mary http://typodmary.com/ and graciously accepted Brian’s $10 Lobo Anime and Comics gift certificate, as he was out of the room at the time.

While Mike, Nathan, and Jeff toil away at their projects at our satellite facility, the previously undisclosed location.

And so it goes…

Be Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: HOUR 9

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

So as I promised, more stuff happened–mainly PIZZA! Ben left awhile back and returned with 9 pizzas! We feasted… And I didn’t get any pictures, dang!

At and that previously undisclosed location…

I made another round on the floor and…

Be Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: HOURS 7 & 8

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

Our old friend Jim Lynch from Wonderfunders http://www.wonderfunders.com/ dropped by to shower us with gifts.

He bought a $50 gift certificate from Kaboom Test Labs and—

Eloy won!

Then Jim left to go get some more prizes. He returned with 5, count `em 5, $10 gift certificates to URBAN Hot Dog, right next door to Kaboom Test Labs. How convenient!

We did a rapid fire drawing and here are the results:

Carsten, Sarah, Nathan, Aliina, and Ben!

Then, Jim left yet again and returned with 3 $20 bills, which were promptly won by Austin, Stephen, and Jesse!

And then, more stuff happened, but more of that next hour.

Be Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: HOURS 5 & 6

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

Here’s Ben showing Andy how easy it is to ink with the cintiq and Adobe Photoshop. If I were an artist (which I am, by no stretch of the imagination), and I had a coupla thousand bucks, I would definitely get one!

We had another raffle and afterward, I realized that we have not been posting pictures of the winners like we did in the past, so here they are. After all, that’s all part of the drama and pathos that IS 24 Hour Comic Day:

Here’s Garrad with his copy of “The Salmonella Chronicles”.

Sarah and Julie both won gift certificates from Big Adventure Comics https://www.facebook.com/bigadventurecomics in Santa Fe.

Tristan won a Lobo Anime and Comics gift certificate.

Made another trip around the floor and here’s how things are going…

That’s it for now kids.

Be well,

Your pal,

Chuck

2013 24HCD at The New England Institute of Art

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Jason Wiser

We opened our doors to artists and students from throughout the Boston area. We had 45 people registered at the start. 35 Checked in. Here is our starting pic from orientation at 11:30pm, with everyone raring to go!

24 Hours From Q-Town: HOUR 4

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

Sometime during Hour 3, Andy Kuhn, world famous artist (Google him) dropped by. He’s been a friend and supporter of 7000 BC longer than I have. He checked out Ben Girven’s cintiq drawing tablet. Andy’s always been a pen, ink, and paper kind of guy, but he seems to be very interested. Ben told me that he increased his productivity tremendously since he invested in the cintiq, and I’ve heard that from other artists, too.

Jeff (that’s Jeff behind Andy) just told me that we have 26 people creating comics. Good turnout!

And now…

PROGRESS!

Be Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: HOURS 2 and 3

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

We’re coming to you from Kaboom Test Labs West.

We have many more folks to thank, like f’rinstance:

Trader Joe’s in Uptown, Albuquerque, who just let us run through the store and pick what we wanted.

http://www.traderjoes.com/stores/index.asp?q=87110

Winning Coffee, who provided a veritable vat of coffee, and another vat of hot water and all the fixin’s, on the fly, Jeff said, since we gave them the wrong date. They graciously supported our needs anyway. Winning has been a long time friend of 7000 BC, sometimes letting us hold our monthly meetings there.

http://www.winningcoffeeco.com/

Lobo Anime and Comics, my personal Local Comic Shop for the last 8 years. Henry donated 10 ea. $10 gift certificates for us to award as raffle prizes, and he didn’t even ask me to sign for them. You can also pick up our 7000 BC member’s comics at the shop, too.

http://www.loboanime.com/

Twin Suns Comic Books & Gaming Center, who gave us a $20 gift certificate wrapped around a Monster energy drink (that will come in handy for the lucky winner). Thanks to Josh and Drew Allred, the aforementioned twin sons and owners.

http://twinsunscomics.com/

We also have a satellite contingent of comic artists, Mike, Nathan, and Jeff, who are at an undisclosed location but are sending me pictures of their progress. Here they are, from left to right, Mike, Nathan, and Jeff:

And now for some more pics from here:

Stay tuned, kids!

Be Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

2nd Annual 24HCD down @ Cold Lake Public Library

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Lyall Wood

MIDWAY Point!!!

Appears like the youthful energy has an endless supply… but there is always room for a good massage!

This comic was created by a 13 yr old ; it was their first 24HCD!!! Completed in apprx. 7hours

So….the countdown has ended and the Blastoff has just occurred. Can’t wait to see what happens at the end of this event. If your feeling is the same as mine, let these photos appease your anticipation for a moment.

4 Hours have Passed, 20 to Go

The Start of the 2nd Annual 24 HCD @ Cold Lake Public Library in Cold Lake, Alberta Canada.

2nd Annual 24HCD. Let the fun of imagination BEGIN!!!

24 Hours From Q-Town: HOUR 1

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Chuck Larntz

Hi Kids!

And we’re OFF!

Here’s the 21st Century Electronics Corner.

And here’s the rest of the happy revelers.

I’ll be running around taking pictures of all the creativity and getting them to you as soon as I can.

Ben has posted a U-Stream video (with audio) that will be running for the entire 24 hours, so if you just don’t have enough to do, you can watch us here:

http://bit.ly/17a7yQJ

We’ve some more entrants.