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| Joni Ahonen and his 24 pieces of plywood. |
Joni Ahonen draws on plates.
Now our group has grown to 44 artists.
Liminka School of Arts started at 11 am with 39 participitants. We had a rehearshall last week, some students did 24 pages in 5 hours. So every body’s cool.
At half past two came the first 24hcd comics ready. Other participants are busy with drawing. Out is dark and cold, it is so refrehing to put one’s head out and keep awake.
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10/19/2012
4:25 PM
According to the clock on my website, there are just under 19 hours until the 12 participants who have signed up to be a part of 24HCD in Erie will start their comic books, and I’m probably more nervous than any of them. How that’s possible, I don’t know.
My name is Sean, and I’ll be updating this post throughout the event. Pictures and video will come regularly.
See you in the morning!
10/20/2012
11:22 AM
Of the 12 people who signed up, we have 7 here today – Brian Rocks, Jude Shingle, Nick Warren, Brandon Bilski, Patrick Rennie, Kerry Shepard, and Todd Schoonover.
I keep peeking my head outside to look for any wayward souls who may be having trouble finding us.
12:15 PM
The worst thing that’s happened so far is that the coffee percolator refused to work for me. It heated the water, but left the coffee dry. The Alice DeGeorge threatened to melt it down into bracelets and there was suddenly coffee. Weird.
Also, Bernard and his wife Trouble arrive!
It’s Fall in Erie, PA, but we’re all warm and working.
4:45 PM
Bernard and Trouble are working on “Scarecrow” – a psychedelia about fauna who are unbothered by a scarecrow protecting the local flora.
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Nick is working on “Escapism”. His inking is a mystery to me. Even looking at the lines, I cannot see how they work.
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Kerry is pretty cool in his work. Unrushed and well-paced.
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Brian (“Brian Rocks” – is that a name that does not need to be changed a whit when he’s famous?) is focused on his post-apocalyptic thriller.
Jude -who teaches kids how to draw comic books for a living (I’m totally jealous)- is creating a tale of a boy out for an adventure (and there will be a yeti!).
Todd -because someone had to- is going to give the comic book an X rating -perhaps XXX- with “Adventures in Growlr”.
Brandon and Patrick sadly had to leave.
There is so much food still. Oy veh.
8:40 PM
Dinner has been had, and sadly Bernard and Trouble also had to leave. Next year, everyone brings their families with them!
11 PM
Half way point and five guys are still here! We’ve had to raid the ladies’ room for toilet paper and lighting a fire in an oil barrel seems a not too-far-off probability, but all continues to go well.
10/21/2012
3:50 AM
Kerry just left us. He has to drive back to Cleveland (1 1/2 hours away) and I’m very nervous. He said he’d pull over if he got tired and email me when he got home.
“And then there were four…”
2:57 PM
24 Hour Comics day in Erie finished with four artists left, and two of them made the goal of 24 pages! Not bad for a first go around! Congrats to Jude Shingle and Brian Rocks for your fortitude and pacing skills! But no less worthy of congratulations are Nick Warren and Todd Schoonover for making it through the entire 24 hours. I don’t think I saw these guys nap once (I myself pass out for an hour around 2 AM). Amazing, right?
WJETTV-24 showed up at 10:15 to catch the last celebratory moments of 24HCD. They asked me a few questions, but I can’t remember what. All I know is that when it was done and they were gone, I realized I was still wearing my Thor knit cap. Yeah, I ought look like a consummate responsible adult on the news tonight.
Kerry also emailed me that he got home OK. YAY!
Do I have any final thoughts? Well, final thoughts four hours later since I fell asleep the moment I got home and was unavailable to update the blog… Yes. This is totally happening again next year, but I’m going to chill the hell out about getting food brought in. We had lots of leftovers -which either the guys took away or was given to a local food bank. But beyond that I’m going to have to take a few days and think.
Thank you again to Alice DeGeorge at Presque Isle Printing for getting us donations from the Eerie Roller Girls, Valerio’s and The Brewerie.
Good night! …er, Afternoon!
Here we go again! 42 enthusiastic young adults has assembled to the library for 24h Comics Day. Among participants there are both newcomers and plenty of familiar faces. This year we are lucky to have a local
comic artist with us working as a volunteer through the night. The drawers has been working now almost six hours and it’s getting dark in Rovaniemi , Finland. Cheery hum of voices, intensed sketching, the rustle of sweets – drawing around the clock, this is a great event 🙂
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| Some of the drawers are really productive |
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| lunch… |
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| sketching |
Time to finish up those last minute preparations. Review the Host Resources and Participant Resources. Be safe, and most of all, have fun!
Reminder to Hosts: If you have videos or pictures you want to share, contact us at 24hcd @ comicspro.org so you can post directly to the 24HCD blog!
You can always post your event on our Facebook page and Twitter using the #24HCD tag.
Good Luck to everyone!
I, Henry Chamberlain, have hosted 24 Hour Comics Day events before. This year is different. I am striking out on my own and doing a solo performance, if you will, at the Sorrento Hotel in Seattle. This is a beautiful landmark hotel dating back to 1909. It will be my pleasure and honor to participate in this year’s event from the Sorrento. It will be a low-key thing. I have booked my room. I will be a guest of the hotel and I will be reporting back to you throughout the event. You can find some more details here. This event is sponsored by Comics Dungeon, a totally awesome comics shop in Seattle with a wide selection of merchandise including amazing deals on collectible comics.
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