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86,400 Seconds To Shine

October 7th is the next 24 Hour Comics Day.

The challenge is simple: In a 24 hour period create a 24-page comic book. That's it. Check the link for more details.

This year... I might attempt it.

Comments

Tony Collett said…
Yes, I'd like to participate, too. My local comic shop is listed as a participant.
It's going to depend on if I have employment. Plus, it's on a Saturday, when I have to take the wife to work just before 5am and pick her up around 1pm. So if I do participate, that's gonna take a chunk of time out of it.
Plus if you do it at one of the locations there's the having someone drive you home so you don't drive sleepy. I know you can do it anywhere, but participating where others are doing it (even for a little while) sounds fun, and there's the encouragement of your fellow artists.
9:37 PM
Mike Norton said…
I've been considering that group angle, too. The spot in PA (Wade's Comic Madness) is one back in the area we moved from in 2001, most of an hour from here, but even though it's generally 6 months or more between times I manage to stop in Wade still greets me by name. Theoretically I could go there and crash as necessary at my mom's place, which is less than 5 minutes away.

Realistically judging my illustration skills, though, I anticipate I'll be using my computer for too much of the process, and I won't want to try to load my tools onto my wife's laptop and also deprive her of that use for a day. None of that would address issues of printing and/or scanning.

So, at this stage I'm expecting to be doing it solo if I'm going to do it. That's 3 1/2 weeks away (and also happens to be the next Legends deadline, so I'll need to get that out of the way), so I'll make my decision about it once I'm close enough to that weekend to be reasonably sure it'll be clear.
7:56 AM
SuperWife said…
Sounds cool, guys! Please let us know if you do it and if it was a much fun as it sounds like!
2:27 PM
Mike Norton said…
Hey! Look! It's the sick-o! ;D

(Glad to see you've made it back to the keys.)

As for 24 Hour Comics Day I'll have a much better idea of whether or not I'm going to be able to swing that... about three weeks from now. If I do it I'll scan and post the results.
2:35 PM
SuperWife said…
Heh...yeah...barely.

I'll look forward to updates on topic. Honestly.
3:40 PM
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