24 Hours of Making COMICS

Now in Winooski!

Winooski Welcome Center will host the 6th Annual 24-Hour Comics Day on October 20th-21st 2012. 

The event is being co-produced by Artists’ Mediums, Rick Evans, and the Winooski Welcome Center.

24-Hour Comics Day, the fun and possibly grueling challenge for comic artists and writers worldwide is back! Artists of all abilities and styles are invited to push themselves to their physical and creative limits in the singular artistic challenge of creating an entire 24-page comic book in one 24-hour period.  

 

Rick made a mini-comic to help newbies figure out how to tackle the challenge.  It's a good refresher for everyone, seeing as how it only comes once a year.
Check it out on the info page here!

  

Ready to sign up?  

There are a few things to be aware of first:  

1. Be sure to arrange a ride to pick you up at the end of the event.  When you've been awake and drawing for 24 hours, it is not safe to be operating a vehicle.  
2. The event is open to participants 16 years and older.  Permission slips for those under 18 must be signed by a parent or guardian the day the event starts.  
3. You're going to be in one place for 24 hours.  Dress comfortably, bring food (or have friends visit you with food), a pillow, etc.  Read the guide for more suggestions from Rick, who has been leading this for us from the start.  
4. When you're ready to join in*, contact us by email at 24hcdvt@obscurius.org  or call Artists' Mediums at (802) 879-1236 
5. If you want to drop in and check the progress we're making, please do.  We'll be there from 10 a.m. Saturday the 20th through 10 a.m. Sunday the 21st.  Come watch the artists push their stories through to completion!

*Call soon, space is limited!

Kristin takes a break from her comic, a wordless story that ends with apples, sticks and rabbits

Emcee Rick Evans carefully plotting out his panels

Gregg Giordano (in black) and Geoff Glore (in red) keep coming back for more

Artists' Mediums' Artistic Vandalism Contest.

(Please understand that we are in no way reccommending the vandalism of anything other than this poster.)
For all the rules and info go to: http://artistsmediums.blogspot.com/p/rules-for-artistic-vandalism.html

24HCD half-way point has been passed!

Here's some work by Henry that says it all...
I'm probably not going to finish mine, but I'm on page 17! Still hoping to ink all of them too...

But here's the link our most recent post on the international blog!

--Kristin

24 HOUR COMICS DAY

24 HOUR COMICS DAY(2010 EVENT)

Saturday October 2nd, 9:00 a.m. through Sunday OCTOBER 3rd - 9:00 a.m.Join an international cartoon drawing event! The Challenge: to draw 24 pages of Comics in 24 hours! Please pre-register if you are interested in participating, or stop by and visit the artists anytime during this 24 hour long event! http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/

If you like the POSTER art, and want to support the Williston Community Food Shelf, we're raffling off the original hand-painted poster at $3 per ticket.

FREE Demo COMIC BOOK BASICS

Saturday, Sept. 18th, 11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.
Rick Evans will introduce you to the basics of creating and producing story-based sequential art for the web or print.

24 Hour Comics Day is around the corner...

Rick Evans came up with this fantastic design for our 2010 event. We are hoping to raffle off the hand painted version off during 24HCD, to support the local food shelf here in Williston VT.

Looking forward to October with excitement and a bit of trepidation (this year, I'm finally going to sit and draw, not just help with organizing.)
--Kristin
Artists' Mediums Inc.
Williston, VT

Artist's Mediums 24 Hour Comic Day 2009!

24 Hour Comic Day 2009 Is all finished.
Several brave Artists drew 24 pages of Comics in LESS than 24 hours:
The last few folks left at 5:30 a.m. (Pretend they are blurry because they are so tired.)
(click here for videos from the last two years of our participation.)
Many thanks to:Bawls energy Drinks, Rocky's Pizza and Vermont Sandwich Company, for keeping the comics well fed, and comic characters from falling asleep.
24 Hour Comic Day 2009!

24 hour comic day '09 winding down in Vermont

at Artists Mediums Inc. in Williston Vermont....
With only hours left to go, the last few blurrily exhausted artists finish the final inking of their comics.

Many thanks to:
Bawls energy Drinks,
Rocky's Pizza
and
Vermont Sandwich Company
for keeping the comics well fed, and comic characters from falling asleep.

It has begun! Year 3 of 24 Hour Comics day at Artists' Mediums in Williston, VT

These pictures were taken around 11:30 a.m. EST, and everyone is working hard.

It is so quiet!!!

In the foreground is one of our veterans. And a few last minute sign-ups have filled out our group nicely...

Another veteran on the lower-left there, plus a mother-daughter team (mom draws, daughter is doing the script.)

We'll check back in a while...

24 Hour Comic Day 2009!

Artists Mediums Inc. proudly presents:
24 Hour Comic Day 2009- Our third year participating in this world wide event!

The a challenge: to draw 24 pages of Comics in 24 hours!

From 10 a.m. Saturday October 3rd all through the night until the morning of Sunday October 4th at 10 a.m.

All abilities welcome, call for details and sign up, or come and visit the artists at work anytime during the event!

New Comic supplies.

COMIC ARTISTS:

24 Hour Comics Day is starting on OCTOBER 3rd. Planning has only just begun, please call with any questions about participation.

Only a touch over four months, until we are once again participating in another 24 hour comic event.
To see what was done last year: check out this blog entry...and this you tube video.
To find a description of what the 24 hour comic event actually IS: click here.

We now carry Maxon brand comic supplies! This includes comic pattern adhesive films, bubble templates -for speech balloons, burnishers, tweezers, comic ink and nibs, and even kits.Come in to see the full selection!

Get ready, the comics are coming!

24 Hour Comics Day is starting on OCTOBER 3rd.

Planning has only just begun, please call with any questions about participation.

Did you ever get to see the wonderful comics that were made during the 24 hour comic event here at Artists Mediums last year?

What is a 24 hour Comic Book Challenge?

The 24 hour comic challenge is for a cartoonist to completely create a 24 page comics story in 24 straight hours.

A "24 hour comic" is any comics story you make while facing the challenge, even if you take more than 24 consecutively-awake hours to make the comic or if you end after 24 hours with a story that's shorter than 24 pages.

It's a celebration of creation of 24 hour comics.

The first day was held in 2004, and a second is scheduled for 2005. This is a day when people are encouraged to create 24 hour comics.

Some folks gather at the official event sites to work on comics side by side, while other folks work on their stories at home alone or in private gatherings. Many of the official event sites are open for the public to come and watch the effort.
Is this really the best way to make a great comic?Probably not (although some really cool comics have been made this way), but that's not the real goal. The goal is to have the experience of trying.

It's a creative exercise that can teach you a lot about what you're capable of.

Who came up with the concept of 24 hour comic?A cartoonist named Scott McCloud. Scott is the leading theoretician in the comics field, a position he achieved with the release of Understanding Comics, an analysis of the comics form in the comics form. Head on over to http://www.scottmccloud.com/ to learn more about Scott and his insights.
How many 24 hour comics have been done? Over 1000 people have taken the challenge so far. Who is the youngest person to have drawn a 24 hour comic? Duncan Lowell, who took the challenge at age seven during the first 24 Hour Comics Day in 2004.

How is Artists Mediums involved?Artists’ Mediums is only one of the many locations around the world where people are getting together to draw a 24-page comic in 24 hours. Many people choose to work on them at home, but more prefer to work alongside other artists. We start at 6pm Friday the 17th, and finish at 6pm Saturday the 18th. The store will be open to the public the entire 24 hours. Participants will be sharing several tables set up throughout the store, and there will also be a small station for customers/observers to try doing their own (shorter) versions.
Our only real caveat for the event is that you MUST have someone who can give you a ride home after the event. Please provide us with their name & contact information either before the event or the day of. This is one of those liability issues that we are holding firm on.

Artists' Mediums will provide:
1) Table space for each participant (these are the large flat tables used for our demos)
2) Metal folding chair for each (keeping in mind the duration you'll be seated, you may want to bring your own chair (please no armchairs!) or at least a cushion.
3.) A small nap area with an air mattresses.
4.)The store bathroom will also be available to participants.
5.) We will have coffee brewing throughout the night, as well as some other caffeinated and non-caffeinated beverages.
6.) Extra paper will be available if needed.

Each participant should bring:
1.) Your preferred drawing/painting materials. (Pretty much any 2D medium is acceptable.)
2.) Your own paper (we will have extra on hand if needed.) Paper that you work on should not exceed 8.5 x 11" or it will not fit on our photocopier. Smaller pages are easier to work on anyhow! If you do your comics on a portable computer, let us know and we will have power strips available.
3.) Any reference material that you may want to access (books, magazines, etc.)
4.) Headphones if you are listening to your own music. We may have the store radio going, but it will be in the background.
5.) A cushion for your chair, if desired.
6.) Feel free to bring whatever extra snacks/ drinks (obviously no alcohol) you specifically desire for your own consumption.

For more information please go to the official website:
http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/
Contact  Kristin at Artists’ Mediums for details on the hosted event.
(802) 879-1236
(800) 255-1290