24 Hour Comics Day 2024! for In-Person Attendees

24 Hours. 1440 Minutes. 86,400 Seconds. What does it all add up to? One Pefrect Comic!

Join the global celebration of creativity that is 24 Hour Comics Day! The challenge is to create a complete 24 page comic book in 24 consecutive hours. It's a creative exercise that tests your stamina while you explore what you're capable of!

This year, 7000 BC goes hybrid from Noon to Noon on Saturday and Sunday, October 5-6, 2024, in the basement of St. Mark's Episcopal Church.

The Main Event will provide inspiration, community, free raffles every two hours, and occasional in-progress images shared by you, the participants. There will be a community meal for anyone who wants to take a break in the New Mexico evening and chat a bit, and for those still hanging on in the morning there will be a BYO Breakfast Burrito.

You do not need to stay the entire time. Visitors are welcome but must tell us who they're coming to visit. We will need a parent or guardian's consent for minors. Meet fellow creators, be inspired, have conversations when you want, work when you want, and challenge yourself to make a 24-page comic in 24 hours!

Questions? Please contact [email protected].

• Noon-Noon MDT
• Saturday, October 5-6, 2024
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church
• 431 Richmond Place NE
• Albuquerque, NM 87106

THE CHALLENGE: Create a complete 24 page comic book in 24 consecutive hours.

Join 7000 BC as the sun sets and rises. Thousands of artists of all skill levels from around the globe gather for this annual celebration of comics creation. It's a creative exercise that will test your stamina while you explore what you're capable of. Bring your papers and pens or tablets and join us for 24 Hour Comics Day 2023!

Officially, the challenge states that 1 person must complete a full 24 page story in 24 hours. No pre-planning, no conceptualizing. You make it all up on the spot. There is also a digital version of 24 Hour Comics Day if you want to do it as an online comic. The rule for this is that you must complete 100 panels and post them within the 24 hours. Any size, format, and subject is acceptable.

The official rules also state that you do not need to follow the official rules. There is even something called the Noble Failure Variant.

For more information and the history of 24 Hour Comics Day, visit the official .

Unofficially, we encourage you to take on the challenge however you see fit. Collaborate with your friends, get going on that comic you've started but never returned to, plan to do only part of the full 24 hours -- as long as it's in keeping with the spirit of the event, there's no wrong way to participate.

* Sat.-Sun., Oct. 6-7, Noon to Noon, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Albuquerque.

* Register in advance! Minors require adult signature or present throughout the event.

* What to bring: Art supplies, pillow, headphones, emergency rations...

* Food and Drinks, Coffee and Snacks.

* Free Prizes! Comics and stuff.

* This is a FREE, All-Ages Event!

* Contact: Jeff at [email protected] or Bram at [email protected]

Details for everything on this list are below.

When? - 24 Hour Comics Day 2024 will begin at Noon on Saturday, October 5th and run until Noon on Sunday, October 6th. You are welcome to claim a space anytime after 11:00 AM. You are not required to stay the entire time.

Participation / Release Form - Please check in with us when you arrive. If you are attending In-Person, you do not need to get a ticket through this Eventbrite website. However you will need to complete and sign the release form if you have not already done so . For minors, we require a signature from a parent or guardian, and the parent or guardian will have to check in with us when they arrive. Younger kids will need a parent or guardian to stay with them.

Location - St. Mark's Episcopal Church is located at 431 Richmond Place, Albuquerque, NM 87106. We'll be in the basement and there will be signs to get you there. You are welcome to claim a space anytime after 11:00 AM. Please be respectful of the space. If you are not respectful, you will be asked to leave.Please also note that the space is only accessible by stairs.

Parking - Please park at the end of the southern lot, Lot #3. In the morning, we may ask that you move your car to on-street parking. You may get ticketed if you park on-street on Saturday before 6:00 PM. See the map below.

Comfort and Health - Be prepared! Stay healthy! You're welcome to bring anything that will keep you comfortable through the time -- pillows, blankets, snacks, drinks, computer, iPod, etc. There will be a place to take a nap if you need it.

Materials - Bring whatever materials you'll need. Paper, pencils, pens, brushes, ink, crayons, rulers, scissors, glue. You may not use anything with fumes, like oil paint. We will provide some very basic materials. If you need something you don't have, feel free to ask us or ask around the room. Everyone is friendly and as far as we know no one bites.

Music - We will not be playing music in the room or online. If you want to listen to music, you'll need to bring your own headphones.

Food and Drinks - We will supply some food and drinks. We're still working on it, but there will definitely be coffee, tea, water, snacks and fruit. There will likely be pizza for dinner and burritos for breakfast.

Transportation - If you'd like to carpool, whether you want to drive or ride, let us know and we'll see if we can hook you up. It can be a good idea to have someone arranged to drive you home. If you're driving yourself home, please make sure you're okay to drive. We'll be glad to help you out however we can to keep you from falling asleep at the wheel.

Free Prizes! - Although 24 Hour Comics Day isn't a contest, you deserve to be rewarded for your efforts. We'll have some free prizes we'll be raffling off every couple hours throughout the event. Everyone is entered in the raffle.

Blog! - We'll try to have occasional blog posts throughout the event so that friends, family, and other 24 HCD adventurers and enthusiasts around the globe can follow the goings-on.

In-Process Images - In between other things, we'll try to show images shared by you, the participants, of the work you're doing. Email Jeff anything you'd like to share, and we'll show them as we're able to throughout the evening and morning.

When You Finish... - Don't go away without telling us! Show us what you've done! And after you've slept, show the world by sending it to the official archives of the 24 Hour Comics Day Collection at The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library. Submission is not mandatory and will not affect copyright ownership, which belongs to you, the creator. They are at:

The Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library 27 West 17th Ave. Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1393

Or, bring your comic to the next 7000 BC meeting and share it with the other creators that made it through the night!

Most importantly, have fun!

Questions??!! - If you have any questions or concerns, please email Jeff at [email protected] or Bram at [email protected] .

24 Hour Comics Day is brought to you by international organizers ComicsPRO, and local organizers 7000 BC. Visit our websites at:

http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/

http://www.comicspro.org/

http://www.7000bc.org/

Host or Publisher 7000 BC