Now this is a good idea. The most eminent writer/artist/legendary author Scott McCloud created the event in 2004 and it has been steamrolling its way across the world since. The aim is to create a 24 page comic book within 24 consecutive hours. By the way, if you’re a comics fan and haven’t read any of McCloud’s intelligent books on the history and complexities of comics such as Understanding Comics, you must. He’s also the guy that created the Google Chrome promo.
Over 1200 dedicated artists participated last year, in 18 countries. It’s too late to enter for this year’s event, but if you go to the official site, you’ll be able to witness an event in your area, on Saturday October 18-19. As for me, I’ll be here in sunny Fremantle in Western Australia filming it, chatting to doodlers, dribblers and scribblers alike, and just generally being inspired by the mayhem and raw creativity enveloping me. Or something. It should be a great day.
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No, it’s not too late to enter for this year’s event. Plenty of individual locations still have room for artists (although that may not be true for your local event)… and I believe it’s not even too late to sign up a new site to host an event!