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The Denver 5th Annual 24-Hour Comic Book Challenge - October 18 - 19th at Enchanted Grounds!
Saturday, October 18, 2007, from 2 pm to 2 pm, Squid Works Comics will once again be coordinating the annual Denver 24 Hour Comic Book Day Challenge at Enchanted Grounds at 8800 South Colorado Boulevard in Highlands Ranch.
This quickly-growing event has been an exciting part of the Denver art scene for the last four years, garnering coverage by KCNC, WB2, the Denver Rocky Mountain News, Westword, The Onion, KGNU and Project A.
The idea of the 24 hour comic was invented by leading comics theoretician, Scott McCloud, who devised it as a challenge to show creators just what they are capable of. The challenge is to complete a 24 page comic written and drawn by one person in the course of 24 consecutive hours. The moment the pencil hits the paper, the clock is ticking. You can eat, sleep, or do anything else you need to during the time, but the clock keeps going.
This event has helped to put Denver's largely unknown comics scene on the map, landing five of the completed 24 hour comic stories in About Comics' 24 Hour Comic Day Anthology series, and launching Denver's own 24 Hour Comics People - A Comics Anthology 2007.
This year, we continue to seek the financial support of sponsors to help us collect the finished works of this year’s participants in another Denver 24 Hour Comics Challenge anthology, which we can give each of the successful creators a contributor copy of, in addition to compensating the hard-working folks that are putting the book together, and providing energizing meals and beverages to the participants.
Generous sponsorships will be proudly displayed in the resulting anthology book – a substantial, enduring book that readers are sure to treasure.
Click to download the official press release for this event.
Current Business Sponsors Include:
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8800 S. Colorado Blvd. Highlands Ranch, 80126 303-470-1010 |
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Colorado School of Healing Arts 7655 W. Mississippi Avenue,
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Click here to download the sponsorship package
Sponsor this event via PayPal:
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Event Sponsor $1000 Color Back Cover Ad |
Gold Sponsor $300 B&W Full Page Ad |
Silver Sponsor $100 B&W Biz Card Ad |
Don't know what this challenge is and want to learn more?
Participant Registration:
This year's challenge will be limited to 32 registrant, and registrants will be logged in order of when their $25 registration fee is received (Please note that an additional $1.06 will be assessed to PayPal payments to defray the PayPal charge). Spectators are encouraged to come watch (at no charge) the works in progress and provide support.
Required for registration:
1) Download and complete the participant waiver.
2) Send your completed participant waiver and $25 registration fee made payable to "Squid Works" to PO Box 480463, Denver, CO 80248-0463. You may also process your registration fee via PayPal using the button below:
Use our pledge form to help you raise funds for your registration (click to download)
Please note that failure to return a completed participant waiver by the date of the event will result in the loss of your participant seat.
Stuff from previous years:
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24 Hour Comics People - A Comics Anthology 2007 by Anthology A collection of finished stories from the 2007 Denver 24 Hour Comics Challenge held October 20, 2007 at Enchanted Grounds. Features stories from Squid Works' own Lonnie Allen, Meredith Funk, Craig Gassen, Michael O'Keefe, John Peters, Al Steffen, Ethan Wenberg, Tim Winkelman, Stan Yan, and Ellen Yu. 608 page b&w digest, color square bound cover, mature, $34.95 US << Click on image for more information and sample pages OR VIEW FREE FROM WOWIO: |
Attention: Completed 24-Hour Comic Books from the 2006 Denver 24-Hour Comic Challenge are now available at Mile High Comics via their website at www.milehighcomics.com and at their 1st and Wadsworth store in Lakewood, CO!
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Listen to the 10/2006 interview on KGNU with Stan Yan, Lonnie Allen, John Peters, and Ozzy Longoria.
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24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005
by Anthology Here comes 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005, showcasing 24 interesting stories chosen from the hundreds created on the second 24 Hour Comics Day, a big, thick, spider-womper of a volume packed with energetic, improvisational comics. Includes Squid Works' own Stan Yan and T. Motley. (ISBN 0-9753958-6-6) is a 496 page 5.5"x7.75" paperback published by About Comics. It reached comic book stores in October, 2005. Suggested retail price is $24.95
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24 Hour Comics
All-Stars
by Anthology 24 hour comics aren't just for art students with nothing better to do. Some of the most respected folks on the professional comics scene have taken the challenge. And so we get 24 Hour Comics All-Stars, a book where all the cartoonists are established comics creators. Reading them, you not only get exciting comics, you also get to contrast the results with what the creator does in normal circumstances. Includes Squid Works' own John Peters. |
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24 Hour Comics
Day Highlights 2004
by Anthology Out of 24 Hour Comics Day comes a second anthology: 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2004! This features 24 interesting stories chosen from the hundreds created on 24 Hour Comics Day, an extremely thick collection of energetic, improvisational comics. After a careful effort reading through hundreds of the comics stories created on 24 Hour Comics Day, editor Nat Gertler has selected 24 tales to go into the book 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2004. These stories were selected not just for their quality but also for the breadth of styles and participants involved in the event. Includes Jefferson Powers' Fumetti of the Denver challenge, featuring many of our members! |
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Denver Get-Together for the 24-Hour Comics Challenge, April 2004 Check out the cool Fumetti by Jefferson Powers documenting the evening here. Also, check out the article about this in the Denver Rocky Mountain News! 24-Hour Comics completed by participants are for sale at Clockwork Comics and Games |
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Denver Get-Together for the 24-Hour Minicomics Challenge, January 31st, 2004 See the results here |
Please note that all images are (C) Copyrighted by creators. Use of images without permission is strictly prohibited except for review purposes, where partial reproduction is allowed. If you DO review any of the books seen here, please let us know, because it could mean FREE merchandise for you from Squid Works!!! Find out more by clicking on "reviews."
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