24 Hours From Q-Town 2016: Hour 1

Hi Kids,

Well, here we are, our 10th 24 Hour Comics Day, coming at you from here at Twin Suns Comic Books and Game Center in West Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Things are progressing, and we’ve already had our first winner!

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Congratulations Katie! She chose Scott McCloud’s definitive book on comics, Understanding Comics, kindly donated by our pals at Comic Warehouse.

Here’s some pics of work already in progress and the folks that are doing it.

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Katie, whom you’ve already met…

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Jeff!                                       Paul                                      Rosie

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Anna                                   Israel                                   Jaylen

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And finally, Soto!

Okay, kids, these are the creators, we’ll be back with updates soon.

Stay Well,

Your pal, and tour guide,

Chuck

 

24 Hours From Q-Town 2016: T Minus 24+

Hi Kids,

Your pal, Chuck here, from 7000 B.C. Independent Comics From New Mexico, and we’re about 26 hours from kicking off our 10th Anniversary 24 Hour Comic Day!

We’ll becoming at you live from Twin Suns Comic Books & Game Center, one of our long time sponsors and supporters of 7000 B.C., located at 6301 Riverside Plaza NE, Suite L-1 over on the West Side of Albuquerque about  a block Northeast of Coors and Montano.

We have got the best selection of raffle prizes ever for our “Tin Anniversary” (I looked it up)!

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We’ll be giving them away most every hour starting at noon tomorrow, so get your gear together, and get ready to burn the midnight (and next morning) oil with us while you create your 24 Hour Comics and I do the 7000 B.C. blog for the 10th time!

Can’t wait to see some familiar faces, and some new ones, too!

See you there!

Stay Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOURs 23 & 24

Hi Kids!

This is it! We got finishers, more prizes, so let’s get right to it, shall we?

Once again, Aliina finished first, and here she is. I asked her to smile and she gave me varying degrees of insane grins, right up to this…

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She chose as her prize, a Twin Suns gift certificate

Once again, she’s requested that I give it a title, like we did several years ago, when she created “Artichoke”, so I have christened it “Unsettling” based on the picture above… It’s been a long day…

Then, like 20 minutes later, Mark finished with his “The Best Vaycay Ever!” subtitled, “DON’T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD”, which is a relevant clue you’ll get after you read it’s twisty ending… Look for it along side his other 24 Hour Comic, “Phlliam B. Morris at the Circus”, coming soon to a 7000 B.C. comic sales table near you. I might also add that Mark did not know what he wanted to do when he walked in the door, in the best 24 Hour Comics Day tradition (actually, it’s in the rules, as much as we go by rules, heh-heh…), he and I brainstormed for about an hour, “So, I think I’ll make it about an alien, but what will he be doing?” Then, a few minutes later, he exclaimed, “Vacation! That’s it! He’ll be on vacation!” I’ll stop there, lest I give away too many spoilers, but it really is a fun read.

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Mark chose as his prize for finishing, an Age of Comics gift certificate.

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And then, last but not least, Antonio finished. Of course, by this time we are all so fried from the past 24 hours, that I really don’t remember much about Antonio’s comic, as he was in a hurry to flee. I don’t even remember if he chose a prize…

Oh well…

So that’s it. Another 24 Hours From Q-Town in the can, completed, finished, the end.

But not before another shout out to all of our fine sponsors, without whom, 24 Hour Comics Day would not be possible, or at least nowhere near as cool as it was, with their prizes, coffee, and support.

Thanks again to our oldest supporter of coffee and hot water for tea (lotta tea drinkers this year), Winning Coffee Co.

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Should you find yourself in the University area, specifically in the vicinity of 111 Harvard SE, drop in, say “Hi” to Sandy and the crew, and tell ’em that guy from 7000 B.C. that does the 24 Hour Comics blog, sent you. Be sure to buy something from their delicious selection of baked goods, soups, sandwiches, and delicious coffee (and tea), and other fine beverages. Check out the local arts gallery, too.

And if you’re on the east side of town, somewhere around 1016 Juan Tabo NE, Suite D, make sure you go see Henry, Sean, and the rest of the gang at Lobo Anime & Comics, who were kind enough to contribute 3 $10 gift certificates.

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Thanks again to our pals, Astro-Zombies, at 3100 Central SE, for the $10 gift certificate, and my ALL STAR WINNERS vintage comic collection.

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Way over on the west side of town are Josh and Drew, the twin sons of Twin Suns Comic Books and Game Center, at 6301 Riverside Plaza NW Ste L-1, who also donated 3 $10  gift certificates.

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Our friend Margaret at Old West Comics & Games, whose generosity was overwhelming! See Hour 8 for details…

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Matt and Greg at Age of Comics,who donated 3 $10 gift certificates and 4 posters.

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And finally, Jim Lynch of WonderFunders, who not only donated 2 $25 SHARED UNIVERSE gift certificates, bought us pizza from Giovanni’s, helped out by working the final shift of the event, but who also rented the chairs that we all sat on! Thank you so much Jim! As always, you really went the extra mile for us!

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That’s all folks! See you next year?

Be Well,

Your pal,

Chuck

 

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOURs 21 and 22

Hi Kids!

Whole lotta winning going on!

Three hours to go, and Delilah won while she was sleeping.

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She chose the IRON MAN poster from Age of Comics.

22 Antonio wins

Antonio wins the X-MEN video from Old West Comics & Games

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And Mark won!

Not only that, but I won that sweet MARVEL ALL-WINNERS comic from Astro-Zombies!

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And that’s all for now!

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOURs 19 and 20

Hi Kids!

Well, here we still are. I had drifted off to sleep whilst sitting up, so I hadda combine 19 and 20.

But a whole lotta pics were taken. Here they are:

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Jake, also a big fan of breakfast food, was inspired by Drawlloween…

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Seriously, do I look THAT tired to you?

19 Morning Has Broken

Morning has broken…

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This guy! He hasn’t even dropped off!

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Seriously, he has literally, virtually, actually, conceptually, really, relentlessly, adamantly, has had NO SLEEP!!!

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Then there’s Mark, who’s been snoozing off and on…

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Mark takes a break.

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Fabulous prizes!

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Good Hearted Jim!

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Another raffle and Jake won!

That’s it! I’m already into Hour 21!

Your pal,

Chuck

 

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOUR 18

Hi Kids!

Well, there’s only four active creators left: Mark, Mike, Antonio, and Aliina, while Jim is filling the time creating a vampire pic for “Drawlloween”, wherein each day in October, one draws a different monster and then post it on the social media of your choice. Today is vampire. Here’s the list, should you wish to participate:

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More progress pics coming up next hour.

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOUR 17

Hi Kids!

Jim Lynch of WonderFunders, came back, and brought Donettes, Monster Energy drinks, and some candy, and a little sunshine to the still darkened skies outside our little soiree’. He’ll be here for the duration.

Welcome back, Jim!

While Jake and I slept, Mike and Mark plowed on, Aliina snoozed, and Antonio is still snoozing.

Here’s Mark:

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And here’s Mike:

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Looks like Hannah has a stalker…

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On to the next page…

Not a lot else going on, so on to HOUR 18!

Your pal,

Chuck

 

 

 

 

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOUR 12!

Hi Kids!

Here we are at the halfway point: HOUR 12! Is it me, or does it seem to be going faster this year?

Oh well.

As promised, here’s the treat I spoke of last hour:

I’m posting the email Deimosa sent me after I sent her one to see if she would be joining us remotely this year…

Hi everyone,

I wish I was going to be there with you guys! But, to make up for my absence, I wrote about doing 24 hr comic book day with 7000BC in my blog post today for Scholastic:

http://oomscholasticblog.com/post/graphic-novels-education-and-24-hr-comic-book-day

Have fun this weekend!!

All the best,

Deimosa

Omigosh! I just read her article. It was wonderful! Good on ya, Kid!

We are so proud that we could have been instrumental in your progression through life. Thank you for sharing!

I remember that comic you referenced in your article. It was good! At least I thought so. It was a fascinating account of how The Underground Railroad used to used quilts to communicate to escaping slaves when it was safe to move on. I still think about it sometimes. In fact, I still have the pictures:

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This also demonstrates what we at 7000 BC are always saying to budding artists, namely you don’t have to be Norman Rockwell or Leonardo da Vinci to tell a story with sequential art.

Not being any kind of artist (even stick figures), I have chosen this blog as my contribution to 24 Hour Comics Day.

So, I hope you enjoyed that interlude. We’ll have more pictures next hour.

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOUR 11

Hi Kids!

Well, lookie (or is it “looky”? According to the internets, either is correct, I think) there, almost halfway!

And another drawing makes a winner out of Antonio!

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Displaying an action pose, he chose a Lobo Anime &Comics $10 gift certificate.

Wondering how everyone else is doing? Me too. Let’s see…

Speaking of Antonio…

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Meanwhile, from an undisclosed location (again–see 2013), Mike Dean is working remotely with New Hamsterdam (hee hee!)…

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Looks like there may be some quaffing going on!

And back at SHARED UNIVERSE, we see…

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Mark is about half done, right on track, as usual for Mark!

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Aliina laying down on the job (heh heh)…

And Mike powers on…

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That’s all for 11.

Got a special treat for you from an old friend, Deimosa, who was with us back in the day before she moved to New York to follow her dreams…

Your pal,

Chuck

24 Hours From Q-Town: 2015 – HOUR 10

Hi Kids!

Back with our creators working in an almost eerie silence… Usually gets like that about this time of the evening.

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Let’s see what they’re up to.

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Still not sure what Matt and Melody are doing.

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More with Antonio’s big hand.

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Looks like Hannah enjoys her work.

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And Aliina’s on track.

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No idea what Mark is doing, but he’s doing it! Looks like an elephant in the top panel on the page next to the lamp.

That’s it for HOUR 10.

Your pal,

Chuck