Hour 6 from New Mexico

Hi Kids!

And we’re back with some pics of 7000 B.C. alumni in residence:

Heeere’s Paul!

And hey, it’s the famous Andy Kuhn (Google him)!Jeff, the Event Master!

Yours truly…

Jake!Dale, all the way from Santa Fe (hey, that rhymes)… Then there’s Pete.

Let’s not forget Aliina…

That’s all for now…

Chuck and the 7000 B.C. Gang

Hours 2, 3, 4 and 5 from New Mexico

Hi Kids!

Back from picking up Jake, my son, and the official photographer for 7000 B.C. 24 HCD.

On the way back we stopped by his Mom’s store, Loveland Farms, New Mexico’s only drive through convenience store http://www.lovelandfarmsstores.com/. She donated a whole buncha stuff, and not just chips, either. Lunch meat and cheese and two loaves of bread, and all sorts of confections for our vigil. Thanks, Melissa!

Thanks also to Starbucks on the corner of Broadway and Lomas for their kind donation of sugar and sweeteners for our coffee and teas…

As promised, I have pictures:

Here’s Jeff, with the countdown for hour one…

Here’s the huge, cavernous room.

The room is so big, it takes 2 shots to get it all…

That’s me in my blogging corner in the back of the room.

More pics to come!

New Orleans 24 Hour Comics Day!

Our pre-24HCD event was a big success with local youth!

Over 20 youth participated in a morning of comic fun, from 10am to 2pm, at Whole Foods Market in Arabella Station. Cartoonist Eli Ivory gave free drawing lessons, comic books and other prizes to the young artists. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Here are a few photos of the artwork that was produced.



Hour 1 from New Mexico

Hi Kids!

3 – 2 – 1! And they’re off! Everywhere there is furious scribbling as our 24 HCD officially kicks off.

Fortified by bagels, cream cheese, and coffee from Winnings Coffee Co. http://www.winningcoffeeco.com/ and housed at the Harwood Art Center http://harwoodartcenter.org/ss/ we who are http://www.baaadasssscomics.com/ are all set for another fabulous 24 Hour Comic Day.

I’m Chuck and I’ll be here with the play-by-play, or rather page-by-page color commentary–okay, I’ll be letting you know what’s going on as often as I can. I’m shooting for once an hour, but life somehow gets in the way and–well you know how it is…

We have 26 folks starting this afternoon and I’ll be sending pics and other tidings as we go along…

Good luck to all the New Mexico contestants!

Chuck and the 7000 B.C. Gang

After 20 hours…

After 20 hours there are still 12 enthusiastic drawers working in Rovaniemi library.
The day is bright and sunny and the athmosphere – as many times said – warm.
Library has opened the doors and many of the visitors have stopped to admire
drawings. Drawers seem to be even more concentrated on their work than 10 hours ago.

Right now there are about 10 ready 24-pages work.

Local newspaper just came to interwiew participants – great! And one person from
Kemi Comic Centre came to sell comics and pins. (Kemi is our neigbour about 100 kilometer from Rovaniemi city).

What more can I say – it’s awesome to be part of this happening : )

Good Morning!

9.30 am. It´s a bright and sunny morning in Rovaniemi, Northern Finland. Despite the fact that the sun is shining, the weather outside the library is still quite cold, something about minus 5 degrees (C). But, as it´s said also in the earlier blog post, the atmosphere here inside the library is warm and cozy.

Between 7 am. and 9 am. many of the drawers left home. Some of them finished their cartoon with 24 pages and it was really nice to see their faces shining along the rising sun – although drawing all night long must have been quite a hard job. I believe these young ones need a good sleep after 15 – 17 hours of drawing…

At the moment there are about fifteen drawers still working on their pieces of art. One of the girls just fell asleep, leaning her head on the drawing table. Every one else seem to be enthusiastic, and there is no signs of giving up!