Press Release from Itiban Comic Shop, Brazil

Dia 18/10, sábado, acontecerá em várias cidades do mundo, o evento:’24 HOUR COMICS DAY’ criado por Scott McCloud (Desvendando os Quadrinhos).

A cada ano, o número de participantes só cresce. Em 2007, foram 1.200 desenhistas em 17 países – incluindo quatro cidades do Brasil. Neste ano o Brasil será representado por SP, Curitiba e Londrina. O desafio do evento é produzir uma história em quadrinhos (da concepção à arte-final) com 24 páginas em 24 horas! Neste ano a ITIBAN COMIC SHOP irá sediar o evento e reunirá 24 participantes amantes da arte sequencial:

(Por ordem de inscrição)
Chrystian Akihiro
Luis Augusto Kikuchi
Fernando Dado
Leandro Padilha
Fabiano Fabrício
Ed Kako
Ksol
DW
Bruno Hoffman
Eluiza Santos Cassol
Larissa Livia
Rafael Coringa
Silmara Slobodzian
Rafael Koening Mattana
Maxwell Alves
Gustavo
Michel Delespinasse
Sergio Cardoso Ferreira
Flavio Ramos
Luendey
Antony Wronblewsky
Marcos Silva
Bruno Cantarim
André Caliman

Extras:
Rui Luiz Wobeto Silveira
Andre Kranz
Juliano Henrique Roque
Francis Hortolan
Witold Kawalec

Teremos também uma intervenção numa das paredes da loja com os artistas do MUCHA TINTA:
Renato Faccini
Luis Américo
Giusy de Luca

O evento começa às 13 horas de sábado e terminará às 12:00 hs de Domingo (horário de verão,não podemos roubar uma horinha,né?).

Parece fácil? impossível?

O resultado desta maratona( todas as HQs terminadas ou não), será enviado para Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library onde farão parte da Coletanea 24 Hour Comics Day. As HQs também ficarão disponíveis na ITIBAN , GIBITECA DE CURITIBA e no site www.curitibahq.com .

Quem quiser aparecer e conferir a produção e dar um incentivo aos participantes é só chegar entre 13-18 hs. Depois ficaremos de portas fechadas por 19 horas, com muito café, energético, docinhos e trilha sonora solitária, tentando vencer o cansaço e o papel em branco !

Informações:
(41)3232-5367 -Itiban Comic Shop
www.24hourcomicsday.com (site oficial)
www.curitibahq.com
www.itiban.blogspot.com

24HCD comic

(I received this from Kat in Surabaya. Great work, guys!):

I just want to show you a short comic our committee made for this 24 Hour Comics Day at our place :] The B&W is done by Yudis http://pensilstudio.deviantart.com/, colouring by Dimaz http://gigaboltmanowar.deviantart.com/. We’re also running animation screenings, mini bazaar and afterevent exhibitions in conjunction to the 24HCD at our place — I shall keep you informed!
Cheers for another fun round of 24HCD,
kat

c2o library
Jl. Dr. Cipto 20 Surabaya 60264
c2o@coffee-cat.net
http://coffee-cat.net/c2o/

24 Hour Comics Day 2008 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe

24 Hour Comics Day 2008 | Sat. Oct. 18 – Sun. Oct. 19 | Noon – Noon | Harwood Art Center | Albuquerque, NM | Warehouse 21 | Santa Fe, NM

In Albuquerque:
Harwood Art Center
1114 7th Street NW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

In Santa Fe:
Warehouse 21
1614 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

7000 BC, Harwood Art Center, Warehouse 21, and True Believers Comics and Gallery are pleased to co-sponsor 24 Hour Comics Day in New Mexico, once again in two locations. Sign up to participate by emailing info@7000bc.org.

Thank you to Walter Burke Catering, Java Joe’s, Upper Crust Pizza, Winning Coffee Company, and La Montanita Co-Op for their gracious food donations.

Check out some of the comics produced in 2007 — click here to download a Zipped PDF at MediaFire of 24 Hours In New Mexico, a sampling of work from Santa Fe and Albuquerque.

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The October meeting 7000 BC meeting will be held at this Saturday, October 11 at Warehouse 21, starting at noon. We’ll be running a comics-making workshop all afternoon, preparing people for the following weekend’s activities.

The workshop is free and new members are always welcome. Send an email with any questions.

Summary of the sites

Any possibility to get a nice list of participating sites as a nice printable pdf or doc to print and bring it to the local event. The list at the website is a little bit difficult. 

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Here in Muhos we have thirty participants signed up for the event and we’ll start Saturday 18.10. at 11.00 am local time.
Greetings to all other sites. 
Esa Holopainen 
Muhos , Finland

Registered Venues Deadline

If you plan to host a 24HCD event and would like to be an official venue, you must register by October 9th! Registrations received after October 9th will not be added to the host list and will not be eligible for the 24HCD venue deals.

Notes to venues: we had problems with our last site updates, and those should be corrected by the weekend. Please don’t re-register if you don’t see your site listed.

Good luck with your event!

24HCD Venue Mailer 9-21

To all registered venues hosting a 24HCD event,

You should have received an informational mailer on Sunday, September 21st containing a press release for you to use in your area, details about special deals with Diamond Comic Distributors and Blue Line Pro, instructions about how to get your free BAWLS Energy drinks, an offer for a free 24 Hour Comics Day anthology and 24HCD postcards, and a request for 5 media contacts in your area.

If you have registered your location with us as a 24HCD venue and you didn’t receive the email on Sunday, please contact us.

If you haven’t registerd your venue, yet, please do it now! http://www.24hourcomicsday.com/registration.html

Thank you!

ComicsPRO’s 24 Hour Comics Day Committee