24 Hour Comics Day

24hourposter09web — 24 Hours Comics Day 2009 poster by Cliodhna Lyons

24 Hour Comics Day is an annual event where cartoonists try to create 24 pages of comics in 24 hours. It began as a dare between American cartoonists Scott McCloud and Stephen R. Bissette in 1990, and now takes place in countries all over the world. Dublin has had a 24 Hour Comics Day event since 2006; the first Belfast event took place in 2008.

2010[]

Andrew Luke independently created a 24 hour comic, Absence, in February 2010.

There were two 24 Hour Comics Day events, both on 9/10 October 2010, one in the Central Hotel, Dublin, run by Cliodhna Lyons and Kyle Rogers (the October Anthology was published in conjunction with the event), and one at Catalyst Arts, Belfast, run by Mark de Conink, Andrew Luke and Patrick Brown.

Dublin[]

Comics[]

Underground by Cliodhna Lyons
Boom! by James Newell
Misadventures of a Modern Messiah by Kyle Rogers

Belfast[]

Comics[]

Tales of the Day by Stephen Downey
Don't Get Lost by Andrew Luke
Ireland: A History (Condensed) by Fionnuala Doran
Rise at Sundown by Patrick Brown
Shmoo by Glenn Davidson and Ann Harrison

Reports[]

2009[]

The 2009 event took place on Saturday 17 - Sunday 18 October at the Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin, organised by Cliodhna Lyons. As well as hosting the 24 Hour Comic marathon (starting at 1pm on the Saturday), the event had been expanded, in conjunction with Children's Books Ireland and the Kyoto International Manga Museum to include activities for children. The 24 Anthology was published in conjunction with the event.

11:30-12:30 – a giant comic jam where young participants (7 and under) can collectively create one huge comic
12:30 – 1:30 – a pop-up book workshop (6 and over) with Maeve Clancy
2:00 – 3:00 – a make-your-own-mini-comic workshop (for 8-12s) with Bridgeen Gillespie and Phil Barrett
3:00 – 4:00 – a workshop with manga artist Tsuyoshi Ogawa (pre-teens, under 10s need to be accompanied by an adult)
4:00 – 5:00 – the same for teens and up
5:30 – 6:30 – a workshop on creating monsters with children’s illustrator Sarah McIntyre (all ages)

At 7pm there was a panel discussion, hosted by Craig O’Connor and Liam Geraghty of The Comic Cast, with panelists Patrick Brown, Philip Barrett and Hilary Lawler, on self-publishing in print and on the web.

As part of the event a 52 page anthology was published featuring artwork from local artists as well as artists from the UK, Spain, Japan and Australia. The theme for the anthology was the number 24 as such the anthology is known as the 24 anthology.

Comics[]

Reports[]

2008[]

There were two 24 Hour Comics events in Ireland in 2008, one in Dublin and one in Belfast, both on 18/19 October, with the two events linked by webcam.

Dublin[]

The Dublin event, organised by Cliodhna Lyons, was held in the Central Hotel. The Comic Cast did a special podcast featuring interviews with several of the participants.