Hi from IMAGE COLLECTIONS, Mississauga's Most Sleep-Deprived COMICS / CARDS / GAMING STORE...
http://www.imagecollections.ca [...in STREETSVILLE ;o] [.....in Mississauga,,,,] [....Near Toronto, ONTARIO, ...in CANADA...]
For An Updated Version Of THIS PAGE, including INFO about our....
2014 24 HOUR COMICS BOOK DAY Event ----CLICK here
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Image Collections is hosting it's 6th ANNUAL 2013 24 Hour Comics Day marathon on Saturday October 5th 2013 at 12:00 NOON until SUNDAY OCTOBER 6th @ 12:00 NOON...
....Yes, THAT's RIGHT!....It's time once again to PLAY,....with a pencil, that is!
.............2013........................
You KNOW this is one of those things you MUST-DO before you die....
[Regardless.Of.You.Denying.Your.Own Masterful Talents!]
"Every child is an artist......
— Pablo Picasso
There is still time to register to involve yourself in this memorable experience, a once-in-a-lifetime 'bucket-list' activity for many...........Come out & share your SPECIAL BRAND of creativity & prove to EVERYONE [...but ESPECIALLY to the person who counts most, YOU! ;o)...] that you've got what it takes to put pencil to paper & 'spill your story'...
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The 2013 24 Hour Comics Day in Canada is the perfect proof you don't need to turn on your television to find out just '...who's got talent?..' , as an accomplished 24 Hour Comics Day [....no easy task...] will forever be a reminder the answer lies with that great smiling face in the mirror....
......and you can't knock that! :o)
.....So when 24 Hour Comic Book Day comes around, it's like opportunity knocking!....
----SAT-----11:30am: INTRO & Beginner Lessons On Producing A Comic Book-------
-----SAT---12:00pm: 24.H.C.B.Day BEGINS @ 12:00 NOON on SATURDAY--------
---SAT---2:00pm to 6:00pm: 'Image Collections 24 Hour Comic Book Day JUNIOR EDITION' **
[...For ALL those whos timetable isn't yet equal to their aspirational 'freedoms'....]
** 'JUNIOR EDITION' [for ANY age] is the creative challange of 4 PAGES in 4 HOURS!
DROP BY & VISIT...if only to come out for a while to show your support for these 'Courageous Crusaders of Creativity'!!!
....4 MORE about our 2013 24 Hour Comics Day click [HOME] above!
"You rang?"-----Lurch ,"The Addams Family" [...old,....RETRO Retro-ish!]...TV SHOW
"Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door....."----Bon Jovi,....from some 'knuckle-hurtin' song
"Dawn: When men [..& women.. ;] of reason go to bed." ----Ambrose Bierce. [...also those 3/4 done their 24 hour Comics Day Comics..]
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Anyone of any age, gender, or skill level... We want YOU to be a partof and spread the word for others also!............... ......Fact is, @ Image Collections, MORE WOMEN have been a part of '24 HR Comics Day' than MEN!!!.
"If there's a book you really want to read,...but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."~~~~Toni Morrison
"Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born and they start using sleep deprivation to break you." —--Ray Romano. [...Don't let them break you, stay up & make a comic like you 'meant' to, in fact BOTH of you stay up and MAKE COMICS!..]
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SATURDAY OCTOBER 5th is ALSO our 5th ANNUAL MIDNIGHT MAGIC DAY.....come out & play the great CCG everyone is talking about.....ALL NIGHT LONG!!! [details SOON!].
starting @ 7:30pm SATURDAY NIGHT ......until, yes ,7:30am SUNDAY!!!--We will be Playing CASUAL MAGIC [the card game, no tricks here ;o] ALSO:
---COMMANDER [E.D.H.] ---MULTI-PLAYER Tournament ---3-PACK DRAFTS [8pm,12am,3am] ---2 Headed GIANT ---Mini MAGIC......MORE!
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'COMIC-ING SOON'....GET READY for the muscle-bound excitement of our very own 'THOR 2' MOVIE EVENT coming up the SATURDAY NIGHT of the release weekend [ NOVEMBER 9th ] @ your movie headquarters, The 5 Drive-In....
[......drive-in?....November?!?....won't it be 'cool-ish'?.....Yes, but for all good things, sacrifices must be made.....besides,....haven't you EVER heard of 'A COAT'??.....Look at it THIS way, it makes it MORE MEMORABLE, cuts down on the [lazyish] crowds, & proves how much of a 'FAN-Fan' you are!! ]
Our comeback will be bigger than our setback! Comics coming back #BackTheCOMEBACK back the comeback #ComicsAreBack New comics are back #comicsRETURN Read trade share comics comicbooks back shipping
"!#&$#*!#@ Hour Comic Book Day" ---------EXTRA SPECIAL Quote from an otherwise very friendly & kind person with about a hour [...and a few pages...] left to go on a beautiful sunshiny SUNDAY morning...
.THINKING YOUR STORIES are too out-there??....Who would have ever thought THIS story would ever be told: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Marries_Veronica/Archie_Marries_Betty
----Blue Beetle: You think maybe it's too late to petition for a new Green Lantern? Hey, Bats--mabe you could wear the ring...
----Batman: It would only get in my way.
-----Blue Beetle: Yeah...besides, who'd ever buy a super-hero called the "Green Batman"? I mean, that's almost as dumb as--
-----Batman: The Blue Beetle?
------Blue Beetle: Well...um...ah...
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"Most people do not consider dawn to be an attractive experience - unless they are still up." ----- Ellen Goodman [...hence why the "24 Hour Comics Day" experiences works so well for YOU!..]
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps, Cross-eyed mosquitoes and bowlegged ants. I come before you, to stand before you, to tell you a story I know nothing about....." ----Joker [...give it a well deserved try, and soon you will !..]
Hi there.... from IMAGE COLLECTIONS, Mississauga's Groviest COMIC STORE........to learn more , just clicky: http://www.imagecollections.ca
[Repeated introduction. from '24' TV SHOW]
other 90% of the time" - Murphy's Law
=======Is this really the best way to make a great comic?
Probably not (although some really cool comics have been made this way), but that's not the real goal. The goal is to have the experience of trying. It's a creative exercise that can teach you a lot about what you're capable of.
=======Who came up with the concept of 24 hour comic?
A cartoonist namd Scott McCloud. Scott is the leading theoretician in the comics field, a position he achieved with the release of Understanding Comics, an analysis of the comics form in the comics form. Head on over to www.ScottMcCloud.com to learn more about Scott and his insights.
========How many 24 hour comics have been done?
Over 1000 people have taken the challenge so far.
========Who can take part?
Anyone of any age, gender, or skill level....Fact is, @ Image Collections,
MORE WOMEN have been a part of '24 HR Comic Day' than MEN!!!
We want YOU to be a part, and spread the word for others also....
them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world — no matter how
dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got
unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds … not just one
world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe...."
— Pablo Picasso
---Phoney: I'm saved! Give it to me!
---Smiley: Gimme a dollar first.
---Phoney: What?
---Fone Bone: Go on Phoney, give him a dollar!
---Phoney: WHAT?!
---Fone Bone: We're lost in the middle of the desert! Give him a dollar!
---Phoney: All right, all right...HEY! What is this?.....
---Smiley: It's worth a dollar! "
---------From 'BONE', words & rat creatures by Jeff Smith----
-------From Deadpool Comics
me this: what is it that is always coming, but never arrives?! [No one answers]
Quickly, quickly!
should prove to be most memorable!
"Everyone looks up to you. They listen to you. If you tell them to fight, they'll fight. But they need to be inspired. And let's face it, Superman ... the last time you really inspired anyone was when you were dead..." -- Bruce Wayne to Clark Kent in Infinite Crisis #1 [...Listen to Goeff Johns, the writer....THAT could be YOU, the INSPIRING, not dead part... :o]
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"Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep." -----Fran Lebowitz.
Our comeback will be bigger than our setback! Comics coming back #BackTheCOMEBACK back the comeback #ComicsAreBack New comics are back #comicsRETURN Read trade share comics comicbooks back shipping
2011
24 Hours----THIS WEEKEND!!!!
24 Hours of FUN.......Saturday OCTOBER 1st 2011
INDEX-------1........24 Hour Comics Day 2011@ Image Collections---
2.........Midnight MAGIC Cards--3..........Bookfest
4.........New stuff...NEW POKEMON, YUGIOH, & MAGIC SETS Released!!!
Hello, and welcome to yet ANOTHER of the long, boring, DRAWn out [...PUNny us :o]
over-hyped 52 reasons why this LIST exists.....
[and why occasional doses of 'Image Collections' can be healthy for your soul!]
"Pikachu.......THUNDERSHOCK Now!!!!"
-from POKEMON cartoon----
"Comics as art?.... I do comics as comics, and my opportunity to tell stories. Simple.
Basic. Let the characters have the excitement, not the package. That's where I
come from. "
-----Jaime Hernandez [co-creator LOVE & Rockets]
"Jazz, rock and roll, movies and COMICS are the culture of America. "
----quote by Bill Griffith
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24 Hour Comics Day 2011 @ Image Collections
.......OUR 4th ANNUAL!!!
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index ---- THE INFORMATION ---- THE DARE ---- THE SCHEDULE ---- THE FUN ---
---- THE DIRECTIONS --- THE QUOTES . .
Image Collections, a store FULL of SEQUENTIAL-ART-GOODNESS in Streetsville, Mississauga
(VERY near Toronto), CANADA is hosting Our 4TH ANNUAL 24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY Event on
SAT OCT 1st starting @ 11:00am!.....
[[[come out and support the creators]]]
***********THE INFORMATION
24 Hour Comics Day 2011 @ Image Collections
Entertainment & Arts - Comics & Animation
ENERGIZE yourself by entering this CREATIVE MARATHON guaranteed to be memorable, forfilling, and FUN!!! . .
WHAT IS '24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY' ?
.....It is a worldwide event which occurs in the Fall of every year!
Spend 24 hours creating a 24-page comic book from start to finish!
We could tell you more, but it's easier to go play HERE if you need to....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_comic . . .
**************THE DARE:
. ----Create a complete 24 pg comic book in 24 hrs! .
---------Story, layout, pencils, inking, finished art, lettering, colours, paste-up,...
....everything done by ONE PERSON over ONE DAY!!! . .
--Once pen hits paper, the clock starts ticking.... 24 hours later, the pen lifts off the paper,
...never to descend again.
--Even proofreading has to occur in the 24 hour period.
--No sketches, designs, plot summaries or any other kind of direct preparation can precede
the 24 hour period.
--Indirect preparation such as assembling tools, reference materials, food, music etc. is fine. . .
---THE 24 HOURS ARE CONTINUOUS....
........You can take a nap if you like but the clock will continue to tick!
---If you get to 24 hours and you're not done, sadly it will remain so...
------THE FUN
Everyone has a story inside them....
It really isn't that difficult to find one bumping around in your brain,
and, as hard as it may seem, creating one on demand is much easier than you think...
and can result in astounding results....
Having FUN, challenging yourself, and meeting creative people who love to share
is much more of a strong incentive to attending as thinking your ouput will look funny can discourage...
Discovering your hidden abilities, even if it is only a few pages worth, is truly ispirational and affirming!
COME ON OUT on 24 Hour Comic Book Day and finally show off to the world your,
as yet, untapped artistic skills...
YES, we'd LOVE to see some of that 'flair with a pen' you used to dazzle friends & family with,
and you might just make a connection @ Image Collections, join our free art group,
and be showing off your OWN creative masterpieces before you know it.....
-----Writers, Artists, Filmakers.... . HERE's YOUR CHANCE to break onto the scene....
-----Bucketlist Creators....HERE's ONE you've not considered before....
-Create a 24 page Movie Storyboard . . .
"I never thought that Spider-Man would become the world wide icon that he is.
I just hoped the books would sell and I'd keep my job."
-----STAN LEE
24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY 2011 @ IMAGE COLLECTIONS
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THE 4th [4th??...are we crazy,or what!] ANNUAL EPIC DAY BEGINS.....
. SATURDAY
11:00am........ How to Make your OWN COMIC learning session
11:30am.... INTRO....
11:45am....
11:55am....LAST MIN. 'PREPs'....
11:59am...COUNTDOWN to FINAL CRIS---er,...TO START, we mean :o)
12:00pm--NOON------24 Hour Comic Day 2011 @ Image Collections BEGINS...
12:00pm.....WE REVEAL the MULTIPLE 'POSSIBLE SUBJECTS of the 24 Hour Comics!
12:01pm.....the talent begins to show itself as the race to finish a comic is on....
1:00pm....
2:00pm....
3:00....
4:00....
6:00......SAT
8:00.....
10:00....SNACK.....
SUNDAY
12:00 MIDINIGHT....
2:00....SNACK....
4:00...
6:00...
8:00...BREAKFAST Time [sorry....not provided]
10:00...SNACK
11:00...ONE HOUR WARNING....
11:30...
11:45...
12:00...NOON....
12:01
12:02
. . .......DROP BY AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT..... .
[[[ THESE EVENTS GO OVER QUITE WELL IN THE COMMUNITY....
IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT, MAKE AN APPEARANCE,
OR ANY OTHER IDEAS, LET US KNOW....IT is 24 HOURS LONG :o]]]
. . .24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY 2011 @ IMAGE COLLECTIONS
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We are located @ 181A QUEEN ST [mississauga road] beside an I.D.A. Drug Store
.[---look for the SPIDER-MAN SIGN---]
. ---from TORONTO we are approx. 22 min. away...
---from downtown TORONTO approx. 28 min away...
[[[-take QEW west, to Highway 427 north, to Highway 401 west, to Erin Mills Parkway, then South 7 lights]]
] ---from HAMILTON we are approx. 36 min away...
[[[-take QEW west to Highway 403 west to ERIN MILLS PARKWAY north...
....to Thomas Street east, to Queen Street(Mississauga Road)north 2 lights]]]
---from BRAMPTON we are approx. 24 min away...
---from SQUARE ONE we are approx. 18 min. away...
[[[-take Burnhamthorpe Road west to Mississauga Rd, then (turn right) north apx 8 lights.]]]
---from Meadowvale Town Centre approx. 9 min. away...
[[[-take GLEN ERIN south to BRITANNIA east to Queen Street
(Mississauga Road) south 2 lights]]]
---from ERIN MILLS Town Centre approx. 5 min. away...
[[[- take ERIN MILLS PARKWAY north to Thomas Street east,
to Queen Street (Mississauga Road)north 2 lights]]] . . .
24 HOUR COMIC BOOK DAY 2011 @ IMAGE COLLECTIONS
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"When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone,
'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
--Through The Looking Glass----
"Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right."
-- Henry Ford
-Robin: That's an impossible shot, Batman....
-Batman: That's a negative attitude, Robin.
-----BATMAN (60s TVshow)
Image Collections....thinks YOU are special!...aren't you??...Prove it OCT 1st!
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MIDNIGHT MAGIC @ Image Collections SAT OCT 1st 7pm-7am
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SAT. OCT. 1st-----3rd Annual MIDNIGHT MAGIC NIGHT begins@7pm!!!
[see below for formats being played]
play,...Play,...PLAY...anytime....drop by THIS WEEKEND---ALL NIGHT LONG!!!....
[knock, if needed]
The MAGIC we are refering to is the first ever collectable CARD GAME [C.C.G],
which created an entire industry of customized strategy game C.C.G.s.....
More complex than fellow CCGs Pokemon, Harry Potter, or Yugioh, the 18
year old granddaddy MAGIC can be described as a mixture of CHESS, and
traditional card games like EUCHRE or POKER, though there is no gambling
involved, and seldom are dice used....
TO PLAY you'll need a minimum of 60 cards, and you can choose cards from any
set [over 50 released] with a limit of up to 4 copies of the same card. It is played
with any # of people and games can last from 5 minutes to 45min.
FREE...LEARN 2 PLAY...Drop By Anytime During The Event--ALL NIGHT LONG!!!....
Like GOLF, TENNIS, or AUTO RACING, the card game MAGIC is so popular
their exist tournaments throughout the world daily, weekly, & monthly to play....
[see http://www.imagecollections.ca ....for OUR PLAYING TIMES ]
....as well as a PRO-TOUR in which BIG$$$ are at stake on multiple continents!
There is also an exclusive WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS among many invitational
events, including one in which if you win, they'll put YOU on a future MAGIC card
that you get to design!!!
play,...Play,...PLAY...anytime....drop by THIS WEEKEND....ALL NIGHT LONG!!!....
----STANDARD [featuring cards only from the latest sets]
----LEGACY [featuring cards from ANY sets]
----MINI-MAGIC [playing with one pack]
----COMMANDER [E.D.H] [100 card deck total, only 1 copy of each allowed]
----MULTI-PLAYER.... and more!!!
SCHEDULED [but flexible] DRAFT [play with 3 packs] TIMES are at...
4pm......7pm........9pm......12am......2am......4am....
MIDNIGHT MAGIC NIGHT @ Image Collections...........
Play ALL Night!........HOW LONG will YOU last?!?
SAT
7:00......3 pack booster Draft
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SUNDAY
12:00....3 pack booster Draft
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6:00...more 2 come!
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**************MISSISSAUGA LIBRARY BOOK FEST
Image Collections,
along with local COMICS CREATORS...
[such as 'CELTIC SHAMAN's Chris McQuaid!]
will once again be at:
The 3rd ANNUAL....
MISSISSAUGA LIBRARY BOOK FEST is....
happening this weekend [SAT OCT 1st] @
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY [by Square One]
from 9:30 - 4:00......
.....for more details....
Book Fest - the City of Mississauga
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/bookfest
List Of Authors:
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/localauthors
Mississauga Book Fest | Facebook
http://ko-kr.connect.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186647724741484
List Of Booths:
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/bookfest?paf_gear_id=10200022&itemId=111900137n&returnUrl=%2Fportal%2Fresidents%2Fbookfest
"Stories shape the world. They exist independently of people,
and in places quite devoid of man, there may yet be mythologies."
— Alan Moore (Swamp Thing Vol. 2: Love and Death)
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---from TORONTO we are approx. 22 min. away...
---from downtown TORONTO approx. 28 min away...
---from HAMILTON we are approx. 32 min away...
---from BRAMPTON we are approx.
---from SQUARE ONE we are approx. 16 min. away...(44 by bike)---take Burnhamthorpe Road west to Mississauga Rd, then (turn right) north apx 8 lights.
---from Meadowvale Town Centre approx. 9 min. away...
---from ERIN MILLS Town Centre approx. 5 min. away...
The 24 hour comic challenge is for a cartoonist to completely create a 24 page comics story in 24 straight hours. A "24 hour comic" is any comics story you make while facing the challenge, even if you end after 24 hours with a story that's shorter than 24 pages. For more details on the challenge, click .
=======Is this really the best way to make a great comic?
Probably not (although some really cool comics have been made this way), but that's not the real goal. The goal is to have the experience of trying. It's a creative exercise that can teach you a lot about what you're capable of.
=======Who came up with the concept of 24 hour comic?
A cartoonist namd Scott McCloud. Scott is the leading theoretician in the comics field, a position he achieved with the release of Understanding Comics, an analysis of the comics form in the comics form. Head on over to to learn more about Scott and his insights.
========How many 24 hour comics have been done?
Over 1000 people have taken the challenge so far.
=======Who is the youngest person to have drawn a 24 hour comic?
Duncan Lowell, who took the challenge at age seven during the first 24 Hour Comics Day in 2004.
=======What is 24 Hour Comics Day?
It's a celebration of creation of 24 hour comics. The first day was held in 2004, and it is a day when people are encouraged to create 24 hour comics. Some folks gather to work on comics side by side, while other folks work on their stories at home alone or in private gatherings. Many of the official event sites are open for the public to come and watch the effort.
24 Hour Comics Day event sites have folks working on comics doing their own thing in an atmmosphere of creativity....
FACTS ABOUT 24 hour Comics Day:
- The first 24 Hour Comics Day was April 24th, 2004.
- Over 500 cartoonists were at work in 57 event locations for the 2004 festival, with an untold number more celebrating at home.
- Over 800 cartoonists were at work in 70 event locations for the 2005 festival, with an untold number more celebrating at home.
- Over 1200 cartoonists were at work in 89 event locations for 2006, with an untold number more celebrating at home. More than 15,000 pages of art were created at 24 Hour Comics Day events.
- 2004 event locations: US, Canada, and South Korea, with individual particpants in other countries and on other continents.
- 2005: US, Canada, Thailand, France, Germany, the Nethrlands and Serbia.
- 2006 was the big international explosion: US, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, and Portugal.
- Most of the participants are in their late teens or twenties, with a real mix of male and female participants.
- While most participants are amateurs, many pro cartoonists take part as well. Past years have seen participation from such big-name folk as former X-Men artist Paul Smith, popular online cartoonist Scott Kurtz (pvponline.com), and James O'Barr (creator of The Crow). Some were folks who want to be professional cartoonists. And many were folks just having fun by trying it.
- You don't have to be a good artist to participate. It's a lot of fun to do, even if you use stick figures to tell your story.
- People do different styles of comics. In addition to the most common black-ink-on-white-paper drawings, we've had full color painted comics, computer-drawn comics, photo comics, ones made of pictures of posed action figures, a series of painted stones with captions, and we even had one guy who made a Daredevil superhero comic by cutting pictures of Ben Affleck's head out of magazines and pasting them onto stick figure bodies. In terms of content, there's a lot of humor comics, some action, some superhero, some sci-fi, and a lot of autobiography.
- The 24 hour comics challenge was created in 1990 by Scott McCloud, leading comics theoretician and author of Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics.
- Between 1990 and 2004, people were doing 24 hour comics on their own or in small gatherings for more than a decade. However, we estimated that the number of people who have done them roughly doubled on 2004's inaugural 24 Hour Comics Day, and added a greater number to the list in 2005 and again in 2006, with 2009 looking to be bigger still.
- The 24 hour comics that were done before 24 Hour Comics Day was launched tend to be much more downbeat and depressed than the ones done at 24 Hour Comics Day events. This is probably because people at the events are working side by side and sharing the fun; working on a comic at 4:30 AM all alone can give one a lot of time to reflect on bleak thoughts.
- Cartoonists who are falling behind the clock often do a full-page shot (instead of a bunch of panels) in order to try to catch up.
- Round about page 19, when cartoonists are worried if they'll finish at all, their characters sometimes fall into a cavern, turn out the lights, or get lost in a snow storm, so that the cartoonist has a page or two that is all-white or all-black with dialog balloons, a cheap and obvious trick for catching up quickly.
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BIG HUGS AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN, SPONSORED, & TAKEN PART IN OUR EVENTS LIKE THESE, YOU MEAN A LOT, & WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU PEOPLE......
Is sleep a symptom of caffeine deprivation?...
-----Daffy Duck as Duck Dodgers: [chuckling] Looking good, hero boy! Heads up!
----Hal Jordan: Thank you, little black duck.
-----Wash: "Man walks down the street in a hat like that, you know he's not afraid of anything ... "----from FIREFLY TV SHOW [....Don't be afraid to show off your fabulous talents....you're not one of the afraid, are you??....because BATMAN says they are a cowardly and superstitious lot....and a comic's a lot of easy, once you get started! ]
"To achieve the impossible dream, try going to sleep..." ----- Joan Klempner [...So get LOTS of rest b4 the '24'..]
"A well-spent day brings happy sleep."------Leonardo da Vinci... [...You WILL sleep grandly afterwards... :o]
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." ---- Robert Frost [...It only seems to go on & on...]
"Never got to bed mad. Stay up and fight." —Phyllis Diller [...to finish the comic book, obiviously!.. ]
" 'Nuff Said!" --Stan Lee-- [...who knows a thing or three 'bout comics creatin'...]
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