Showing posts with label 7000 BC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 7000 BC. Show all posts

Sunday, October 2, 2011

24 Hour Comics Day Is Over In Albuquerque

All done in Albuquerque — another great 24 Hours Comic Day in New Mexico has successfully concluded.

 
 
 

Thanks to the 7000 BC members who worked so hard to put this all together; Media Arts Collaborative Charter School for hosting; Winning Coffee Company and Downtown Java Joe's for their food donations; Astro-Zombies, Comic Warehouse, and the new Kaboom Test Labs for their prize donations. And, of course, to all the participants who made this such an amazing time.

 
 
 

Chuck was liveblogging the day; check out hour-by-hour updates and photos at:
  • HOUR ONE: And So It Begins…
  • HOUR TWO: The Wheels are Turning…
  • HOUR THREE: The Fun Continues…
  • HOUR FOUR: Moving Right Along…
  • HOUR FIVE: Raffle Winners!
  • HOUR SIX: They Say a Picture is Worth 1000 Words…
  • HOUR SEVEN: And a Few Thousand More
  • HOUR EIGHT: PIZZA!!!
  • HOUR NINE: Some Words of Thanks!
  • HOUR TEN: Still Cookin'
  • HOUR ELEVEN: Still More Raffle Winners!
  • HOUR TWELVE: We're Halfway There!
  • HOUR THIRTEEN: And They Say the Arts are Dying in America?
  • HOUR FOURTEEN: The Kids!
  • HOUR FIFTEEN: Getting Closer…
  • HOUR SIXTEEN: We're Still Here…
  • HOUR SEVENTEEN through NINETEEN: Z-Z-Z-z-z-z…
  • HOUR TWENTY: Almost at the Home Stretch
  • HOUR TWENTY-ONE and TWO: The Final Raffle!
  • HOUR TWENTY-THREE: The Finish Line
  • HOUR TWENTY-FOUR: It's All Over, Even the Shouting…
  • Into the home stretch in Albuqurque



    That's Chuck, the documenter of the Albuquerque 24 Hour Comics Day event. After the power nap, he's got plenty of updates at the blog, and pictures of completed comics.

    Saturday, October 1, 2011

    Albuquerque Underway!



    24 Hour Comics Day in Albuquerque is well underway at Media Arts Collaborative Charter School, with around 40 participants hard at work on their comics as of about 3 hours ago. Regular updates are posted at Chuck's liveblog of the event; in a spectacular bit of poor planning we haven't quite worked out how to share content over here.

    Friday, September 30, 2011

    Liveblogging 24 Hour Comics Day in Albuquerque



    Once again, Chuck will be blogging Albuquerque's 24 Hour Comics Day. Follow New Mexico's only event at 24 Hours From Q-Town and 7000 BC: 2011 Edition

    Thursday, September 23, 2010

    24 Hour Comics Day 2010 in Albuquerque



    24 Hour Comics Day 2010 in Albuquerque | Sat. Oct. 2-Sun. Oct. 3 | 10:00 am-10:00 am (note new times this year) | Harwood Art Center | 1114 7th Street NW, Albuquerque, NM

    Once again, 7000 BC and the Harwood Art Center present New Mexico's only 24 Hour Comics Day event. As he does every year, Chuck will be blogging as it happens at 24 Hours in Q-Town 24 Hour Comics Day from 7000 BC.

    To register, send Jeff an email or call him at 505-262-2952.

    Thanks to our sponsors: Harwood Art Center, Winning Coffee Company, and Comic Warehouse

    Sunday, October 19, 2008

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hours 23 and 24

    Hi Kids!

    Parents are showing up to collect their kids and things are winding down.

    Michael finished "Stray Dog" and Paul has 13 pages in the can. He's saying it has something with the hard uncomfortable chairs and Jake is backing him up. Michael says that he had to stand up a lot. That helped. Pete has six pages done but he has assured us he'll finish it onaccounta he likes it.
    BIG NEWS! Jeff has finished at 11:59! We are all in awe of his awesomeness in finishing so close to the deadline.

    Michael and Jeff looking somewhat ethereal, no?

    That's it! We're OUTTA HERE!


    See youse next year!


    Your pal,


    Chuck

    Santa Fe: Just About Wrapped Up

      

    Just a few minutes left here before the cleanup begins. Folks have been wrapping up and heading home all morning, though a few were still sticking it out and trying to finish their comics. The rest of us are just reading them. We also had a visit from a photographer for the Journal North, so check out tomorrow's edition.

    We're figuring that we had 25 "official" participants, with plenty of friends, family, and other assorted hangers-on throughout the event. Since the last post, we've seen the completion of Tony's Enjoy the Show, Kirstiann's Black & White (in color), Rafael and Conseulo's Aliens and Heroes (Consuelo also finished four pages of her own story), Caitlin's At the Edge of the Lake, Julie and Tonya's Cowan's the Best Character…, and Katie's Marquis (pencilled, though not all inked). Dale and Chris left with their mostly-completed comics, and Jett, Ethan, Benjy, Emily, Evan, and Vanessa are still plugging away.

    Thanks to 7000 BC, True Believers Comics and Gallery, and Warehouse 21 for the use of their awesome new space. Also, thanks again to our food donors: Upper Crust Pizza, Walter Burke Catering, Java Joe's, and La Montanita Co-Op.

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hours 20 through 22

    Hours 21 and 22
    Now I ask you, does this look like the face of an old man who has been up for 29 hours?

    Here we are at hour 21 and Gwen has finished her comic, "Lola".

    The sun is up and shining. The sky is a beautiful blue, not cloud in it and the temperature is a lovely, oh, I don't know, somewhere around 70, 75. Not that I want to boast or anything, but to those people who, like my friend, Chuck, from Chicago, when he got off the plane in Phoenix, saw all the sand, and said, "Where's the beach?", that's just the way it is almost every day here in the Land of Enchantment. I think the weather is the greatest thing about New Mexico. Unlike Phoenix, which is a blast furnace in the summer, we here in Q-Town enjoy mild, sunny winters and warm summers, the temperature rarely topping the century mark. And, it's a dry heat so you don't really even perspire all that much.

    And you may wonder why I'm going on and on about all this. Well, the truth is Jake's camera battery died on us so I'm waiting for it to charge up enough so we can get Gwen's pic so the poor girl can go home and start the recovery process from this grueling ordeal. She's being so patient, bless her heart...

    The battery has charged enough and we can now bid a fond and grateful farewell to Gwen.

    And not only that, but while I was in the bathroom performing my morning ablutions, Stu finished his comic, too.

    Here's Stu with his comic.


    And Paul has gone for Starbuck's (the BAWLS is long gone, but you know, BAWLS is a proud sponsor of 24 Hour Comic Day).

    Bless his heart...

    A lotta heart blessin' goin' on here, but then again, it is Sunday.

    Hour 20



    Sun's up and Aliina has finished her comic at 8:26. Here she is with her comic, "Roll".

    Santa Fe: Morning, Bagels, and a Newspaper Article

      

    Yep, morning here in Santa Fe. We've only lost a few and we've got Nikki's Spiffy Whiskers Halloween Edition, James' S.E.F.F., Victoria's Typical Day in Cross Country, and Max's D.A.R.E. done, our ol' buddy Ryk finished his If Thine Eyes Offend Thee… from his place in L.A., and a couple people are just a page or two away from completion. Everyone got some bagels to try and help with that final push.



    And this morning also saw our article in the Santa Fe New Mexican (seriously — how cool is that? We're still here working, and reading about ourselves). Captured the spirit of the event pretty well. And though Upper Crust Pizza got mentioned for their donations, Walter Burke Catering, Java Joe's, and La Montanita Co-Op got dropped somewhere along the line.

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hour 19 or The Sun Also Rises


    And so sunrise comes to Harwood Art Center (boy, do I suck at photography, or what? This one's blurry, too.)

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hours 17 and 18

    Hi Kids! Still enthusiastic--whatta trooper, eh?

    Anyway, Courtney finished. As I recall, she finished about this time last year, too, except last year she finished first.


    Sorry about the blurriness. The ace photo snapper is asleep...

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hour 16

    Well kids, we've lost a few more to the Sandman. But not me. No sir. I'm still wide awake, er, sorta...
    Here's Heron proudly displaying his finished comic.

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hour 15




    Here's Nick playing with his DS. I can't tell what game he's playing.
    Can you?


    We have another finisher. His name is Heron, and he didn't gave it a title. But it's finished!

    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hour 14

    Hi Kids!
    We're still here, although we lost a few folks. Happens every year (like I know what I'm talking about--this is my second year!).

    Jeff's cover. Dontcha love the dancing dog? Me too.


    Paul is snoozing. Check out the STAR WARS blankie. The light sabers look like they're glowing! Cool!


    Michael takes a snack break and looks pretty serious about it.


    24 Hrs in Q-Town: Hour 13

    Hour THIRTEEN
    We're still plugging away...


    Here's Jeremy, hard at work.



    Michael's "Stray Dog"



    Paul is working and playing with army men!


    Gabe is coming along nicely.


    Gwen is working it!

    Saturday, October 18, 2008

    24 Hours From Q-Town: Hours 10 through 12

    Ladies and gentlemen, we have a WINNAH! At about 10:15, Brooklyn was the first to finish her comic, "Galaxy Breath"!

    Tell them what she won, Chuck.
    Well Chuck, Brooklyn has won a BAWLS t-shirt and a BAWLS messenger bag and a little orange BAWLS super ball!

    BAWLS is a proud sponsor of 24 Hour Comic Day and folks are pinging off the walls here at the Harwood.

    Oh, we are so excited!

    Your pal,

    Chuck

    Santa Fe: Works In Progress, Pizza

    A few of the comics in the works; click for larger.

      
      

    Chris from True Believers took a break from his resurrected Elvis epic to pick up the pizzas from Upper Crust.



    We've also got some frito pie that Ana from Warehouse 21 made for us.

    Pretty much everyone's back to work now …

    HOUR(s) SEVEN through NINE

    Hey, I've been busy! It ain't easy trying to decide which pix get posted and then I've gotta download them from Jake's uber camera, resize them onnaccounta they can't be too big, and then upload them to the blogs, which takes forever...


    Blah, blah. Woof, woof. Whatever...


    Here are some more pix...




    Courtney still @ work

    Dirk at work

    And now we're into HOUR TEN!