Mpls. 24-Hour Comic Day

T-Shirt Fun

We got a little crafty this year and brought some equipment to make iron-on t-shirts based on the 24HCD poster.

The process is pretty easy. Step One is to print out the artwork on special t-shirt transfer paper (you can get this stuff at Target). Then cut to size.

Step Two is to peel the backing off the artwork and position the art on a clean, ironed t-shirt.

For Step Three, place a piece of wax paper on top of the art (this wax paper is found in the packet of t-shirt transfer paper).

Step Four: Iron, man! For something this size, we went for one minute, alternating between "wax on" and "wax off" motions.

Step Five, finally: Let the thing cool off for a minute or two, and then carefully peel the wax paper off. Since the t-shirt was pre-washed, it's ready to wear!

Here are a few happy customers:

Michael Furious

Zander Cannon

Dan Olson

Dank!

Kevin Cannon

Earl Luckes

Am I still here?

I'm a bit surprised that I'm still going. I didn't have as much sleep last night that I should have. But coffee and pizza seem to be helping.

The Herge style is still working out, although a bit limiting. So I find that I'm switching out between styles depending on what I'm trying to do.

My aim is to finish the story I'm working on by 15, and then start another. Let's hope I can finish that one.

Mike Sgier

Still going

10 p.m. Minneapolis.
[Photo by Andrey Feldshteyn, who stopped by to bolster our spirits with coffee and cookies. Thanks, Andrey!]

10:05pm - Half way mark!

So while Danno yelled at everyone else to get their ass over and blog, he asked me very nicely. So hah to the rest of you.

We just took the "It's 10pm" picture, there may have been far less enthusiasm as before but doing nothing but drawing for 12 hours may do that to you. I's doing really well, I'm a page ahead and everything is smooth sailing so far.

There was another paragraph coming but I don't have enough brain cells to make that work out so this is probably the end. See you in 12 hours, real world!

-Issa Preston

Funny Story...

I am currently a little behind schedule, just finishing up page number eleven, while I should be starting page twelve.

However, that isn't what I wanted to address. About a half hour ago we were told by our "neighbors" upstairs that we needed to pipe down, since we were causing too much noise. Yeah, cartoonists, pens and noses to paper. Apparently we need to shutup.

Meanwhile, our neighbors are having some sort of production, which actually sounds like they are moving furniture. Good times.

Some suggestions were made on how to combat this. Alas, we will likely do nothing other than perhaps lampoon them via another comic or this blog.

- Daniel J. Olson

Cheese!

Zander, shouldn't you be drawing?

Footsteps on the Brain

Every year at MCBA, without fail, 8 o'clock rolls around and we exhausted cartoonists start to hear a pattering of footsteps above our heads. The footsteps soon turn to footstomps, and if we're lucky the footstomps are followed by or accompanied by hooting and hollering. As I type this it sounds like someone is either rolling a large metal barrel overhead or starting an old truck.

We're told that some sort of theatrical event is happening upstairs. But we know the truth. It's zombies.

Speaking of zombies, Danno is killing everyone off in his comic. May the gods of 24HCD have mercy upon his soul.

Kevin

I'm really no good at this.

But I'm going to keep at it because a) I like working late; b) there's beer; and c) I don't have a car, so I'm stuck here until tomorrow morning.

I'm a couple pages behind schedule because I've smudged almost every panel, I drew one of my establishing shots on the wrong page, and I took a break to draw Kevin Cannon: the toy. I am the slowest cartoonist ever!

lupi lupi lupi lupi lupi

You don't know where that thing has been!

....must... draw... comics... can't keep going... but...

--Ken Avidor,
6:45 p.m.

six o'clock and all is well

So it's six o'clock and I'm holed up across from Danno on the eighth page of my comic, slightly behind schedule. Last year, I finished with plenty of time to spare, so this go-around, I figured I could afford to lavish a little more attention on my pages. Ryan Dow (the rascal) is already done, and his comic is a freakin' gas. You should all read it when he posts it on his website. Meanwhile, I'm trying to get my characters out of a dark meeting room and cast atop the arctic circle, or a desert, or some place that isn't so time-consuming to fill with black ink. It seems like doing a complete page at a time is a nice way to go, as it allows you to work out story points in your head while you're busy lettering or inking. Anyhoo, I'd best get back to work, as time is a wasting and my page count is lower than I'd like. Stay tuned - we still got about 14 hours to go.

-Carl Nelson

When there is no more room left in hell, cartoonists will walk the earth!

We've begun getting zombies roaming by the front windows.

DAMMIT!

Glass won't hold against the hoardes of the walking dead!

Tell my wife and kids i love them!

--danno

Brain... Hurting...

I've never done anything remotely like this before. It's really making me realize that I need to compartmentalize parts of my brain into "regular drawing style" and "cartooning". I'm not a cartoonist. I'm also confirming a fear I've feared to fear in the last couple of years: that I have no unique art style. Every panel is really inconsistent with the one before it, and it's super hard to not want to cram in lots of details to cover up the fact. Gripes aside, though, I don't think I've done anything this fun in a while, as far as "things with people sitting around the same room together for a long time"-type activities go. It's a real challenge, and a great learning experience. I have no idea if I'll finish or not. Yeek!

--Jesse Gillespie

24-hours at MCAD

Barbara Schulz stopped by MCBA (Minnesota Center for Book Arts) with some photos of goings-on at MCAD (Minneapolis College of Art and Design). Thanks, Barbara!