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[October 7, 2006] Where writers have National Novel Writing Month in November and musicians have February Album Writing Month, comic creators have 24 Hour Comics Day.

It starts at 9 a.m. local time, and finishes at 9 a.m. the next morning. In those 24 hours, participants try to write and draw a 24-page comic. (For perspective, 24 pages is the standard length of most American serialized comics... but most artists average about a page a day.)

Portland's single 24 Hour Comics Day location this year was in the library of the Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, a building whose inside= looks like every minimalist artist loft profiled in ReadyMade Magazine, but big. I swung by around two in the afternoon for a look, and found an assortment of artists hard at work, some in groups at tables making jokes about how Batman always has the right tool for every mission, and some silent at their desks.

I estimated about two dozen artists, maybe more. There's still another 10 hours left in the challenge. I wonder how many of them will finish all 24 pages.

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Portland Comics Culture, One Gigantic Life

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comics , comics culture , 24 hour comics , 24 hour comics day