You think writing or drawing is easy? Try doing both and creating a 24-page comicbook in a 24-hour period. Here’s a heads-up from our friend at the Visual Arts Center, Jayson Kretzer:

The Visual Arts Center Opens Registration for 24 Hour Comics Day 2008
When: October 18, 2008 @ 12pm.
Where: Visual Arts Center, 19 E.
4th Street, Panama City, Florida
What : 24 Hour Comics Day is an annual challenge for cartoonists to produce a 24-page comic book written, drawn, and completed in 24 consecutive hours.
Over the years, the 24 Hour comic book challenge has thwarted and rewarded such comics luminaries as Scott McCloud, Dave Sim, Neil Gaiman, Kevin Eastman and many others. On 24 Hour Comics Day, creators of all ages and levels of skill and experience gather at one of the participating sites to encourage each other in completing this creative comics marathon.
This year the Visual Arts Center will be hosting a 24 Hour Comics Day Event . The event will start at noon on Saturday, October 18 and go 24 hours straight thru the night and end at noon on October 19.
Registration for the 24 Hour Comics challenge is $5 per artist. Pre-registration is necessary as space is limited.
Suggested Audiences: Adults (all ages), College, High School, Middle School & Elementary (with a parent).
ComicsPRO will continue to add resources to the 24 Hour Comics Day website. For more information, please continue to check this website.

For further inquiries, contact Visual Arts Center’s Exhibition Manager, Jayson Kretzer at vacexhibitions@knology.net

MEANWHILE, ACROSS TOWN …

Another friend and writer, Chris Arrant, has joined forces with artist Star St. Germain to produce an illustrated tale inspired by Tori Amos’ song “Glory of the ’80s.” It’s part of the 480-page anthology, “Comic Book Tattoo,” in stores now. Here is a story on the project that appeared in last Thursday’s “Entertainer.”

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