Hey there folks! Just wanted to give you a quick heads-up for this weekend. If you're in LA this Saturday (01/22), specifically the West Side, swing by the Boba Loca (10946 Weyburn Ave LA, CA 90024 t. 310-443-8911--call ahead for directions) in the heart of Westwood Village any time between 10am and 12 midnight to watch myself and some crazy friends do a 24 hour comic. If you're not familiar with what a 24 hour comic is, it's something pioneered by the cartoonist Scott McCloud and what it basically means is that you sit down at the beginning of a 24 hour period and start writing and drawing a 24 page comic. The idea isn't to make the best comic, it's to make a comic. Feel free to read more about "The 24 Hour Comic" at the page set up by the 24HC's originator, Scott McCloud.
Producing a comic is just what each of our goals will be this weekend. So, swing by and cheer us on as we try our best to each draw 24 pages in a day--something none of us have ever done (or even tried to do) before. Hey, if you've got a pencil, pens and paper, why not join us? We'll be starting at 10am sharp and work until closing. Westwood has lots of restaurants and Boba Loca has a good variety of tasty bevvies (drinks). If you don't think you can do 24 hours, hang out for 12 and do a 12 page comic! We're flexible! :)
Everyone who participates will get their work published in the first issue of ThePete.Comic, a trade-paperback-style comic I'll be publishing in February 2005. No one gets paid for their efforts and I'll only be taking a tiny profit from each sale to help pay for the ISBN numbers and the effort I'm taking in putting the book together, getting it listed on Amazon and so on.
If all goes well, I'd like to make this 24 hour comic (and subsequent publishing) a monthly ritual that we'll continue all year long. Who knows? By the end of the year we all might get to be decent artists! (Excluding Jen who already is a great artist. :) )
Hope to see you there, pen in hand (or not)!
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