About Comics offers several anthologies
of 24 hour comics:
- 24 Hour Comics, edited by Scott McCloud, with stories by Neil Gaiman,
Steve Bissette, and more.
Over a decade ago, Scott McCloud (comics' leading
theoretician and the man behind Zot! and Understanding
Comics) came up with a creative challenge: to write and draw
a complete 24 page comic book story in 24 consecutive hours. Since
then, hundreds of cartoonists including some of the top names in comics
have taken that challenge.
Now Scott McCloud himself has edited 24
Hour Comics, an anthology presenting 9 of the best of these
experimental works. See what Neil Gaiman, Steve Bissette, Al Davison,
and half a dozen others can do with nothing but a day, some art supplies,
and a copious mixture of will power and caffeine. Each entry will
have a new introduction by McCloud, who will also explain the history
and rules of his 24 hour comic challenge.
This book is a convenient 5 1/2" x 7 3/4" package
which keeps the price of this 240 page black-and-white book down
to an affordable $11.95 US. The book is now available in better
comic shops and bookstores.
Finding 24 Hour
Comics books: Your best
bet is to go to one of the comic book stores that hosted 24
Hour Comics Day events, as they're most likely to have them
in stock. If you don't have one nearby, try the Comic Shop
Locator Service. While many stores won't have them in stock,
a good comic shop should be able to order any of these books
for you.
You can also obtain these books through online retailers
such as Amazon.com -
but if you can, support your local comic book store instead.
Comic books have thrived creatively largely due to the existence
of specialty stores. |