Woohoo I managed to not move for nearly 2 whole years....and now I'm moving to London in January

Below is the info for this years Irish 24 hour comics day. We're working with Children's Book Ireland this year which has been so fantastic as they've been great support and have really pushed the event into something bigger then before. We've a 45 page comic anthology being printed just for the day featuring work by both local Irish and international artists. I have to do a couple of tv interviews over the next couple of weeks for it which I'm both excited and nervous about.

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Irish 24 Hour Comics Day has joined forces with the Children’s Book Festival and the International Manga Museum Kyoto to produce a brilliant range of events for budding and established artists of all ages including a comic jam, workshops with comic-book experts and the creator of “Morris the Mankiest Monster”, together with an international manga expert all the way from Japan!

The 24 hours will run from 11 am Saturday 17th October until 1pm Sunday 18th October, and is the Dublin branch of an international initiative that sees artists and cartoonists each working away to produce their own full 24 page comic in just 24 hours. Everyone is welcome to get involved, whatever their background, artistic experience or age. And this year there will be events for kids for the first time, desgined to welcome them into the comic world.

There will be a reading table featuring comics from around the world for people to dive into and hopefully discover some new work. There will be a shop selling mini comics and an anthology printed just for the day. And a free table where people are welcome to place free comics, flyers/badges/stickers/leaflets for their webcomic, website, comic, event or project.

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24 hour comic drawing starts at 13:00 on Saturday and runs until 13.00 on Sunday. Folks can draw for the full 24 hours or any part of.

Workshop times below. Places are limited so please e-mail: info@irish24hourcomics.com to sign up.

11.30 Kids Comic Jam [7 and under]
12.30 Pop up book workshop with Maeve Clancy [all ages]
14.00 Mini comic workshop with Phil Barrett [8 to 12]
15.00 Kids Manga Workshop with Tsuyoshi Ogawa [12 and under]
16:00 Adult and Teens Manga Workshop with Tsuyoshi Ogawa [13 and up]
17.30 Create your own Monster with Sarah McIntyre [all ages]

19:00 The Comic Cast round table talk "Self publishing for the web and print"

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24-Hour Comic Day Event Details
The event is free, and is open to all ages and skill levels. All supplies for the workshops are provided. Those planning to draw a 24 hour comic need to bring their own supplies and are asked to avoid slow drying mediums such as oil paints or ones that smell or need ventaliation.
Web: [link]

The Children’s Book Festival will be running 1st-31st October with events across Ireland. For further information on the Festival, please contact Tom Donegan: Tel: +353 1 872 74 75 E-mail: tom@childrensbooksireland.ie Web. [link]

For media information please contact Stephanie Dickenson / Jenny Sharif at Kate Bowe PR Tel: + 353 1 652 0143
E-mail: Stephanie@katebowepr.ie / jenny@katebowepr.ie

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The following readings and workshops take place outside of 24 hour comics day.

Sarah McIntyre, creator of Vern & Lettuce for the DFC, will be reading from her new book "Morris the Mankiest Monster" in Waterstones Jervis Street at 2pm on Sunday 18th and running a workshop for people to create their own monster at Eason's O'Connell Street store at 11am Monday 19th.

Tusyoshi Ogawa, visiting artist from the International Manga Museum, will be hosting a series of Manga workshops in Navan Library on Monday 19th and at the Blackbird Gallery Kilkenny Tuesday 20th.

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Those unable to make Dublin please feel free to drop in via webcam, email for further details.

The Kilkenny Arts Festival is on again and this year I'm exhibiting at the Blackbird Gallery in the company of some amazing printmakers and a two floors of Patrick Scott work, really worth checking out.

Alot of work happening for 24 hour comics day, details of some of the workshops are starting to come together.

* there will be a giant free for all comic jam for the younger kids. All the kids taking part will draw one big giant comic story that we'll cut up into sections so everyone can take a piece home.
* Phil Barrett will be running a mini comic workshop for 8 to 12 years olds where they will make their own 7 page mini comic.
* Very excited to announce that the international Manga Museum in Kyoto are sending one of their Artists, Tsuyoshi Ogawa, to run a manga assistant drawing workshop. This workshop hopes to give those taking part an understanding of how comics are produced in Japan and what it is like to work as a manga assistant. Participants will get to try their hand at inking with both nib and brush. We will be running two workshops, one for kids [kids under 10 need to be accompanied by an adult] and one for teens/adults. Ogawa-San and his translator will be around to answer any questions on Manga that people might have through out the day.
* Sarah McIntyre, Children's Book Illustrator and creator of Vern & Lettuce for the DFC, will be running a character design workshop and reading from her new book "Morris the Mankiest Monster".
* The Comic Cast will host a round table talk with Irish comic creators focusing on getting started and self publishing your work both in print and on the web. Full list of participants will be posted closer to the event. I would like to encourage people to either comment here or get in touch with me if they have any questions/topics they would be interested in seeing discussed during the talk.


Reminder submissions are open for '24' [link] a comics anthology for 24 hour comics day Dublin in October - you don't need to attending the event to submit.

Upcoming small press/comics/art/bit of everything show, Summer Edition [link] at Film base, Dublin, July 4th. I'll be doing a monoprint demo and selling some comics and prints. Loads of other great artists exhibiting and the whole event is free!

Also submission open for '24' [link] a comics anthology for 24 hour comics day Dublin in October - you don't need to attending the event to submit.