The 24 hours will run from 11am 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.
For children aged 7 and under, at 11.30am there will be a giant free-for-all comic jam, with kids working together to draw one big giant comic story that will be cut up into sections so everyone can take a piece home!
Maeve Clancey, animator, illustrator and designer, will be running a pop-up book workshop, aimed at ages 6 and over, starting at 12.30pm. For inspiration, Maeve will have the rough pages from Lisa Hannigan’s ‘Lille’ video to illustrate how designs are worked out in miniature before making the final pieces. By the end of the workshop, each person will have their own pop-up page built and ready to take home.
At 2pm there will be a workshop for children aged 8-12 years, with Dublin-based comic book artist Phil Barrett and Derry-based comic book artist Bridgeen Gillespie, in which kids will each get to make their own 7 page mini comic.
At 3pm and 4pm, in conjunction with International Manga Museum, Kyoto, mangaka Tsuyoshi Ogawa will run a drawing workshop, to show 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 nib and brush. The 3 pm workshop will be for kids (children under 10 need to be accompanied by an adult) and the 4pm event is geared at teens & adults. Ogawa-San and his translator will be around to answer any questions on manga that people might have after the workshops.
Next up at 5.30pm Sarah McIntyre, children's book illustrator and creator of Vern & Lettuce for the DFC, will be running a workshop for those who would like to create truly hideous beasties, and reading from her new book "Morris the Mankiest Monster”.
And to round off the day’s scheduled events, at 7pm older teens and young adults will be welcome to attend The Comic Cast session with Irish comic creators focusing on getting started and how to self-publish in print and on the web.
Older artists will be staying through the night to work away on their 24 hour comic. There will be an event anthology printed for the day featuring comics based around the theme of the number 24, which will be sold at cost.
During the day there will also be a reading corner with a selection of mini comics from around the world for people to read as well as a small selection of Irish small press comics for sale.
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 (thought those drawing a 24 hour comic that they 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.)
To sign up please e-mail: cliodhna@ztoical.com.
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. www.childrensbooksireland.ie
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