The Falmouth 24hr Comic

10.30 am Tuesday 24th of November - 10.30am Wednesday 25th of November

The Poly, Falmouth

On the 24th of November a group of artists, illustrators and photographers will be challenging their creativity and stamina. With no preparation and very little sleep, they will have just 24 hours to complete 24 pages of illustrated narrative inspired by a local story

The event is open to the public to see the artists working and view the pages as they are completed. There is even opportunity to challenge yourself to create a timed comic.

The Falmouth 24hr Comic is funded by FEAST, a new programme to make great art happen in Cornish villages and towns. Their main focus is to bring communites together to take part in creative activities.

The results will be displayed at The Poly until Saturday the 28th on November.

There will be a follow up exhibition at The Soup Galley, Truro in December.

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

The Long Dark - 02:30

I knew this were going to happen. Our artists are gearing up into a new strength of page production. Our scanner bulb is soon to turn back into sand. The signs of tiredness are showing; a disdain for their previous kempt ways, a certainty anchored in normal creative foundations and an obtuse amount of bad-brand energy drinks (totally unsuited for the sedentary nature of the 24Hr comic). Despite all this, the time has gone from a blistering opening 6 hours to a speedy halfway and then to a final short-marathon to the end. The finish approaches. And our camera is out of gas, so I can't even capture the quiet confusion in the room.

The work, however, is building like an insane remake of Tetris. The exhibition is taking shape.

- Thomas Sharpe

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