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Monday, June 30, 2003
Draw a comic book in a day: Get the picture?
A daunting challenge for cartoonists
Just steps away from the confetti-lined streets, rainbow streamers and cheers of yesterday's Gay Pride Parade, a group of very tired but very determined comic book designers sat spread throughout the Broadway Market, hunched over their drawing tables.
Bleary-eyed and hungry, they had been working for almost 24 hours to start and finish an entire comic book before the 5 p.m. deadline -- part of the Spawns of Insomnia 24-hour comic book marathon.
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 | Grant M. Haller / P-I | |
| John Reiher, right, watches Phil Foglio working on a comic book. Foglio was one of 27 cartoonists who participated in the Cartoonists Northwest challenge at the Broadway Market to draw a comic book in 24 hours. | ||
"It seemed crazy starting out, but it's worked out pretty well," said John Lustig, a Disney cartoon writer, creator of the "Last Kiss" comic book series and president of Cartoonists Northwest, the group that sponsored the event. "It's been really unique to work with other artists right near hand. ... I've never had this much caffeine in my life!"
A local association of professional and amateur cartoonists, animators and illustrators, Cartoonists Northwest aims to provide a place for cartoonists to get together, network and find out what's going on in the comic world, Lustig said.
The marathon was a way for the organization to gain publicity, attract members, and "see how far we could push ourselves."
With three hours to go, Mark Monlux, a professional illustrator and graphic artist whose work has been featured in everything from EatingWell magazine to Microsoft computer software, was sketching the final page of his comic book, "The Infamous Dead Cat Story." He said the idea for his work was taken from his own life experience.
"I like doing real-life stories as opposed to robots and superheroes," Monlux said.
Already a professional illustrator, Monlux gave a seminar at one of Cartoonists Northwest's monthly meetings, and has been a member of the organization ever since.
For him, the marathon's biggest challenge was centered on pacing. "I had to maintain a schedule of doing one frame every 15 minutes."
For others, the challenge was a little different.
"It was waiting until the latte booth opened," free-lance cartoonist John McCulloch said.
CARTOON ART SHOW
Cartoonists Northwest will be featured at a Cartoon Art Show at the Broadway
Market, 401 Broadway Ave E., July 1-31. For more information, access www.cartoonists.net.
P-I reporter Jessica Bennett can be reached at 206-448-8320 or jessicabennett@seattlepi.com
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