Friday, October 06, 2006  
Sept 7 is 24 Hour Comics Day

:: Posted by Bryan @ 10/06/2006 12:51:00 AM
A few weeks ago Kara and I went into Grey Legion in Toronto at around 10-to-midnight, surprised to find a comic shop open that late. It was quite fun, with all the drunks, cops and strip bar customers parading past outside, to sift through a grungy old comic shop (there were even a couple classic comic book shop types hanging out, sitting in front of computers at what we guessed was the shop's "internet cafe"). The hip clerk was actually vacuuming the place and stayed open a few minutes into the witching hour so I could buy an old Lois Lane comic and the latest Kramer's Ergot.

I can only imagine how much fun it would be to hang out at a comic book shop at 1, 2, 3, or 4 in the morning but that is what happens on 24 Hour Comics Day, "an international celebration of comics creation. Cartoonists all over take the challenge of trying to create a 24 page comic story in 24 straight hours. Many gather at special events in comic book shops, schools, and other locations."

Here's what's happening in Canada (not all these events take place in comic shops --and remember, if you can't make it to one of these events, you can always play along at home or organize something in your town), according to the 24 Hour Comics website:

Alberta
Comic-Kazi, 4307 Macleod Trail S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2G 0A3, (403) 286-0544. Start time: 10:00 AM. Store open 24 hours during event.
Happy Harbor Comics & Toys, 10112 - 124 Street (upper level), Edmonton, AB, T5N 1P6, (780) 452-8211. Start time: 10:00 AM. Store open 24 hours during event.

British Columbia
Elfstar Comics & Toys, 1007 Hamilton St., Vancouver, BC, V6B 5T4, (604) 688-5922. Start time: 10:00 AM. Store open 24 hours during event.

New Brunswick
Strange Adventures, 68 York Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 3N5, (506) 450-3759. Contact Derek Nichols, manager, breeze@nbnet.nb.ca Start time: 9 AM

Ontario
The Artel, 205 Sydenham St., Kingston, Ontario. Contact Nick Csernak at thekitschen@hotmail.com Start time: 6:00 PM October 6th (local time)
Gemini Jetpack,255 King St. North, Unit 6, Waterloo, Ontario, N2J 4V2, (519) 746-1527 Start time: 9 AM. Store open 24 hours during event.
Hairy Tarantula West, 2949 Dundas St. West (of Keele), Toronto, Ontario, M5B-1S5. Phone: (416)762-1303. Email: hr24@HairyT.com Start time: noon. Store open 24 hours during event.
email: info@romics.it Start time: 2 PM

Don't forget to contact Sequential to let us know how things turned out!

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