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Spawns of Insomnia was an ink-stained,
caffeine-gulping, test of endurance
and skill that only complete
maniacs would take part in.
So, of course, we had to do
it.
Twenty-five Spawnatics competed
in this drawing marathon organized
by Cartoonists Northwest and
held at Cascadia
Con—a Seattle area
science fiction convention.
Each artist attempted to create
an entire 24-page comic book
in 24 hours or less. And the
truly amazing thing is…most
of them succeeded.
In addition to creating hundreds
of pages of art, the artists
raised $1,249 (mostly through
sponsor donations) for The
Friends of The Seattle Public
Library. The money is being
used to purchase graphic novels
for Seattle libraries.
Although many other 24-hour comic marathons have been organized, we believe this is the first time such event that has been used to raise money for charity and possibly the first to have a unified theme.
Because Spawns was held at a sci-fi convention, all artists were asked to created stories with science fiction or fantasy elements. In addition—as if creating a 24-page sci-fi comic book in public in only 24 hours wasn’t hard enough—the artists faced another challenge: The Space Elevator!
The
LiftPort Group—a company
that’s developing a space elevator—offered
cash prizes to artists who included
a space elevator somewhere in their
stories and completed all 24 pages
of their stories. Most—but not
all artists—took on this added
challenge.
To make the task a little more reasonable—and to hopefully increase the quality of the stories—we relaxed the “usual” 24-hour comic rules and allowed artists make notes before the 24 hours on a single sheet of 8.5 in. by 11 in. sheet of paper. We also didn’t insist that the stories had to be completely inked in order to be considered finished.
What kind of stories came out of this experiment? Great stories? Terrible stories? Silly stories? Sad stories? Stories too bizarre for words?
All of the above—and more! But don’t take our word for it. Read ‘em yourself.
COMPLETED
STORIES
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A retro superhero sci-fi romp |
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A race of felines in outer space |
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A robotic fairytale |
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Autobiographical college story |
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The rise of Communist peas |
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A gag-filled fight against evil |
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One odd day |
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Murder mystery among diplomats |
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Alien warfare |
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A girl's journey to the stars |
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Animal capers |
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A
superhero saves the galaxy |
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One man vs. alien criminals |
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A
girl goes to work in space |
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A city filled with robots |
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Life working on the elevator |
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Martial arts battle in space |
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