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24 Hour Comics

by Neil Gaiman · 2004

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The challenge: create an entire 24-page comic book in 24 consecutive hours. Hundreds of cartoonists have taken this challenge, turning out works that were amazing, amusing, or revelatory.

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Four-time Harvey Award and Eisner Award winner Scott McCloud, comicdom's top theoretician and inventor of the 24-hour comic, explains the concept and presents nine of the best.

Includes stories by Neil Gaiman, Al Davison, and more.

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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 221 pages
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