PAPER JAMS

Regret Crevasse (OSCILLATING BROW)

2012-01-30T14:24:00.000Z

A 24-minute comic (and although I inked it afterwards, it was actually completed fully, albeit in pencil, on time for once). The words were 'crevasse' and 'regret'.

Eyeball Anathema (OSCILLATING BROW)

2012-01-23T10:19:00.000Z

A failed 24-minute comic (it was completed after time was up). The words were 'eyeball' and 'anathema'.

Blubber Eyeball, 24 minute comic

2012-01-14T15:16:00.004Z

It was 24 minutes to draw a comic, and the words were blubber and eyeball.
Pages 1 & 2:

Pages 3 (filled in by people reading it) & 4:

paper jam BC (before canny)

2011-12-16T19:00:00.000Z

monstrous freaks without words

2011-12-01T16:41:00.001Z

hi brett

2011-11-22T15:32:00.000Z

Good luck upper decker (OSCILLATING BROW)

2011-10-18T16:40:00.000+01:00

24-minute comic. The words were 'good luck' and 'upper decker'.

(Note: not trying to be pushy or owt, but I do suggest you click it to view it big enough to get the point.)

I think we all feel like that guy sometimes.

Doodles of Meetings

2011-07-19T11:14:00.002+01:00

Here are some of the eerie scenes you see through my warped eyes down in the basement on Grainger Street, every 2nd Thursday.

Big Sh*t Corpses (OSCILLATING BROW)

2011-05-27T15:00:00.003+01:00

24-minute comic, the words were 'big sh*t' and 'corpses'.

Captain Star Trek and the Semi-Lovebot (OSCILLATING BROW)

2011-04-15T14:22:00.008+01:00

A twenty-four minute comic (technically failed - as it may have in fact taken upto about forty-eight minutes). It was a doubler with two sets of words: 'Captain' and 'Star Trek' and 'Semi-' and 'Lovebot'. Oscillating Brow has also, for once, been posting a few doodles, some of which were probably drawn at Paper Jam, on his own blog (including a lord of dreams, a master of the universe and a dark-ish knight).

History and That Exhibition Comics - Part 3

2011-04-13T12:55:00.000+01:00

A whole mixture of people are responsible for this lot including myself (sorry about that guys).

Also I am taking a guess but the monster costume appears to be the work of Martin Newman, very cool.

History and That Exhibition Comics - Part 2

2011-04-08T12:16:00.002+01:00

This was by one of Andrew Waugh's students, good show.

Not by Jack, nope.

History and That Exhibition Comics - Part 1

2011-04-06T23:49:00.001+01:00

There were many people drawing at the Exhibition, here's the first of many posts from that event.

Now then, it appears that all of these are lacking in name, if you are responsible for the markings present then do make yourself known.

Screaming Blood Feud 24 Minute Comics 31/03/11

2011-04-01T11:59:00.006+01:00

Terry Wiley

Andy Waugh

Ingi Jensson

christmas do at wetherspoons

2011-03-29T13:48:00.003+01:00

Tidying up my sketchpads, I found pictures of some of the gang. Can you tell who's who?

24 hour comic from Finland

2010-10-03T11:35:00.001+01:00

Hi, I'm a day behind, but about to start my 24 comic in an hour's time.
Enjoy your sleep afters!

Blunderbuss Survival Horror (Oscillating Brow)

2010-09-07T10:01:00.003+01:00

A failed 24-minute comic which needed finishing after the meeting. The words were 'blunderbuss' and 'survival horror'.

BMX Jester (Paul Thompson)

2010-09-06T22:38:00.003+01:00

Based on word association on facebook, a 24 minute* comic in which I try not to draw horror. Yup, I'm nicking facial elements from Oscillating Brow - that's the best way I can think of to start to learn how to do the comic minimalism funny.

*not technically within the rules as I was thinking of ideas while I was cooking and facebook was making words. Drawn in 24 minutes. Whaddaya want?

Detective comics condensed (Oscillating Brow)

2010-09-06T09:21:00.004+01:00

Something doodled last year at the Whitley Bay book festival.

Wolves Love Triangle - 24 Minute Comic! (BRITTANY COXON)

2010-08-11T18:08:00.000+01:00

My turn! Oh yes, just as mature as the rest of you.

Wolves Love Triangle - 24 Minute Comic! (DAN GILMORE)

2010-08-11T00:50:00.000+01:00

We'll get through them all soon. Is it just me or are these 24 minute comics gradually getting more surreal?

Wolves Love Triangle - 24 Minute Comic! (MARK HUGHES)

2010-08-05T23:50:00.000+01:00

Wolves Love Triangle - 24 Minute Comic! (Terry Wiley)

2010-07-29T00:30:00.000+01:00

Another comic from our latest 24 minute escapades. To be honest with words like wolves and love triangle there was no way these comics were going to be anything but slightly wrong and twisted.

Sorry I've been a little slow in uploading these guys, more to come very soon.

-Britt

Made In Newcastle (UNKNOWN!)

2010-07-23T09:49:00.002+01:00

We took some comic templates to the Made In Newcastle launch earlier this month (you should check out the Made In Newcastle shop on Nun Street, Newcastle, it's fantastic!) and while we were drawing on their walls, some folks, I'm not sure who they were, drew comics and left them behind for us!

Lovely!

Also, in case you missed it, the launch of our new Art... and that anthology is in Durham, tonight, if you're reading this on the 23rd of July 2010...

- Paul

Wolves Love Triangle - 24 Minute Comic! (SIMON CAVANAGH)

2010-07-20T14:11:00.002+01:00

Hello miscreants!
During our last meeting we sat down to do a 24 minute comic, if you're following this blog I'm sure you're familiar with the concept by now... and the resulting confusion/artistic euphoria.

So, what did we get out of wolves and love triangle?

I don't know why but the moons face almost made me feel sorry for it.

Rather than bombard you with everything at once I shall put the rest up in a gradual trip feed to keep you peaceful.

-Britt.

For Andy

2010-07-12T10:25:00.000+01:00

Cheers!
-Jack

Meet the CAPTIONeers

2010-07-07T17:37:00.005+01:00

Jay Eales and Selina Lock, two of the tip-top organisers of CAPTION*, will be in town this weekend, so if anyone would like to come and meet them & discover the wonderful world of Caption, there'll be a Mini Meet in the Bridge pub on Monday 12th at 7.30pm.

*CAPTION is the UK's longest running comics event (this is its 19th year) and a key point in the Small Press Comics calendar. It's held in the East Oxford Community Centre on the weekend of the 31st July-1st August (this year's theme is "Mad Science") & features panels, workshops, sketch pads, at least one quiz, a bar, exhibits, an auction and - ta-daa - the Caption Table, where creators can leave their comics and mingle while somebody else sells them for you!
Did I mention Melinda Gebbie is a guest?

Faceybook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=401447532588
official site: http://www.caption.org/

Location/Derrick

2010-07-06T17:51:00.003+01:00

Something that Paul, Oscillating Brow and I put together while at the Kite Festival with one of Paul's pre-printed templates.

Moo?

-Britt

Doodles done during paper jam meetings this year.

2010-07-03T17:32:00.007+01:00

- Mike D

EGO SKETCH (PAUL THOMPSON)

2010-06-30T23:08:00.001+01:00

Some idle doodles from Paul at the EGO festival in Durham on Jack and Daniel's comic template, in between selling comics... some characters and situations from upcoming stories... in Tales of the Hollow Earth and A4 Comics Presents

- Paul

KING OF BANANAS (MARTIN NEWMAN)

2010-06-09T19:08:00.003+01:00

Another 24 minute comic by Martin Newman, whose 24 Hour comic Evolution and Beep is now on sale in Travelling Man stores in Leeds, Manchester, York and Newcastle.

- Paul

COCK AND BALLS BALLOONS (ANDREW WAUGH)

2010-06-09T14:38:00.002+01:00

The selections "cock and balls" and "balloons" were also pulled out of the hat during the last 24-minute comic selection, but everyone went for "cats" and "finger puppets" or "coffee" and "communists". Losers.

Here's my crack at some genital-based comic fun. Now with added colour. Enjoy.

- Andy

MR PURR - FELINE FINGERPUPPET (MARTIN NEWMAN)

2010-06-09T14:34:00.002+01:00

Another "finger puppet" and "cat" combination from the meeting before last. This one's by the ever-amazing Martin Newman.

- Andy

CATS AND FINGER PUPPETS (BRITTANY COXON)

2010-06-02T12:00:00.003+01:00

Enthusiasm dynamo (and starter of the PJCC's very own Twitter page) Brittany Coxon did this 24-minute comic about those pesky "cats" and their "finger puppets". Enjoy!

- Andy

COFFEE AND COMMUNIST CATS (AND THE X-MEN) (MIKE THOMPSON)

2010-06-02T09:00:00.023+01:00

Mike Thompson, one part of our glorious two-headed Leaderbeast, did this 24-comic that manages to cram in "cats", "communist" and "coffee", as well as everyone's favourite boarding school mutants.

And as if this wasn't enough, he also did me this lovely drawing of Frank Castle, The Punisher. I don't know if that was his idea of a sexual advance, but it worked.

- Andy

COMMUNIST COFFEE (SIMON CAVANAGH)

2010-06-01T11:15:00.007+01:00

Another relatively new member to the group is Simon Cavanagh, who did this beartastic 24-minute comic inspired by the words "coffee" and "communist". Enjoy.

- Andy

CATS AND FINGER PUPPETS (VARIOUS)

2010-06-01T11:05:00.017+01:00

There's been an influx of new members at the last couple of meetings, so I've ended up a with a fairly large pile of 24-minute comics to post, not all of them with names attached. These ones, from various assorted newbies, were inspired by "cats" and "finger puppets"...

(Leo Hunt)

(Jenny Coxon)

(unknown, incorporating "coffee" and "communist" from another selection)

(Lewis Garvey)

(unknown)

If anyone can attach names to these unknowns then please pop a comment below.

- Andy

ANNOUNCEMENT: POSTCARD PROJECT

2010-05-28T19:36:00.005+01:00

Indication of what's involved in my postcard + diary zine, 'A week at the beach', from 1- 6th June.

WATCHIN' THE COLLECTIVES...2 (TERRY WILEY)

2010-04-09T12:30:00.004+01:00

Andrew has been prodding me to sketch him, alas the likeness is not so good as his are.

- Terry

CELEBRITY DRUG SMUGGLER, SQUARE! (ANDREW WAUGH)

2010-04-05T19:25:00.006+01:00

The very hairy Andy Waugh was given 24 minutes and the words 'Celebrity Drug Smuggler' and 'Square' to work with. This is what he did as a direct consequence of that.

Where are you hiding the drugs, square celebrities? Where?

- Paul

JOYOUS ANOREXIC (BRETT HALLIWELL)

2010-04-02T16:23:00.002+01:00

More black biro madness from Brett Halliwell, continuing the tales of the Joyous Anorexic!

- Paul

CELEBRITY DRUG SMUGGLER, SQUARE (JAMES CORNELL)

2010-03-30T21:30:00.004+01:00

New PJCC chap James Cornell (I think that's his name, that's what I wrote down) rose triumphantly to the 24 Minute Comic Challenge with the phrases out of the hat being "Celebrity Drug Smuggling" and "Square".

- Paul

JOYOUS ANOREXIC (PAUL THOMPSON)

2010-03-25T10:13:00.007Z

Another couple of 24 minute comic based on the words 'Joyous Anorexic'. Busy night that one.

- Paul

JOYOUS ANOREXIC (BRITTANY COXON)

2010-03-24T21:51:00.004Z

Here's another 24 minute challenge, since those were the words out of the hat a few weeks (months?) back (and I've not scanned them in till now), we're investigating the life of the Joyous Anorexic. This one's by Britt!

- Paul

LOGO JAM GO! (DISCUSSION)

2010-03-16T15:36:00.006Z

So here's my offering to the Paper Jam Comics Collective Logo Jam - some type for comment/discussion or to amend or incorporate into other possible PJCC logo designs featuring jam jars, photocopiers, paper, etc...

The font is 'American Typewriter', customised a bit around the serifs and line thicknesses. I also tried putting 'comics collective' in other type or handwritten fonts, but in the end American Typewriter seems like a good font to me.

(amending post... more!)

Obviously, my jam jar is rubbish, and I think this should probably be hand drawn, but this is what i'd had in mind...

- Paul

THINKING ABOUT 'MUSIC...AND THAT' (MIKE DUCKETT)

2010-03-14T19:28:00.008Z

Hi, as the harder-working paper jammers spent 24 hours drawing this weekend, I had a pint at Drink & Draw and a first stab at an entry to the next anthology 'Music ... and that'.

However, I have since changed my mind and so withdrawn this pic, but will still do some response to a song by the casual terrorist

- Mike D

THE BOYS IN ACTION ON THEIR 24 MINUTE COMICS (MIKE DUCKETT)

2010-03-13T16:55:00.006Z

- Mike D

JOYOUS ANOREXIC (MIKE DUCKETT)

2010-02-07T19:19:00.005Z

It's been a while since the Paper Jam Comics Collective got their act together on their fortnightly thursday meeting and made some 24 minute comics.

Mike D introduced us to the enchanted world of the "Joyous Anorexic", which were the first words out of the hat.

Check out Mike's blog here, and if you can find them, pick up a copy of his Bothy Zine and Secret History of Anarchy in Newcastle.

- Paul

ANNOUNCEMENT: TUMBLE AND FALL TAKEOVER

2010-01-25T15:46:00.001Z

Happy New Year!

For those who haven't been following the group's activities via our collective blogs, during December and early January the PJCC have been supplying 24-minute comics and the like for Dennis J Reinmüller's Tumble And Fall webcomic, while Dennis takes a hiatus to concentrate on his studies.

Our residency is now officially over, but for those missing our Paper Jams during these sparse months, take a look at them from here.

- Andy

TURTLE HAT (GARY BAINBRIDGE)

2009-12-19T21:52:00.006Z

I found this on the old hard drive from a while ago and someone said it was the best 24 Minute Comic I'd ever done. There's a direct correlation between that statement and the fact that I haven't been able to do a 24 Minute Comic since. Ho-hum.

Any good? My blog's here if you fancy it.

- Gary

FAKE BEARDS(LEY) (TERRY WILEY)

2009-11-26T22:35:00.009Z

Someone was talking about Aubrey Beardsley tonight & I had a sudden urge to produce this:

It's a bit wonky, but OK, do you think?

- Terry

THOUGHT BUBBLE CONSEQUENCES (VARIOUS)

2009-11-25T09:13:00.006Z

Paper Jam were down at the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds on Saturday, selling comics and meeting like-minded folks.

I'd taken paper and pens down in the hope that we'd get some 24-minute comics done during the quiet stretches, but it just goes to prove how hectic and exciting the occaision was that this game of Consequences was the only creative thing we got done all day (save for the creative peddling of our wares).

Behold the collective creativity of Waugh, Bainbridge and Thompson!

- Andy

TURTLE HAT (ANDREW WAUGH)

2009-11-11T09:32:00.002Z

We haven't done any 24-minute comics for months now, but I couldn't really complain as I had this one sitting around unscanned and unloved. It's from the "Turtle" and "Hat" session and marks a change for me in that it doesn't have any swearing or horrible things happening in it. I think working on my Space Monkey submission has had an adverse affect on me.

For news on more swear-less comics, check out my blog.

- Andy

WATCHIN' THE COLLECTIVES... (TERRY WILEY)

2009-11-05T22:15:00.009Z

Here's a page of sketches of Paper Jams folkies I've been accumulating during the last few meetings...

Apologies to Gary for making him all "supaa-defoormu" but he kept moving! Gary added me to the bottom of the page despite the terrible slur ;)

- Terry

OH YES, BELIEVE (DANIEL CLIFFORD)

2009-10-28T21:22:00.005Z

Daniel's got a band, a blog and a strip in the new Paper Jam anthology. If it it came to a General Election, I'd vote for him ahead of Brown or the other one.

The words were Turtle and Hat.

- Gary

WHITLEY BAY : WORD:PLAY (VARIOUS)

2009-10-18T10:23:00.014+01:00

Myself and Oscillating Brow attended the Whitley Bay WordPlay festival on Saturday, which was characterised as a battle for hearts and minds. We won of course, but during the quiet periods, we faffed about with pens and paper. As is our way.

- Paul

TOOLS OF THE TRADE (DISCUSSION)

2009-10-13T18:40:00.010+01:00

I am a great believer that expensive tools do not a great artist make, but I'm always tempted to believe otherwise when I see someone talented using some pen I've never heard of to great effect.

Whether it's the way Andy Waugh deftly strokes his characters in to being with a brush pen, the furious hatching of Jack Fallows, or me - trying every pen in my arsenal until something sticks, it's exciting to see what tools other artists use to achieve their styles.

So my question to you, dear reader; what tools do you use and love?

- Dan

TURTLE HAT (DAN GILMORE)

2009-10-12T09:43:00.001+01:00

Another ace 24-minute from Dan Gilmore - young, good looking and talented. Exactly what I hate in people, but he's escaped my wrath for now.

This one continues the "Turtle" and "Hat" combination of words - a juxtaposition which I felt marked a return to the simple, zen 24 minuters of old after several bouts of people putting stupidly long phrases in there which are impossible to draw.

- Andy

TURTLE HAT (TERRY WILEY)

2009-10-11T16:33:00.001+01:00

It has been my great pleasure to meet Terry Wiley through the Paper Jam meets - he's a great laugh and always full of good tips and advice. He's also incredibly talented and prolific, which I usually choose to politely ignore, but it's becoming increasingly difficult when he keeps producing 24-minute comics of this calabre. Git.

This one takes the words "Turtle" and "Hat" as inspiration.

- Andy

7-UP MOONSHINE (VARIOUS)

2009-10-10T19:27:00.005+01:00

Another comics jam, instigated as a change from the usual 24-minute comics. It's consequences, taking - I vaguely remember - "7-Up" and "Moonshine" as inspiration, and throwing in "Giraffe" as a varation.

Terry Wiley started it, but I don't remember who did the next few panels (sorry), but I remember that Faye Stacey was sitting next to me and that I got in there after here and ruined it with some toilet humour. My apologies.

- Andy

GIRAFFE CANNONBALL (VARIOUS)

2009-10-10T13:03:00.011+01:00

So this is a comics jam between Dan Gilmore and Terry Wiley (I think... correct me if I'm mistaken).

- Gary

CHEWING GUM DONUT CONGA (PAUL THOMPSON)

2009-10-10T12:57:00.006+01:00

This looks like one of the frowned upon variations where more that two of the randomly generated words are used. No-one's frowning upon Paul Thompson's epic offering, however. You may need to rotate your screen.

- Gary

I'M GONNA BE A REBEL... (FAYE STACEY)

2009-10-10T12:50:00.006+01:00

When is a Pooh Bear not a Pooh Bear? Perhaps when he's Paddington Bear instead. Faye Stacey has a deviant art for further proof that she's dead good at drawing and such.

- Gary

UNTITLED (IAN MAYOR)

2009-10-10T12:46:00.006+01:00

A "What If... Pooh Bear was actually a real life vicious hunny bear ready to rip off Christopher Robin's head at a moment's notice" scenario here from Ian Mayor.

- Gary

UNTITLED (TERRY WILEY)

2009-10-10T12:38:00.007+01:00

Terry Wiley may be known to you through the comic Sleaze Castle, which if you don't know, you should read. Or at least look at the pictures. I think the words here were "Pooh Bear" and "Conga" but you don't care, you just want more comics don't you?

- Gary

UNTITLED (OSCILLATING BROW)

2009-10-10T12:35:00.005+01:00

This comic by Oscillating Brow, speaks for itself. The words were "Blue Velvet" and "Cage".

- Gary

BLUE VELVET CAGE (BRETT HALLIWELL)

2009-10-10T12:27:00.003+01:00

Bizarreness squared is what Brett Halliwell specialises in, and black biro. That can't be a bad combination.

- Gary

CHEMICAL TOILET VERSUS 'THE BARON' (ANDREW WAUGH)

2009-09-04T09:52:00.011+01:00

More 24-minute nonsense from me, this time trying to make something hilarious and touching from the themes "chemical toilet" and "the baron". This lost strip - found amongst a bounty of strips at Travelling Man - was done some time ago, but missed being posted on my regular site. Enjoy!

- Andy

THE COOLEST MONKEY IN TOWN (MIKE THOMPSON)

2009-09-04T09:00:00.000+01:00

More monkeys, more bottoms.

Mike Thompson is one part of the two-headed beast that first spawned the Paper Jam Comics Collective. He claims to be a comics reader not a comics doer, but almost every meeting produces a 24-minute comic that makes me laugh.

This be one of them.

- Andy

ADVENTURES OF A SMOOTH MONKEY'S BOTTOM (MARTIN NEWMAN)

2009-09-03T10:00:00.000+01:00

Here's a strip from Paper Jam member and all-round lovely bloke Martin Newman. It was part of the same pool of strips as the last posting, so I'm thinking the words were "smooth" and "monkey's bottom".

Martin is a regular face at the meetings and always does something great during the 24-minute comic sessions, but hasn't posted anything he's done yet. Martin - get to it!

- Andy

SMOOTH AS A MONKEY'S BOTTOM (BEN CLARK)

2009-09-02T09:35:00.011+01:00

Another beauty of a 24-minute comic from Ben Clark, rescued from behind the counter at Travelling Man. This one was so long ago that I don't remember the themes that were drawn out of the hat. I think they were "smooth" and "monkey's bottom", but I can't be sure.

Anyone?

- Andy

DUCKETT JAMS IT OUT (MIKE DUCKETT)

2009-08-27T15:52:00.007+01:00

This lovely item was created by Mike Duckett at one of the meetings, and until I figure out how the ruddy hell to give him posting capabilities, I'll be representing his efforts.

Mike says: "Drawn at the end of the Paper Jams session, ideas for a comic I hope to do in 2010 about Thomas Spence"

- Jack

EYEBROWS CLOWN (ANDREW WAUGH)

2009-08-18T13:07:00.006+01:00

This one's from the last meeting, taking off from the words, you guessed it, "eyebrows" and "clown". We had a few combinations to choose from this time and I had initially started work on a strip themed "doctor" and "parody", but it was shit, so I started this one. A heartwarming story, I'm sure you'll agree.

Technically that makes this a 18 minute comic or something. Do I get extra points for that?

- Andy

SUGAR GLIDER (GARY BAINBRIDGE)

2009-08-18T12:54:00.008+01:00

A bit of a break from the 24 minute comics here, this is the result of learning about Sugar Gliders earlier in the week and reading a couple of graphic novels by the wonderful Darwyn Cooke. For those of you keeping score, the comics in question were The Spirit and Parker: The Hunter, which is possibly the most satisfying comics adaptations from a novel I've read. You really should invest.

So understandably, a marsupial themed, Darwyn Cooke inspired superhero appeared in my sketchbook during that comics night.

Cheers me dears.

- Gary

CITIZEN SHANE (BEN CLARK)

2009-08-14T23:43:00.022+01:00

Another 24 minute comic using the random phrase Doctor Parody. It didn't occur to me at the time that not everyone has seen Citizen Kane!

- Ben

WHEN I SEE A DOCTOR, PARANOIA SETS IN... (DAN GILMORE)

2009-08-14T17:54:00.008+01:00

Dan Gilmore did the cover for the first Paper Jam Comics anthology. He is also obscenely talented. Here's a small manifestation of that talent in a controlled 24 minute burst.

The words? "Doctor" and "Parody".

- Gary

I ASSURE YOU, MADAM... (OSCILLATING BROW)

2009-08-14T11:43:00.012+01:00

Occasionally, there's a variation on the rules, instead of picking two random words or phrases, numerous pairs are selected to create the "best" possible stimulus. Sometimes, participants choose to incorporate four rather than two random words. Frequently, people abandon sequentiality , in favour of the single image and caption format, and not that often, folks turn up late and start drawing. This is the eighteen-and-a-half-minute-multiple-word-gag-cartoon variation.

Doctor Parody Clown Eyebrows were the words. Oscillating Brow was the artist.

- Gary

I WILL PISS IN YOUR DISHWASHER, GENIE (ANDREW WAUGH)

2009-08-10T14:58:00.010+01:00

This second posting from me is the last 24 minute comic I did.

As you can see from comparing them, I haven't improved much! FACT: they both also include the word "douche" - which is not a word I use in general conversation. Spooky.

The words/phrases this time were, as you can probably guess, "I will piss in your dishwasher" and "genie". Why the former was suggested, I don't know. I worry about these people.

- Andy

JESUS CARNAGE (ANDREW WAUGH)

2009-08-10T14:31:00.009+01:00

To start my postings I thought I'd put up my first attempt at a 24 minute comic which was done at my first Paper Jam meeting early this year. The words that came out of the hat were "Jesus" and "carnage" - so I can be forgiven for most of what's to come.

It's not the best thing I've ever done (and certainly not the worst), but it demonstrated quite clearly how I meant to go on - profane and unnecessarily offensive.

For more of my 24 minute comics, check my blog out.

- Andy

SPONGE ASBO (GARY BAINBRIDGE)

2009-08-01T21:15:00.001+01:00

Here's an old one from me, it takes place before, during and after 24 minute comics sesh. One for fans of the fourth dimension there.

The random phrase generator gave us "Sponge" and "ASBO" this time round...

- Gary

PIE! CHART! (BEN CLARK)

2009-07-31T10:27:00.004+01:00

To kick things off here's a very funny 24-minute comic from Paper Jam member and small press star Ben Clark which he left at the shop and I rescued/stole.

To explain the already quite self-explanatory format, the 24 minute comic is a speedier variation on the popular 24-hour comics day, where comic creators do a strip for every hour of a day. In this case we restrict ourselves to one comic completed within 24 minutes. Random words and phrases are written down and popped into a hat, then two are pulled out to form the inspiration for the strips. It's a quick and refreshing way for comics types to test their imagination and drawing power and a way to get a comic strip done without slaving away at a drawing table for days on end.

The phrases pulled out this time were "pie chart" and "starting now!".

- Andy