Jim Hanley's Universe

24 Hour Comics Day

On April 24th, 2004 cartoonists all over will face the 24 hour comics challenge. What is this challenge you ask? Simply put, cartoonists try to write and draw an entire 24 page comics story in 24 consecutive hours.

Jim Hanley's Universe will be participating in this event by providing space for cartoonists to work. It will officially begin on Saturday (4/24) at 12 PM and we will be open all through the night into Sunday. Come on down and hang out with some up and coming artists and see what goes into making a comic book!

Participants include: Matt Madden, K. Thor Jensen, Paul Winkler, Mike Rosensweig, Bill Roundy, John Hazard, Wendy Chin, Colby Hausmann, Rebekah Bennington, Valerie Reupert, Ken Applebaum, Mike Dawson and Alex Robinson.

4 West 33rd St. (off 5th Ave. - across from the Empire State Building) Tel: (212) 268-7088

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