24 Hour Comics Day Archive
SPEC.CGA.TFHC
Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
14.25 Linear feet
(18 boxes)
2004-2019
The 24 Hour Comics Day Archive features the submissions of those who participated in 24 Hour Comics Day: an annual challenge to create a 24-page comic within 24 hours. Submissions are from all over the world and range in date from 2004 to 2019.
18 boxes
English, Dutch, Finnish, German, Greek, Indonesian, Portuguese, and Spanish
Gertler, Nat
Arrangement of Materials
This collection is arranged in 15 series:
[Series 1: 2004 Submissions](ref11)
[Series 2: 2005 Submissions](ref27)
[Series 3: 2006 Submissions](ref69)
[Series 4: 2007 Submissions](ref127)
[Series 5: 2008 Submissions](ref159)
[Series 6: 2009 Submissions](ref186)
[Series 7: 2010 Submissions](ref203)
[Series 8: 2011 Submissions](ref208)
[Series 9: 2012 Submissions](ref215)
[Series 10: 2013 Submissions](ref225)
[Series 11: 2014 Submissions](ref231)
[Series 12: 2015 Submissions](ref239)
[Series 13: 2016 Submissions](ref256)
[Series 14: 2017 Submissions](ref263)
[Series 15: 2018 Submissions](ref267)
[Series 16: 2019 Submissions](ref267)
These series are arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by geographic location. Additions are expected.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated in a series of accessions from 2004 to 2019. Materials were sent directly to The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum from Nat Gertler during those years. Additions to this collection are expected.
Preferred Citation
[identification of item], 24 Hour Comics Day Archive, SPEC.CGA.TFHC, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Musuem, Ohio State University
Access to Materials
Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum reading room only. To request materials in this finding aid, please contact the reading room
cartoons@osu.edu or call 614-292-0538
Use of Materials
Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.
Processing Information
Finding aid written by: Laura Johnson, 2013; BICLM Staff 2014- Ongoing
Historical Note
24 Hour Comics Day is an annual, worldwide challenge to complete a 24-page comic within a 24-hour period. It began in 1990 as a challenge Scott McCloud initiated between himself and friend Steve Bissette. Through word of mouth and the sharing of work, the idea generated such interest over time that it became an official, national event on April 24, 2004. 24 Hour Comics Day is an international event, garnering participation from over 1,000 comics in eighteen countries each year. More information about 24 Hour Comics Day's history may be found at the event's official website:
www.24hourcomicsday.com
Scope and Content
The 24 Hour Comics Archive includes comics submissions from all over the United States, as well as Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The majority of the collection consists of individual comics' work that was conceived, written, and drawn within that participating year's designated 24-hour period. For identification purposes, event locations and artists' names were obtained from cover sheets attached to the individual works. Work received without a cover sheet was sorted and categorized based on information included in the comic itself. The collection also includes correspondence between event site coordinators and Nat Gertler of California, who received and stored the collection from 2004-2007. Beginning in 2008, comics submissions were directed to ComicsPRO, a trade organization in Colorado. After being processed and considered for an anthology, the comics were sent to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum for inclusion in its comics collection.
Custodial History
The records were assembled, owned and maintained by Nat Gertler.
24 Hour Comics Day.
2004 Submissions
Series 1
2004
Alabama
TFHC 1
1
2004
California
TFHC 1
2
2004
Florida
TFHC 1
3
2004
Florida oversized
TFHC 10
1
2004
Georgia
TFHC 10
4
2004
Idaho
TFHC 10
5
2004
Indiana
TFHC 10
6
2004
Iowa
TFHC 10
7
2004
Maine
TFHC 10
8
2004
North Carolina
TFHC 10
9
2004
Tennessee
TFHC 10
10
2004
Tennessee oversized
TFHC 10
2
2004
Texas
TFHC 10
11
2004
Virginia
TFHC 10
12
2004
Unspecified location
TFHC 10
13
2004
2005 Submissions
Series 2
2005
Australia
TFHC 10
14
2005
Canada - Alberta
TFHC 10
15
2005
Canada - British Columbia
TFHC 10
16
2005
Canada - Ontario
TFHC 10
17
2004
Canada - Saskatchewan
TFHC 10
18
2005
Denmark
TFHC 10
19
2005
England
TFHC 10
16
2005
The Netherlands
TFHC 10
21
2005
Norway
TFHC 10
22
2005
Alabama
TFHC 10
23
2005
California (2 folders)
TFHC 10
24-25
2005
Colorado
TFHC 10
26
2005
Florida
TFHC 10
27
2005
Florida oversized
TFHC 10
3
2005
Georgia
TFHC 10
28
2005
Idaho
TFHC 10
29
2005
Illinois
TFHC 10
30
2005
Indiana
TFHC 10
31
2005
Iowa
TFHC 10
32
2005
Kansas
TFHC 10
33
2005
Maine
TFHC 10
34
2005
Massachusetts
TFHC 2
1
2005
Michigan
TFHC 2
2
2005
Minnesota
TFHC 2
3
2005
Missouri
TFHC 2
4
2005
Nebraska
TFHC 2
5
2005
New Hampshire
TFHC 2
6
2005
New Jersey
TFHC 2
7
2005
New Mexico
TFHC 2
8
2005
New York
TFHC 2
9
2005
Ohio
TFHC 2
10
2005
Oklahoma
TFHC 2
11
2005
Oregon
TFHC 2
12
2005
Tennessee
TFHC 2
13
2005
Texas (4 folders)
TFHC 2
14-17
2005
Vermont oversized
TFHC 10
4
2005
Virginia
TFHC 2
18
2005
Washington
TFHC 2
19
2005
Wisconsin
TFHC 2
20
2005
Correspondence
TFHC 2
21
2005
Unspecified year and location
TFHC 2
22
ca. 2004-2005
2006 Submissions
Series 3
2006
Australia
TFHC 2
23
2006
Belgium
TFHC 2
24
2006
Brazil
TFHC 2
25
2006
Canada - Alberta (4 folders)
TFHC 2
26-29
2006
Canada - British Columbia (2 folders)
TFHC 3
1-2
2006
Canada - New Brunswick
TFHC 3
3
2006
Canada - Nova Scotia
TFHC 3
4
2006
Canada - Ontario (3 folders)
TFHC 3
5-7
2006
Canada - Quebec
TFHC 3
8
2006
Denmark
TFHC 3
9
2006
Finland (3 folders)
TFHC 3
10-12
2006
Germany
TFHC 3
13
2006
Greece (5 folders)
TFHC 3
14-18
2006
Holland
TFHC 3
19
2006
Indonesian region
TFHC 3
20
2006
Indonesian region (2 folders)
TFHC 4
1-2
2006
Ireland
TFHC 4
3
2006
The Netherlands
TFHC 4
4
2006
Portugal (2 folder)
TFHC 4
5-6
2006
Sweden
TFHC 4
7
2006
United Kingdom
TFHC 4
8
2006
Alabama
TFHC 4
9
2006
California (6 folders)
TFHC 4
10-15
2006
Colorado
TFHC 4
16
2006
Connecticut
TFHC 4
17
2006
Florida
TFHC 4
18
2006
Georgia
TFHC 4
19
2006
Hawaii
TFHC 4
20
2006
Illinois
TFHC 4
21
2006
Indiana (2 folders)
TFHC 4
22-23
2006
Iowa
TFHC 4
24
2006
Kentucky
TFHC 4
25
2006
Maine
TFHC 4
26
2006
Maine
TFHC 5
1
2006
Maryland
TFHC 5
2
2006
Massachusetts (2 folders)
TFHC 5
3-4
2006
Michigan
TFHC 5
5
2006
Minnesota
TFHC 5
6
2006
Missouri
TFHC 5
7
2006
New Jersey
TFHC 5
8
2006
New Mexico
TFHC 5
9
2006
New Mexico oversized
TFHC 5
10
2006
New York
TFHC 5
11
2006
North Carolina (2 folders)
TFHC 5
12-13
2006
Oregon (2 folders)
TFHC 5
14-15
2006
Pennsylvania
TFHC 5
16
2006
Rhode Island
TFHC 5
17
2006
Tennessee
TFHC 5
18
2006
Texas (4 folders)
TFHC 5
19-22
2006
Utah
TFHC 5
23
2006
Virginia
TFHC 5
24
2006
Washington
TFHC 5
25
2006
Wisconsin
TFHC 6
1
2006
Correspondence
TFHC 6
2
2006
Unspecified artist name
TFHC 6
3
2006
Unspecified event location
TFHC 6
4
2006
Oversized submissions from various event locations
TFHC 10
2006-2008
2007 Submissions
Series 4
2007
Canada - Ontario, Indiana & Texas oversized
TFHC 10
5
2007
Finland (7 folders)
TFHC 6
5-11
2007
France
TFHC 6
12
2007
Greece (4 folders)
TFHC 6
13-16
2007
Italy
TFHC 6
17
2007
The Netherlands
TFHC 6
18
2007
Puerto Rico
TFHC 6
19
2007
United Kingdom
TFHC 6
20
2007
Alabama
TFHC 6
21
2007
California (2 folders)
TFHC 6
22-23
2007
Colorado
TFHC 6
24
2007
Connecticut
TFHC 7
1
2007
Florida
TFHC 7
2
2007
Georgia (3 folders)
TFHC 7
3-5
2007
Georgia 2 of 3
TFHC 7
4
2007
Illinois
TFHC 7
6
2007
Indiana
TFHC 7
7
2007
Louisiana
TFHC 7
8
2007
Massachusetts (3 folders)
TFHC 7
9-11
2007
Minnesota
TFHC 7
12
2007
Missouri
TFHC 7
13
2007
New Mexico (2 folders)
TFHC 7
14-15
2007
North Carolina
TFHC 7
16
2007
Ohio
TFHC 7
17
2007
Texas
TFHC 7
18
2007
Vermont
TFHC 7
19
2007
Washington
TFHC 7
20
2007
Washington, D.C.
TFHC 7
21
2007
Wisconsin
TFHC 7
22
2007
Correspondence
TFHC 7
23
2007
Unspecified year and location
TFHC 7
24
ca. 2006-2007
2008 Submissions
Series 5
2008
Australia
TFHC 7
25
2008
Belgium
TFHC 7
26
2008
Canada - New Brunswick
TFHC 7
27
2008
Canada - Ontario
TFHC 7
28
2008
Canada - Quebec
TFHC 7
29
2008
Finland (3 folders)
TFHC 7
30-32
2008
Germany
TFHC 8
1
2008
New Zealand
TFHC 8
2
2008
Portugal
TFHC 8
3
2008
Switzerland (4 folders)
TFHC 8
4-7
2008
United Kingdom
TFHC 8
8
2008
Alabama
TFHC 8
9
2008
Arizona
TFHC 8
10
2008
California
TFHC 8
11
2008
Colorado
TFHC 8
12
2008
Massachusetts (3 folders)
TFHC 8
13-15
2008
Minnesota
TFHC 8
16
2008
New York
TFHC 8
17
2008
Ohio
TFHC 8
18
2008
Tennessee
TFHC 8
19
2008
Texas
TFHC 8
20
2008
Vermont
TFHC 8
21
2008
Virginia
TFHC 8
22
2008
Washington
TFHC 8
23
2008
Correspondence
TFHC 8
24
2008
Michigan
TFHC 12
1
2008
2009 Submissions
Series 6
2009
Brazil
TFHC 8
25
2009
Brazil oversized
TFHC 11
1
2009
Canada - Ontario
TFHC 8
26
2009
Finland (3 folders)
TFHC 8
27-29
2009
Finland (2 folders)
TFHC 9
1-2
2009
Switzerland (4 folders)
TFHC 9
3-6
2009
California
TFHC 9
7
2009
Connecticut
TFHC 9
8
2009
Massachusetts
TFHC 9
9
2009
Texas
TFHC 9
10
2009
Washington
TFHC 9
11
2009
Correspondence
TFHC 9
12
2009
Oversized submissions from various event locations
TFHC 11
2009-2012
Ohio
TFHC 12
2
2009
Utah (2 folders)
TFHC 12
3-4
2009
Vermont (3 folders)
TFHC 12
5-7
2009
2010 Submissions
Series 7
2010
California
TFHC 12
8
2010
Finland (2 folders)
TFHC 12
9-10
2010
Florida
TFHC 12
36
2010
Ohio
TFHC 12
11
2010
2011 Submissions
Series 8
2011
Finland
TFHC 9
13
2011
United Kingdom
TFHC 9
14
2011
Colorado
TFHC 9
15
2011
Minnesota
TFHC 9
16
2011
Texas
TFHC 9
17
2011
Wisconsin
TFHC 9
18
2011
2012 Submissions
Series 9
2012
Australia
TFHC 9
19
2012
Canada - Alberta
TFHC 9
20
2012
Germany
TFHC 9
21
2012
Switzerland 1 of 2
TFHC 9
22
2012
Switzerland 2 of 2
TFHC 9
23
2012
United Kingdom
TFHC 9
24
2012
California
TFHC 9
25
2012
Florida
TFHC 9
26
2012
Texas
TFHC 9
27
2012
2013 Submissions
Series 10
2013
California
TFHC 12
12
2013
Canada - Alberta
TFHC 12
13
2013
Finland
TFHC 12
14
2013
Switzerland (4 folders)
TFHC 12
15-18
2013
New Jersey
TFHC 18
1
2013
2014 Submissions
Series 11
2014
California (2 folders)
TFHC 12
19-20
2014
Connecticut
TFHC 12
21
2014
Finland (2 folders)
TFHC 12
22-23
2014
Illinois (5 folders)
TFHC 12
24-28
2014
Iowa
TFHC 12
29
2014
Texas
TFHC 12
30
2014
Switzerland (5 folders)
TFHC 12
31-35
2014
2015 Submissions
Series 12
2015
California
TFHC 13
1
2015
Connecticut
TFHC 13
2
2015
Oklahoma
TFHC 13
3
2015
Switzerland (5 folders)
TFHC 13
4-8
2015
California (4 folders)
TFHC 13
9-12
undated
Canada - New Branswick (2 folders)
TFHC 13
13-14
undated
Canada - Ontario
TFHC 13
15
undated
Finland (19 folders)
TFHC 13
16-32
undated
Maine
TFHC 13
33
undated
Massachusetts
TFHC 13
34
undated
Texas (5 folders)
TFHC 13
35-39
undated
Utah (3 folders
TFHC 13
40-42
undated
Vermont (4 folders)
TFHC 13
43-46
undated
Washington
TFHC 13
47
undated
Ohio
TFHC 13
48
undated
Texas
TFHC 13
49
undated
2016 Submissions
Series 13
2016
California
TFHC 14
1
2016
Switzerland (4 folders)
TFHC 14
2-5
2016
Switzerland (2 folders)
TFHC 15
1-2
2016
Canada- British Columbia
TFHC 15
3
2016
Oversized submission from unspecified event location
TFHC 16
1
undated
Texas
TFHC 16
2
undated
2017 Submissions
Series 14
2017
Texas
TFHC 15
4
2017
Finland
TFHC 17
1
2017
Switzerland
TFHC 17
2-4
2017
2018 Submissions
Series 15
2018
Finland; Rovaniemi City Library
TFHC 17
5
2018
Switzerland (3 folders)
TFHC 18
2-4
2018
2019 Submissions
2019
Utah
TFHC 18
5
2019