

After a huge amount of deliberation, grinding of teeth, frustrated wails, and budget-nudging the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that not one but two artists will be joining its first 24 Hour Comics Marathon – Joe Decie and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell.
Joe Decie is the author of
The Listening Agent and
The Accidental Salad from Blank Slate Books and
Pocket Full of Coffee from Retrofit Comics.

“Heed this Warning” by and © Joe Decie

Solid State Tank Girl promo by Warwick Johnson Cadwell
Joe and Warwick will join
the previously-announced artists –
Dan Berry,
Kristyna Baczynski,
Sarah McIntyre,
Fumio Obata and
Jack Teagle – in the marathon to create a comic in 24 hours – which the Festival also hopes to print during its Festival weekend (17th – 19th October).The Marathon will start on Thursday 16th October, as part of the Festival.The 24 Hour Comics challenge was devised by Scott McCloud in 1990 and thousands of artists have risen to this challenge since.
The usual format for a 24 hour comic is to disallow planning and preparation beforehand. Some variations include constraints announced at the commencement of the 24 hours to make planing ahead futile.
The Festival intends to do things a little differently. Planning and preparation is not only allowed, but encouraged because they want to be able to tell the very best stories with the short time the creators have.
“The quality and quantity of the applications was very high, making choosing a significantly difficult task,” say Festival Director Julie Tait and Marathon Co-ordinator Dan Berry in a joint statement on their final choice. “While there was some very stiff competition from some incredibly talented and supremely capable artists, we felt that Joe and Warwick would not only rise to the challenge of the 24 hour comic, but would excel at it. Each of their distinctive styles and approaches to storytelling stood out from the applicants and we are thrilled to welcome them aboard.
“We would like to thank everyone who made an application and look forward to developing the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 24 Hour Comics Marathon further in 2015.”
“We had a very difficult time choosing,”
added Dan separately on Twitter. “Thanks everyone that made an application, there’s some talented b***** artists out there y’know!”
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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Tags: Dan Berry, Fumio Obata, Jack Teagle, Joe Decie, Julie Tait, Kristyna Baczynski, Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Sarah McIntyre, Warwick Johnson Cadwell