December Meeting and Comics-making Workshop | Saturday, December 6 | Noon | Warehouse 21 | Santa Fe, NM

The December 7000 BC meeting will be held at Warehouse 21 and combined with a comics-making workshop. We’ll begin around noon with the basics, and then move on to getting participants creating their comics with assistance from the group. Around 4:00-5:00 we’ll be heading out for dinner.

The workshop is free and new members are always welcome. Send an email with any questions.

Update: we’ll likely take a field trip across the street for the Pander Brothers’ appearance at True Believers sometime during the afternoon.

NM Youth Unite: Poetry Showcase 2008 | Friday, November 7 | 7:00-9:00 | Warehouse 21 | Santa Fe, NM

7000 BC will have a table at the NM Youth Unite: Poetry Showcase 2008 event, featuring youth poets from Santa Fe Indian School, Hands Across Cultures, Warehouse 21 and others, at Warehouse 21 on Friday, November 7 from 7:00-9:00. We’ll have comics from group members available and be spreading the word about our workshop at W21 on Saturday, December 6.

24 Hour Comics Day was a big success at both Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque and at Warehouse 21 with the assistance of True Believers in Santa Fe. We had 24 “official” participants in Santa Fe (28, including folks who were working on other projects), 13 of whom finished 24 pages before the end, and 24 participants in Albuquerque (plus one blogger) with 8 completions.

There was plenty of liveblogging from the events; Santa Fe posts are at the official 24 hour comics blog:

• Underway
• Snacktime
• We’re Into the Coffee Now
• Works In Progress, Pizza
• Morning, Bagels, and a Newspaper Article
• Just About Wrapped up

Hour-by-hour posts from Albuquerque (Q-Town) are at 24hcd.blogspot.com as well — but they also had their own dedicated blog at 24 Hours in Q-Town.

24 Hour Comics Day is a completely volunteer-run event, so we truly appreciate the donations from Walter Burke Catering, Java Joe’s, Upper Crust Pizza, La Montanita Co-Op, and BAWLS, the official energy drink of 24 Hour Comics Day.

And thanks to the Santa Fe New Mexican for their article on the Santa Fe event, which printed while it was still going on.

The Comic Story | October 1-31 | Albuquerque Main Library | Albuquerque, NM

7000 BC’s The Comic Story, an exhibit about creating comics, will run at the Albuquerque Main Library through the month of October. Work from a wide variety of 7000 BC members will be shown, with an emphasis on the process behind five different stories.

A demonstration of the process will be held on Saturday, October 25th, from noon to 2:00 pm. For more information, call 505 768 5141.

Now available for download — the latest issue of string, the regular anthology of comics from 7000 BC.

Download a PDF of string #8 and check out future issues every month.

Previous issues: string #1 | string #2 | string #3 | string #4 (recommended for mature readers) | string #5| string #6 | string #7