24-Stunden-Comic-Session

The 24-hour comic session takes place as part of the Nextcomic Festival.

The Drawing Club of the Merz Akademie invites you to the 24-hour comic session on March 29, 2025! In this special challenge, you will draw your personal comic for exactly 24 hours on March 29 from 3:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on March 30 at the Merz Akademie. Together with other comic artists in a relaxed, collaborative atmosphere. Curated by illustration professor Florian Bayer.

Everyone is welcome, whether professionals or newbies. Anyone who enjoys comics is in the right place here. The theme of the comic session will be kept secret until the start, so that you don’t come with a finished script and finished characters, but rather unprepared in the tradition of 24-hour comics with plenty of room for spontaneity. Rest and sleeping rooms are available at the Merz Akademie, please bring a sleeping bag and sleeping mat.

We stick to it loosely as follows:

1. 24 comic pages or 100 individual images (e.g. for webcomics) are created in a 24-hour period.
2. The development of the story and character sketches should only be started when the session begins.
3. We will reveal the theme at the start of the 24-hour comic session.
4. If you don’t finish, the comic can be finished after 24 hours as a shortened version with a suitable conclusion. But it’s also okay to continue working on it later until the specified length has been reached.

If you like the pressure and the challenge, then the 24-hour limit will make you productive – but the session is also for anyone who needs more time and doesn’t want to be stressed. Organize the session according to your needs.

The Merz Akademie has workstations available for you and, of course, rooms where you can relax.