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October 21, 2012 · 6:11 pm

24 HOUR COMICS DAY: A Night At The Sorrento

A fine day and night’s work. Here is my comic for 24 Hour Comics Day, 2012.

A new day begins and new challenges and opportunities. I loved being here at the Sorrento Hotel and I look forward to coming back. I feel there is still more to learn and enjoy about this beautiful hotel. I’m just feeling very inspired. I’m an artist. I’m a writer. And, putting both of those passions together, I’m a cartoonist. Now I embark on developing “A Night At The Sorrento” further.

I will tell you now that “A Night At The Sorrento and Other Stories” will be a Kickstarter campaign. Stay tuned. I hope I can count on your support when the campaign launches.

24 Hour Comics Day is all about making the most of your time. So, go out there and make the most of your day.

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October 21, 2012 · 10:52 am

24 HOUR COMICS DAY: PAST THE WITCHING HOUR

We’re past the witching hour. It’s now a quarter past three in the morn’! Here’s more Sorrento observations. There probably are ghosts among us here at the Sorrento. I was told of one interesting story. A delivery man was talking to one of the staff up until that person walked through a wall. The delivery man never came back. Well, it’s a good tale, what can I say. On a lighter side, I like the mats with the days of the week on them.

I like the french press. I like all the little details. And I’m getting work done too! To all you readers out there, this is what a 24 Hour Comics Day is all about.

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October 21, 2012 · 6:25 am

24 HOUR COMICS DAY: Further Down the Rabbit Hole

The trick to a successful 24 Hour Comics Day is to be a truly bad mofo. You’re into staying awake and drawing like crazy.

There is no easy way about it. You can’t cram for this. You can’t try to do this ahead of time. You just do it.

So, if you’re in a venue with a variety of possibilities, you stake your spot and go from there. I chose to spend a good bit of time at the Sorrento’s Hunt Club.

I also made sure to visit to legendary “haunted” fourth floor. There’s something about room #408. Let me know if you find out. Something happened in there, at least in urban legend.

And, of course, your feet get restless. You get itchy feet and need to wander about a bit. The soles of your feet are crying for stimulation, right?  I chose to try the nearby watering hole, The Hideout. Here are a few photos of the men’s room artwork. Pretty cool, huh? Well, definitely above average. Must be the local artist element at work.

Okay, back to work.

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October 21, 2012 · 1:20 am

24 HOUR COMICS DAY: First Impressions

The Sorrento Hotel is a wonderful experience from the moment you walk in the door and you’re greeted at the front desk. I think the staff are very courteous and friendly and I find the Sorrento to be so full of character. I love my room. It has a nice view that provides me a catbird’s seat to new arrivals and the activity down below. There’s plenty of room to settle into and a big fancy desk to get to work on.

I’ll have to get some dinner soon. And I’ll settle into the Fireside Room later on and listen to some jazz. I have a good layout already under way with plenty of room for changes and additions, just the way it should be for a 24 Hour Comics Day. And thanks always to Comics Dungeon for their sponsorship. And expect an awesome book to come from all this. You can see some of my previous work here. A page from “The Dog Who Would Be King” was auctioned off this year at the annual Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction.

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October 19, 2012 · 8:14 pm

24 HOUR COMICS DAY 2012: Charming Damsel

I’m figuring out potential characters and I believe we will have a charming damsel, circa 1909. It’s getting very close to my visit to the Sorrento Hotel.

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October 19, 2012 · 8:10 pm

24 HOUR COMICS DAY 2012: Gentleman Dandy

One very important element of preparing for a project in the comics medium is character development. And so here is one character I believe will be playing a role in my 24HCD piece.

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October 18, 2012 · 9:35 pm

THE SORRENTO HOTEL AND ITS FIRST YEAR: 1909

It is my honor to be a guest at the Sorrento Hotel for my participation in the annual 24 Hour Comics Day this weekend, October 20 -21, sponsored by Comics Dungeon. Here are some facts about what was going on when the Sorrento Hotel first opened, courtesy of the University of Washington. The biggest event in Seattle in 1909 was its first World’s Fair, the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.

Seattle and The World in 1909

1909

  • Seattle’s population in 1910: 237,194.
  • Life expectancy is 48 for men and 52 for women.
  • By 1910 many Seattle homes and factories have electricity. However, electric home appliances won’t become available until 1911.
  • In 1909 women can’t vote. Washington women got the vote in 1883 but lost it in a State Supreme Court decision in 1890. In 1910 they were again given the vote, 10 years before the US Constitution was amended.
  • In 1906, there were 763 cars in Seattle. Speeds are limited to 4 mph downhill and 8 mph uphill. Vehicles are first licensed in 1909 although license plates won’t appear until 1915. Shell will bring the first gas station to Seattle in 1912.
  • The Sorrento Hotel, on Madison in Seattle, opens in 1909 – the first guest was President William Howard Taft.
  • L.C. Smith, who amassed his fortune from his Smith typewriters, starts plans in 1909 to build the 21-story Smith Tower to hold 600 offices on Second and Yesler in downtown Seattle.
Average US annual salary: $750Hourly wages: 29-45¢Milk: 32¢ gal. Eggs: 29¢ doz.Sugar: 6¢ lb.

Whiskey: $3.50 gal.

Average U.S. House: $2,650

The Nation & the World

  • Ernest Shackleton’s expedition finds the magnetic South Pole
  • Robert Perry and Matthew Henson reach the North Pole
  • National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded
  • First Federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) passes
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is established
  • 16th Amendment passes to introduce Federal income tax
  • Karl Landsteiner isolates the poliomyleitis virus
  • John D. Rockefeller gives $530 million for worldwide medical research
  • Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Guglielmo Marconi and Carl Ferdinand Braun for the wireless telegraphy (radio)
  • Henry Ford introduces his “universal” car, the Model T in 1909, priced at $850 and “available in any color as long as it was black”
  • Wall Street Dow Jones Industrial Average closes Dec. 31: 99.05
  • Shine On, Harvest Moon by Ada Jones and Billy Murray hits #1 in US
  • Ty Cobb steals home in World Series game
  • Wright Brothers test and deliver the first military plane to US Army, it seats 2, max speed 40 mph
  • Panama Canal’s first concrete is poured
  • Japanese forces begin a 36 year occupation of Korea
  • Construction of Navy base at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor begins
  • Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
  • Italian school teacher/physician Maria Montessori, 39, publishes Motodo della pedagogia scientifica

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October 15, 2012 · 12:57 am

Comics Grinder Update

If you are new to Comics Grinder, expect a lot of new content on the way and more original artwork along with the regular reviews, news, interviews and essays. You are encouraged to stay awhile and look around. There are a number of surprises for new readers like this interview with writer Mark Z. Danielewski which was part of Comics Grinder’s extensive Comic-Con coverage. MZD will be here on Comics Grinder’s own turf, Seattle, on October 28 for a reading at Town Hall and that will be a treat to comment on. And, of course, just around the corner is a big event, the 24 Hour Comics Day that will see Henry Chamberlain hard at work on his solo 24 Hour Comics Day effort at the Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison Street, this upcoming weekend, October 20 – 21. If you happen to be around the area, then consider stopping by and saying hello. You’re especially welcome if you have any good stories related to the Sorrento Hotel. And, if not, it’s all good.

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September 19, 2011 · 6:50 am

24 HOUR COMICS DAY Hosted by HANK in SEATTLE

The first weekend in October is all about 24 Hour Comics Day and yours truly, Hank the Ink Man, is hosting a night to remember in Seattle. And feel free to LIKE this event on Facebook.

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