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Just 1 Page was an annual charity
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 comic, linked to the UK's Comic Festival
Comic Festival
Comic Festival was a British comic book convention which was held between 1999 and 2004.-History:It was devised and produced by Kev F Sutherland with the help of Mike Allwood of Area 51 Comics and was held in Bristol annually...

 (1999–2004) then Expo (2005–06) in Bristol
Bristol
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, SW England
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Single page contributions were donated by a range of comics artists and writers.

Notable items were:
  • A picture of a race between DC's Flash
    Flash (comics)
    The Flash is a name shared by several fictional comic book superheroes from the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the original Flash first appeared in Flash Comics #1 ....

    , Marvel's Quicksilver
    Quicksilver (comics)
    Quicksilver is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in X-Men #4 and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...

     and Road Runner from Looney Tunes
    Looney Tunes
    Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...

    , drawn by Alan Davis
    Alan Davis
    Alan Davis is an English writer and artist of comic books, known for his work on titles such as Captain Britain, The Uncanny X-Men, ClanDestine, Excalibur, JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail.-UK work:...

    .
  • A page where Steve Gerber
    Steve Gerber
    Stephen Ross "Steve" Gerber was an American comic book writer best known as co-creator of the satiric Marvel Comics character Howard the Duck....

    's Howard the Duck
    Howard the Duck
    Howard the Duck is a comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik. The character first appeared in Adventure into Fear #19 and several subsequent series have chronicled the misadventures of the ill-tempered, anthropomorphic, "funny...

     and Destroyer Duck appear at a comics convention. This was drawn by Phil Winslade
    Phil Winslade
    -Biography:Winslade was born in Surrey in 1965 and spent a lot of time indoors as a child because of a heart murmur. His main source of entertainment were Marvel like Howard the Duck and Deathlok. However, it wasn't until he attended Birmingham Polytechnic, to study art, that the idea of working in...

     and was used by the pair in preparation for the Marvel Max return of Howard The Duck in 2002.
  • Three statues by Jesse Farrell: one of Alan Moore
    Alan Moore
    Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...

     & Kev O'Neill's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; one of Paul Grist's Jack Staff
    Jack Staff
    Jack Staff is a British superhero created by comic book writer/artist Paul Grist. Billed as "Britain's Greatest Hero", it is known for being in the style of an anthology title and for its multi-linear plotlines....

    and a third of Shaun of the Dead battling a zombie.


Also under the Just 1 Page project, there have been two 24 Minute comics. This is a high-speed variation of the 24 Hour comic, where twenty four artists collaborate by drawing a page each during a twenty four minute period.

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