PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia cartoonists draw into the night during 24 Hour Comics Day

Dustin Hoffmann works on a comic book adaptation of Peter Gabriel's song "Mercy Street" as part of the 24-Hour Comics Day on Saturday. The song was inspired by poet laureate Anne Sexton's work of the same name. Hoffmann used it and several of Sexton's works as his inspiration for the comic.   ¦  Elisa Day

COLUMBIA — Aspiring artists met at Artlandish Gallery in downtown Columbia on Saturday in a 24-hour push to create a 24-page comic book from scratch.

The event, called 24-Hour Comics Day, was one of several dozen similar undertakings that took place nationwide Saturday. The creative marathon went through the night Saturday and was scheduled to end Sunday at noon.