By César Lador & Nicole Harwood
#KidsComicsLetsGo … EXPLORE!
From the seeds of our origins, to picking our theme and title, to preparing our Kickstarter pre-launch page, and designing our cover, so far, our articles have focused on a bird’s eye view of creating the Kids Comics Studio Anthology.
Now, we’ve sought out and compiled everything we could find written, filmed, or made by our anthologists. Anything about this project and all from their own perspectives. The hard part is done. It’s time for the fun part – enjoy this rabbit hole of anthology content and special insights straight from the creators.
Let’s Go Read
About Comic Making
Bert Tzeng
In January 2025, Bert receives feedback on his submission for the KCS Comic Anthology and has to fit extra content he did not account for…
In February, Bert talks about his approach to re-designing a complex panel in his Anthology comic.
In April, Bert shares his final KCS comic anthology submission. So, if you want to have a sneak peek inside the KCS Anthology, it is here:
Nicole Harwood
In October 2024, Nicole shares where her Anthology comic story comes from, how her family inspired her story.
Nicole shares her thoughts on her involvement with the Anthology project and more specifically about the skills gained while contributing to the marketing committee.
Johnell Dewitt
In December 2024, Johnell shares how the KCS Anthology came to life, the formation of the different committees and some of the organizational decisions that were made at the start of this project.
In February 2025, Johnell talks about how the theme of the Anthology was chosen and offers a sneak peek into her collaboration with artist Maggie Chang.
About Comic Anthology Cover Design
Nicole Harwood
In this blog article, Nicole talks about her involvement with the cover design team, her initial design and how it evolved all the way to a final cover submission.
Eli Estrella Perez
In this blog article, Eli talks about the development of a cover design, from initial design to final cover submission.
Let’s Go Watch These
KCS Anthology project Introduction with Patrick Lugo
StoryComics podcast host Barney Smith chats with contributor Patrick Lugo about Let’s Go: A Kids Comics Studio Anthology
Comic Making
Geoff & Ashlee Wagner
Live stream recording where Geoff first introduced the KCU/S Anthology Project, and set up the project in Clip Studio Paint. This recording shows the nitty gritty of how to set specs (bleeds, trims, and so on) in CSP.
In this live stream recording, Geoff talks about the Anthology project, shares his rough thumbnails, and starts finalizing some lines. (part 1)
In this livestream recording, Geoff works on lines for our Anthology submission.(part 2)
In this livestream recording, Geoff continues to work on lines and start adding some color.(part 3)
Kids’ Comics Studio Anthology Project Live Draw with Geoff (part 4)
Live Draw with Geoff – Anthology Project, Speech Bubbles, and Tiling! (part 5)
Anthology Project & Vector Layers (part 6)
Inking Kids Comic for Anthology (part 7)
More Inking Kids Comic for Anthology! (part 8)
Inks are Due Tomorrow – Can I get them done in time? (part 9)
About Collaboration
Johnell Dewitt
Johnell talks with artist Cesar Lador about their collaboration for their Anthology submission and how their story came to life.
Look at how much amazing content you might have missed out on! For subscribers of these creator’s newsletters, this post would be old news.
To avoid missing any future awesome content, check out these newsletters by our anthologists and make sure to subscribe.
- Alberto González [Alzamon] | Substack
- THE ART OF ALONDRA ARAUJO
- Newsletter | WagWorksGA
- Bert Tzeng | Substack
- Newsletter | Bob Thibeault
- in walked quinn – #geekdadwarjournal
- Deborah Tyson Illustration
- Subscribe | DHoover Art News
- Eli Estrella Perez – PencilBooth
- Jade Vaughan
- johnell dewitt | nomad, writer, reader and aspiring author
- Maritza Ruiz-Kim
- Michelle Mullen | Substack
- Subscribe | Nicole Harwood
- Patrick Lugo’s MUSEletter
- Newsletter – Sarah Steinberg Illustration
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