For years, people have been asking me: “When are you bringing back Kids Comics Intensive?” Kids Comics Intensive was our 3-month… well, extremely intensive course. It was designed to teach you the fundamentals of strong comics storytelling aimed at kid or teen readers. It was …Read More
Note from Janna: James Powell is a comics editor, writing coach, and the author of the House of Fear series from Dark Horse. He works with fiction writers across both prose and comics, and he's run nine Kickstarter campaigns — which is part of …Read More
Note from Janna: I'm excited to share my interview with Mike Dawson, the award-winning creator behind the middle grade graphic novel The Fifth Quarter and, most recently, The Hidden Dominion of Geordie James (Union Square Kids). We spent the first half of our talk on …Read More
I wanted to get you some highlights from ALA Chicago 2026 as quickly as I could, so I put together these photo galleries to give you a taste of the conference! Setting the stage Events & Panels Artists Alley Zine Pavilion Publisher Booths & Promo Books on display at publisher …Read More
Note from Janna: I'm excited to share my conversation with Nadine Takvorian, a first-generation Armenian-American author and illustrator of children's books and graphic novels based in the Bay Area. Her debut YA graphic novel, Armaveni, came out this year and has already earned four starred …Read More
You’ve done it! You finished your graphic novel pitch! You’re so excited to send your precious little baby out to the agent of your dreams. There’s one problem: the agent of your dreams is using QueryTracker. QueryTracker is the one of the most reliable platforms …Read More
Note from Janna: Jon and Desi are a husband-and-wife team based in Southern California, and both former teachers — Desi taught high school English, Jon taught middle school art. Desi is a writer, copywriter, and voice actor; Jon is a writer-illustrator who runs the …Read More
Note from Janna: Danica Novgorodoff and Meera Subramanian's publicist Tracey Daniels reached out to me about their new book, A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis (First Second). The title caught my attention, because I think many of us are …Read More
Below is our Annual Report reflecting on what happened in 2025. I was hoping to publish this a few months ago... but better late than never. 😝 Executive Summary Kids Comics Unite is an online community offering career development for comics creators working in children’s publishing, …Read More
Every year, we ask the judges who review KCU Pitchfest submissions to give us their observations about what makes the best pitches stand out, and what keeps other pitches from landing the way they should. This year, the judges reviewed 95 pitches, which gave them …Read More