Kids Comics Pitchfest Showcase
Comics creators from around the world submit their unpublished projects to be previewed online by editors and agents. A panel of judges (click here to see the juror list) select the top pitches. Projects are archived here so that industry pros may view them and discover new talent.
Bog Hag
Bezzamin is a mild-mannered real estate agent, working in his newly built office on the outskirts of town. His office sits alongside what used to be the local wetlands but is now part of a strip mall development. One day, a strange woman walks into his office holding a flyer from an agent who makes “MONSTER DEALS!” That means they work with cryptids, right? Wrong! Though he wants nothing to do with her, Bezzamin soon finds himself tangled up in a quest to find this woman a new home, while discovering what it means to make and find your place in a world built to keep you out.
Age Range:
Young AdultGenre:
Conservation & Environment, Fiction, Humor, Mythology/Folklore, Social IssuesPage Count Estimate:
80-100
My Why:
Bog Hag covers issues like environmentalism, found family, and radical self acceptance, but those issues aren’t why I wrote it. I wrote it because I want people to have fun, low stakes stories that they can escape into when the real world gets to be too much.
Deven Hoover
Deven is a freelance cartoonist and illustrator who made her illustration debut in early 2022 in Eudora, Space Kid: The Lobster Tale, written by David Horn. She is a member of SCBWI, the Graphic Artists Guild and Kids Comics Studio, she is also a breast cancer survivor and mother of two. A lifelong Bay Area resident, she currently lives with her husband, two kids, three cats, and a tank full of fish.