Kids Comics Pitchfest 2025 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Comics creators from around the world submit their unpublished projects to be previewed online by editors and agents.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.
My Canadian Girlfriend
Mariko Tamaki’s Lauren Deen Keeps Breaking Up With Me meets Colleen Venable’s Kiss no. 8 in this ridiculous love triangle romantic comedy graphic novel about an embarrassed freshman lying about a girlfriend and the mysterious girl who begins validating the claims. Being a virgin is the biggest shame for most highschool boys. So when Darren’s friends start to compare notes, he tries one of the oldest American tall tales…his girlfriend is Canadian. When suddenly a girl arrives at lunch claiming to be the girlfriend, Darren’s life is thrown upside down. Will he be able to convince his oldest friend Samantha that this is all some wild misunderstanding?
Age Range:
Young Adult (approx ages 13+)Genre:
Humor, RomancePage Count Estimate:
244-272
My Why:
Growing up, it was embarrassing to be a virgin in high school. For boys, it was tough to hide that fact. Often guys who didn’t want to be made fun of tried to hide that fact. I would love to tell a story about why it’s not the most important thing in the world. The embarrassment and teasing shouldn’t become a huge pressure for boys during those years.
Ravi Teixeira
Ravi Teixeira is a Cape Verdean American transgender cartoonist living abroad in Canada. Their work has been featured in the Prism Award winning DATES ANTHOLOGY (Margins, 2019) and the New York Times
reccommended BECOMING WHO WE ARE ANTHOLOGY (AWBW, 2024). Their comic book A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO COMING OUT (Oni, 2024) was also reccommended in the New York Times, and their original graphic novel HEAVEN, WEST VIRIGINIA, which comes out in 2025, will hopefully be going for a third.
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