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Comics creators from around the world submit their unpublished projects to be previewed online by editors and agents.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.
Mark
Abnett
Author
Unagented
PR Dedelis
IIlustrator
Unagented
Legend Of Sam
Moving house sucks.
Leaving your home, your friends and your whole life behind.
A new school. A new town.
Just you and your family.
And then just like that.
They are taken away.
All you have left are the words of a time traveller that claims to be the older version of your 4 year old sister(?!) who says that only you can save them and the choices you make will have consequences for your family, your friends and the world as you know it!
What could possibly go wrong?
This is the
LEGEND OF SAM.
Age Range:
Middle Grade (approx ages 9-12)Genre:
Adventure, Disability Content, Dystopian, Fantasy, Science FictionPage Count Estimate:
80My Why:
A 10-year-old boy must rescue his family and the future from himself. He discovers that actions have infinite consequences and the choices you make shape the world around you for better or for much, much worse.
Sam is a super intelligent over achiever with all the confidence in the world till his family are forced to move to a new town.
Upon arrival his three younger siblings are taken from him by bizarre creatures muttering about the end of the world.
A 24 year old woman claiming to be his younger sister appears and drags Sam forty years into the future to “protect” him and gives him the ability to intuitively create and design anything that he needs to survive.
Lessons of overcoming selfishness and arrogance & choosing hope & family.
Mark Abnett
MARK ABNETT
Mark is a New Zealander based in Scotland.
He was a winner of the Millarworld Talent contest in 2016 and wrote Hitgirl: Mindy’s ABC’s which was published by Image Comics.
He is also the creator of This Land which has been published by Scholastic New Zealand as 2 Graphic novels.
He is available for work on licensed and creator owned projects.
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