Kids Comics Pitchfest 2026 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Comics creators from around the world submit their unpublished projects to be previewed online by editors and agents.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.
Let's (Not) Do the Time Warp Again!
A trio of kids from Brooklyn are given access to a reality warping machine in the form of a book, and what starts as something seemingly wonderful and fun quickly turns into an inescapable nightmare. {Think Scary Stories To Tell in The Dark meets Moomin, or The Secret of NIMH.)
Age Range:
Young Adult (approx ages 13+)Genre:
Fantasy, Horror/Scary, HumorPage Count Estimate:
200
My Why:
As someone who draws monsters and helps create stories for a living, Matilda wishes to remake Time Warp Trio as the unnerving tale she saw it as in her youth. In a world increasingly growing more uncertain and terrifying, with children often being thrown to the wayside, Let's Not Do the Time Warp Again desires to embrace the chaos. It wants you to know that yes, everything is terrifying and you aren't crazy for thinking so. But you always have the choice to stand against the evils in this world, even if you're scared. You're never alone, and there will always be people looking out for you as long as you look out for them too.
Comp Titles:
Bone by Jeff Smith, Nimona by ND Stevenson, They Both Die At The End by Adam SilveraMatilda Tadjer
Matilda Tadjer is a Brooklyn-based professional animator, illustrator, video editor and graphic designer with a BFA in Digital Arts from Pratt Institute. Matilda is a native New Yorker who grew up in the Hudson Valley, in magical Woodstock. She draws monsters and makes up weird stories for a living because a lot of people, including herself, really enjoy it.