What We’re All About
Our mission is to build a collaborative and open kids comics community. When we find good ideas, we share them. When we discover something that works, we teach it. We believe “a rising tide lifts all boats,” and we’re helping to create that groundswell that pushes the tide up.
Kids Comics Unite (KCU) offers resources, courses, membership programs, and networking opportunities to kids comics creators.
Our Story
December 2019
Janna hosts a Kids Comics Meetup at a cafe in NYC. She finds out about Mighty Networks platform and creates an online account called “Kids Comics Unite” for the meetup group.
March 2020
The COVID 19 lockdown happens. Everyone is pretty freaked out. Janna decides to start hosting weekly Office Hours as a way for people to connect and talk about what they’re going through.
May 2020
Janna hosts the first free masterclass and launches the first Kids Comics Intensive course.
September 2020
Kids Comics Studio, KCU’s subscription membership program, begins.
June 2021
A group of summer interns come on board to help Janna plan the KCU website!
July 2021
We host a logo contest and winner Jonathan St. Amant designs the KCU mascot characters
October 2021
Our first ever workshop “Pitchcraft!” is a go
November 2021
KCU at AnimeNYC!
May 2022
Kids Comics Intensive with Janna Morishima and Rivkah LaFille launched!
October 2022
We host our first ever Pitchfest event where comics creators from around the world submit their unpublished projects to be reviewed by editors and agents.
July 2023
Our summer spotlight with Crowdfundr!
May 2025
Launched our first Anthology Kickstarter campaign and were funded overnight!
Today
We’re 5 years old, have hosted 180+ live events on Zoom, and have 1200+ members from 35+ countries and we’re still growing!