Below is our Annual Report reflecting on what happened in 2025. I was hoping to publish this a few months ago... but better late than never. 😝 Executive Summary Kids Comics Unite is an online community offering career development for comics creators working in children’s publishing, …Read More
By The KCU Studio Anthology Team We are very pleased to feature our interview with Karen Krejcha, who with her husband John Krejcha, founded Autism Empowerment. This organization is one of our very special collaborating partners helping us bring Let's Go! anthology to readers all …Read More
Hi, Eli here Creating art is a process of problem solving. With every new piece we make, we create problems for ourselves. Problems like, “I need to convey this character’s personality by design alone”. And we use our skills to find the best solution. Evaluating your …Read More
Why Does KCU Charge for Some Activities? Recently I got an email asking me, “Why do you charge a submission fee for KCU Pitchfest?” That is an important question! I realized it might be helpful for me to explain exactly why we charge money for some of …Read More
Virtual RoundtableWed, Oct. 11th12:30-1:30pm ET Register Now OVERVIEW Join us for an anthology roundtable with Stephanie Nina Pitsirilos, Cheyenne Smith and Ben O'Grady. Our amazing panelists will share their experience working on anthologies, the benefits and challenges of participating in an anthology, steps to organize an anthology and …Read More
Virtual Workshop, September 9th1-4pm EST Learn how to pitch your graphic novel as effectively as possible to agents and publishers! Register Now Overview This half-day workshop is focused on helping you understand all the ins and outs of pitching a kids-ya graphic novel, and what you need to …Read More
One of our major goals is to give creators the opportunity to get their work seen by editors and agents. So we are very, very excited to announce 2023 Pitch-a-Palooza, a series of graphic novel pitch events starting in early September and culminating in …Read More
Join Janna Morishima and Ken Lamug as they walk you through KCU Pitchfest and KidlitGN's Pitch Event. This FREE event will be an opportunity to learn: all about the upcoming graphic novel pitch events what you should prepare how to submit your pitch tips on how to present …Read More
Virtual Pitch Event, October 4-6th Register Now KidLitGN is the premiere annual pitch event for writers and illustrators of middle grade and younger graphic novels, designed to get their manuscripts in front of agents and editors. The pitch event starts on the first Wednesday of October each …Read More
Virtual InterviewWed, August 30th12:30-1:30pm EST Register Now OVERVIEW Sandra and John will share their creative process, working together on story and art, from initial ideas to finished graphic novels. This talk will focus on their recent commissioned work for Harper Collins (Collins Big Cat) and collaborating with …Read More