Comics entertain, they can also educate, but can they heal? Can they be used in a therapeutic fashion? To help young readers process big emotions and experiences? The team at Fanbase Press are convinced of it, and that’s why they’ve released the middle-grade comic …Read More
Note from Janna: James Powell is a comics editor, writing coach, and the author of the House of Fear series from Dark Horse. He works with fiction writers across both prose and comics, and he's run nine Kickstarter campaigns — which is part of …Read More
Note from Janna: In this conversation, I'm talking with Elizabeth Jancewicz and Eric Stevenson, husband-and-wife creator team, about how their Instagram webcomic — about a stray cat named Pilgrim — unexpectedly built an enthusiastic audience of readers. They have more than 53,000 followers on …Read More
This is an interview with Josh Smeaton, the founder -- along with collaborator Josh Sippie -- of Hullabaloo, a kids comics magazine! In print! The cover of the first issue! The two Joshs are running a Kickstarter to help fund the first issue. I asked Josh …Read More
A few weeks ago, 30+ amazing writers and artists in our Kids Comics Studio program launched the first Kickstarter that KCU has ever done: Let's Go!, an anthology of comics for kids. The campaign is nearing its end and I already have an interesting takeaway. Why …Read More
Hi Folks, I'm Edna, one of the comic creators involved with the LET'S GO! A Kids Comics Studio Anthology currently on Kickstarter... I'd like to share a little bit about our Create-A-Critter Reward because making art with and for kids is my happy place. I guess that's …Read More
Let’s Go! launches live on Kickstarter.com in less than 24 hours! Can you tell that we are excited? Not only will we be celebrating with a special live online party! After over a year of planning, 100's of hours of zoom calls and even more emails, the project …Read More