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SUMMARY:Winter Book Launch Panel!
DESCRIPTION:We will be joined by Steve Metzger and Brian Schatell\, creators of Bumble Brothers: Crazy for Comics; Marla Lesage\, creator of AWOL; Berrie Torgan-Randall\, creator of Bella and Blue; and Jonathan Roth\, creator of Rover and Speck.  \n\n\n\n\nSteve Metzger is the award-winning author of more than 80 children’s books\, including The Way I Act (approved for classroom use by the California Department of Education)\, Detective Blue (IRA-CBC Children’s Choice List\, SLJ starred review)\, Pluto Visits Earth! (ABC Best Books for Children)\, and Yes\, I Can Listen!” a Eureka! Honor Award winner from the California Reading Association. His latest\, The Bumble Brothers: Crazy for Comics! is a middle-grade graphic novel chosen by the Junior Library Guild as a Gold Standard Selection. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nBerrie Torgan-Randall has been passionate about children’s literature since she was a little girl and has fed her desire by becoming a children’s librarian and by pursuing a career as an illustrator and writer of children’s books. Berrie studied at Syracuse University earning a BFA in Media Arts and Surface Pattern Design. Pursuing her desire to work with children\, she returned to school and earned a Masters Degree in Information Studies at Drexel University. As a teacher/librarian and mother of three children\, Berrie has created and developed her stories drawn from real-life experiences and her imagination. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nMarla Lesage is an Atlantic Canadian author/illustrator of books for children. Her debut middle grade graphic novel\, AWOL\, was inspired by her family’s journey with PTSD. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nJonathan Roth writes and illustrates the new graphic novel series ROVER AND SPECK\, as well as the BEEP AND BOB chapter book series. He also teaches elementary art just outside DC in Maryland. When not creating or teaching\, he can be found cycling\, hiking\, canoeing or napping.
URL:https://kidscomicsunite.com/workshop/winter-book-launch-panel/
CATEGORIES:Book Launch,Kids Comics Unite,Virtual
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SUMMARY:2022 KCU Pitchfest
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the highly anticipated KCU Pitchfest event!\n\n\n\nThis half-day online event includes presentations and a panel discussion with industry insiders on how to get your kids graphic novel picked up by a publisher. The day concludes with a live critique of selected submissions. We’ll reveal the big winners of the Pitchfest competition! \n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJanna Morishima (Host) \n\n\n\nLiterary Agent of Janna Co. and New Leaf Literary and Media\, and founder of Kids Comics Unite. Janna has been working in kids graphic novels since 2004\, starting with Scholastic. There she helped co-found the Graphix imprint. After working with authors like Raina Telgemeier\, Jeff Smith\, and Kazu Kibuishi\, she left Scholastic to launch the Kids Group at Diamond Book Distributors. There she worked with publishers like Marvel\, Oni Press\, and Toon Books. Later\, she became a consultant\, working with a range of clients from individual creators to publishers to the NYC Department of Education. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nColleen AF Venable \n\n\n\nAssociate Director of Original Content for Epic! Kids; author of Kiss Number 8\, the Katie the Catsitter series with Stephanie Yue\, Mervin the Sloth is About to Do the Best Thing in The World with Ruth Chan\, The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom with Lian Cho\, and the Guinea Pig\, Pet Shop Private Eye series\, also with Stephanie Yue. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhitney Leopard \n\n\n\nSenior editor at RH Graphic. She works on award-winning books like Trung Le Nguyen’s THE MAGIC FISH\, or best sellers like Sophie Escabasse’s The Witches of Brooklyn series. Before RH Graphic\, she was an editor for KaBOOM! and worked on titles like LUMBERJANES and ADVENTURE TIME. She gets to work with super talented creators on helping them bring their beautiful stories to life. Whitney is thrilled to be part of the process and below are the books that she’s been a part of. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRivkah LaFille \n\n\n\nInstructor/fearless leader of Kids Comics Intensive; author-artist of the forthcoming Five Wishes (Candlewick Press)\, illustrator of forthcoming graphic novel with First Second\, and author-artist of Steady Beat (Tokyopop). \n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Schedule\n\n\n\n12pm EST Introduction \n\n\n\n12:15pm EST “You Got an Offer\, Now What?” presentation by Janna Morishima \n\n\n\n15 minute break \n\n\n\n1-1:45pm EST Mini Presentations with Colleen Venable\, Whitney Leopard\, and Rivkah LaFille \n\n\n\n15 minute break \n\n\n\n2-2:45pm EST Graphic Novel Pitch Panel/Submitted Questions \n\n\n\n15 minute break \n\n\n\n3pm EST Announce Winners/Unveiling of Gallery \n\n\n\n3:10-4pm EST Critique of selected submissions \n\n\n\n4-4:15pm EST Wrap Up/Final Thoughts
URL:https://kidscomicsunite.com/workshop/pitchfest/
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SUMMARY:Creator Interview with Ngozi Ukazu
DESCRIPTION:You don’t want to miss this event with Ngozi Ukazu!!!!  \n\n\n\nNgozi Ukazu is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of Check\, Please!\, an online graphic novel whose printing campaign remains one of the most funded webcomics Kickstarter ever. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Computing and The Arts\, and later received a masters in Sequential Arts. Since 2020\, her cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker. \n\n\n\nYou can find Ngozi @ngoziu on Twitter\, Instagram\, and Tumblr.  
URL:https://kidscomicsunite.com/workshop/creator-interview-with-ngozi-ukazu/
CATEGORIES:Industry Interview,Kids Comics Unite,Virtual
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SUMMARY:KCU Birthday Bash 2022
DESCRIPTION:Join Janna and fellow KCU members to celebrate KCU’s 3rd birthday. 
URL:https://kidscomicsunite.com/workshop/kcu-birthday-bash-2022/
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