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Kids Comics Studio Anthology
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Kids Comics Unite Studio members are up to something exciting as we create an anthology of kids comics coming in 2025!

Kickstarter: http://kck.st/4jEJkdv

Check us out at: https://kidscomicsunite.com/anthology/
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Kids Comics Studio Anthology @kcsanthology.bsky.social · May 25
#KidsComicsLetsGo!

The culmination of an ambitious project over the last 16 months and a wild #Kickstarter campaign.

We can't wait to get our book printed and into the hands of the 246 backers.

Thank you for your support!

#kidscomics #success #💙📚 #grateful #kidlitart #goal #comics #celebrate
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We interviewed Angela Hsieh to learn more about her debut graphic novel Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology! She tells us how her story came to life and the lessons she learned on the way! Check it out!

@hisiheyah.bsky.social #graphicnovel #interview #kidlit
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How I Made My Debut Graphic Novel: Interview with Angela Hsieh - Kids Comics Unite
Angela Hsieh discusses how she made her first graphic novel with Harper Collins and how to work in a line-less art style.
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July 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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What are you reading?!
June 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews Janna Morishima on @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social and Their Recent @kickstarter.com Campaign Launch
Fanbase Press Interviews Janna Morishima on Kids Comics Unite and Their Recent Kickstarter Campaign Launch - Fanbasepress
The following is an interview with Janna Morishima regarding the the organization, Kids Comics Unite, and the recent launch of their Kickstarter campaign for
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April 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Ooo! Check out a peek at this anthologist's other work!
plugo.bsky.social PLUGO @plugo.bsky.social · May 28
Sharing another piece of interior art from A TIGER’s TALE vol. 1
A framed version of this piece has been featured in a couple of gallery shows. It’s now available for purchase at PLUGO.art
#aTigersTale
A black & white lineart illustration of a tiger stalking through a lush jungle setting. The view is from above with our tiger partially obscured by leaves and branches.
May 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Done! 🥳

Final tally:

💰$9192 collected from 246 backers (up from original $3300 goal - a 278.5% increase)

Stay tuned to @kcsanthology.bsky.social for further progress and backer rewards fulfillment in the coming months.

(and many thanks to those who helped getting to our top stretch goals).
May 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
kcsanthology.bsky.social
#KidsComicsLetsGo!

The culmination of an ambitious project over the last 16 months and a wild #Kickstarter campaign.

We can't wait to get our book printed and into the hands of the 246 backers.

Thank you for your support!

#kidscomics #success #💙📚 #grateful #kidlitart #goal #comics #celebrate
May 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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plugo.bsky.social
With 30 minutes remaining on our campaign for LET’s GO!

We raised 277% of our initial goal thanks to 245 backers. Who help us to donate 29 copies of this graphic novel anthology to vulnerable children around the world.

I wonder if we can round it to 30 copies in 30 minutes 🤔

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Graphic that reads - We feel so strongly about the power of story, that instead of raising funds to pay the creators, we're donating our many hours to do something we think will make the world a little better. One way we're hoping to share that mission is by inviting you to help us fund copies of our anthologies that will go to organizations we've partnered with. Each of these organizations serve vulnerable youth in the US or abroad, and are connected to a member of our KCU community, which makes this a personal mission and one small way to use our talents to give back.
May 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... CELEBRATE!!!!!

Thank you! 245 of you got us across the finish line of our final stretch goal!

ComicCon, here we come!

kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #makecomics #anthology #kickstarter #crowdfund #booksky #comics #art #writing #success #celebrate #grateful
May 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Thank you to the 220 backers so far!!!!

15 hours to add another $580 to hit our final stretch goal ⏳🏁

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#KidsComicsStudioAnthology
#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #makecomics #anthology #kickstarter #crowdfund #booksky #writing #countdown #goal #art #comics #illustration #community
May 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Only $595 left to fund our last stretch goal! Thank you, everyone.
johnell.bsky.social JohnellD @johnell.bsky.social · May 24
We are only $843 away from our final stretch goal! Thank you to all who have backed our campaign. I want to highlight again our community tier which gives backers a chance to donate a book to two worthy organizations that serve vulnerable youth:
plugo.bsky.social PLUGO @plugo.bsky.social · Apr 25
One thing special about our Kickstarter campaign is its charitable dimension — Getting books to vulnerable kids in the US & Abroad. Anthologists @johnell.bsky.social and @ohhhhdoodles.bsky.social offered their personal insights in today’s Backer Update - www.kickstarter.com/projects/kid...
#letsgo
May 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... NOW! Only 20 hours remain in our #Kickstarter: kck.st/4jEJkdv

Only 7% left to our final stretch goal - $610 away!

Help us & @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social make it to ComicCon!

#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #comics #crowdfund #💙📚 #goals #countdown #art #illustration #writing
May 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Time is ticking down, but those stats are ticking up!

215 Backers and only $668 away from our final stretch goal with 23 hours to go!

#kickstarter: kck.st/4jEJkdv

#KidsComicsLetsGo!

#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #makecomics #anthology ##crowdfund #booksky #writing #art #illustration #comics
Let's Go! A Kids Comics Anthology for readers of all ages!
Join 31 international creators working together to make this adventurous comic anthology for young readers of all ages!
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May 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... NOW! Only 24 hours remain in our #Kickstarter!

Only 10% left to our final stretch goal - $843 away!

Help us and @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social make it to ComicCon!

#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #comics #crowdfund #💙📚 #goals #countdown #art #community #illustration #writing
May 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Fun numbers with @kcsanthology.bsky.social & @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social
We just surpassed the 8K mark with 40 hours to go in our campaign from 205 benevolent backers! That puts us at 242% and 1K to go to reach our Ultimate Goal! -—Let’s Go!

bit.ly/KCS-Antholog...
#KidsComicsLetsGo
Screen capture of the campaign page for LET’s GO! A Kids Comic Studio Anthology
May 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ our latest blog article with a special interview with @karenkrejcha.bsky.social of Autism Empowerment!

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26 backers are donating a book to kids in need through Rising Star Outreach and Autism Empowerment!

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#community #art
May 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ what @sarahesteinberg.bsky.social shares in her take-over article with emphasis on ADHD's impact.

We are 88% of the way to our final stretch goal, can you help us get there in the next 45 hours?! kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlitart #comics #ADHD #kickstarter #writing
May 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... SEE what @plugo.bsky.social shared on his take-over day including some insights into crowdfunding and marketing.

Then hurry to be the 200th backer of our #Kickstarter! kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #makecomics #selfpublish #kickstarter #crowdfund #💙📚 #writing
May 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Well this is one of those fun magical number coincidences!

$7777 raised so far!
199 backers!
46 hours left!

Who's going to be number 200?!?!?!?!

#KidsComicsLetsGo
#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #makecomics #anthology #kickstarter #crowdfund #booksky #writing
May 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ @michellemullen.bsky.social thoughts on why we love scary stories and get a sneak peek at Michelle's comic SPOOK LIGHT HILL.

Less than 48 hours remain in our #Kickstarter and you'll love her spooky tale! kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlit #kidlitart #comics #💙📚 #writing
May 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ what @marzkim.bsky.social shares, well, actually the characters from her anthology comic TERRA TRIPS UP share in their take-over.

To see what happens to them in her comic check out our #kickstarter: kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlitart #comics #💙📚 #illustrator #oc #art
May 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ anthologist Rowena Zahnrei's article answering the question: What's the Point? It's a longer one, worth the read, so don't miss the next images too!

You can read the comic she wrote in our anthology!
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#kidscomics #comics #writing #💙📚 #why #art #jamescagney
Left side features illustrated avatar of author Rowena Zahnrei. Left side features the title of the article: What's The Point? Some musings on the state of things, and why our Kickstarter matters... You’ve probably heard some of these ol’ chestnuts: You want to write for kids? Don’t give up your day job! Reading comics isn’t reading! Studios and publishers only take projects they already know will sell. What’s the point sending your stories out? Perusing the news these days, it can seem like the whole world’s become a plague pit of discouragement. The plight of print! Local bookstores replaced by gyms! Books banned, libraries and archives purged…and our reactions to it all somehow both dulled and exacerbated by overwhelm, ennui – the distraction of social media as attention spans continue to fracture and shrink. [drawn image of a stack of books, their spines read out READ_BANNED-BOOKS] Seriously, where would we be without Atticus Finch – or Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland! Thing is, for writers, artists, playwrights, actors, vaudevillians, creatives of all kinds— It’s kinda always been that way. Just ask Voltaire – he spent a month shy of a year locked up in the Bastille and later faced exile for his satire. Sure, his wit remained unblunted to the end. But we, here in the second quarter of the twenty-first century, may expect to boast a few demonstrable improvements over pre-revolutionary 1717. [Image of Voltaire] Here’s Voltaire looking smug with a book. 😊 Still, censorship and self-censorship remain an ongoing and growing concern. New works struggle to root, let alone sprout in the shadow of culturally-entrenched intellectual properties. Chasing trends is like entering a race after the fact, and pop fads get outdated quicker than slang. Skibidi. People say they want the new, the different, the cutting edge. But they buy the familiar, the popular, the nostalgia-bait husks of beloved cultural touchstones. So... What’s the point? Let me tell you a story… Back in the Golden Age of Hollywood, studios polished and packaged celebrity like baubles to tantalize the paying public. Pigeon-holing talent simplified marketing, and Jimmy Cagney’s gleaming star reflected his tough-guy image as the galaxy’s favorite gangster. [Black and white photo of James Cagney in tux and bow tie with caption: James Cagney: “Hollywood renegade.”] Well, mine, at least. Edward G. Robinson was pretty snappy too. [black and white photo of Cagney and Robinson in suits and fedoras with caption Cagney and Edward G. co-starred in Smart Money (1931).] Anyway, Cagney was a dynamic guy, eager to learn and try new things. That’s great for a creative mind; not so much for a pre-packaged star. His dancing and singing skills didn’t quite fit the bullet-scarred box Hollywood provided, and his refusal to curl up and keep quiet in there led to several scraps with the studios. So, after he won the Oscar for the musical Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), James Cagney teamed up with his brother William to start an independent filmmaking venture. [Image of YANKEE DOODLE DANDEE movie poster] I love the scene where Cagney tap-dances down the White House steps! And from all this tumult, we were left my favorite Cagney movie…possibly tied with 1949’s White Heat. It’s pretty close. Johnny Come Lately (1943) marked Cagney’s first film after Yankee Doodle Dandy, and his first chance to play a character he wanted to play in a story he wanted to tell without a studio head peering over his shoulder. [Image of JOHNNY COME LATELY movie poster and a picture of a green book cover titled MCLEOD'S FOLEY] It’s a period piece (and cinematic time capsule), set in 1906, based on the book McLeod’s Folly, by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Louis Bromfield. And, despite a lukewarm reception and similarly critical subsequent descriptions, Cagney’s film, the characters in it, and the obstacles they face are anything but – as Cagney’s biographer characterized it – “mild” (Cagney, John McCabe). Here’s the basic breakdown: In the time of the robber barons, like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Carnegie, Cagney’s discouraged, drifting reporter finds himself dragged out of a public park and into court on overblown vagrancy charges. [black and white image still from the film with caption Is it a crime to read a book in a public park without a shave?] At sentencing, he’s rescued and hired by the town’s lone surviving independent news publisher: a little old lady with a civic mind, a caring heart, and the fortitude and character of an Old West pioneer. [black and white image still from the frame with the captionVinnie McLeod, played by Grace George, meets Tom Richards, played by James Cagney.] Together, this unlikely pair risk assassins’ bullets and worse to fight censorship, expose graft, satirize corruption – only to face the town’s resigned indifference, while gaining very little support.
May 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... SEE a glimpse of @magshang.bsky.social creative process and dive deeper by watching this behind the scenes convo between Maggie and @johnell.bsky.social: youtu.be/o2NqDqGCgCg?...

Get your hands on Maggie's comic art in our anthology: kck.st/4jEJkdv

#illustration #process #art
May 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ what anthologist @juliamaisen.bsky.social shared about designing dialogue and sfx.

Only 65 hours left in our #kickstarter campaign! kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlitart #anthology #booksky #writingcommunity #creativeprocess #illustration #comics #art #sfx #wordballoons
May 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... MEET anthologist @juliamaisen.bsky.social!

We're thrilled our anthology includes her comic LAKE ENCOUNTER where a swim turns into an unexpected encounter.

Kickstarter: kck.st/4jEJkdv

#kidscomics #kidlitart #makecomics #illustration #kickstarter #crowdfund #💙📚 #writing #art
May 23, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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#KidsComicsLetsGo ... READ anthologist @alzamon.bsky.social take-over article to see the creative process for his comic BISCUIT BIRDIES.

Only 65 hours left in our #Kickstarter!
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#kidscomics #kidlitart #makecomics #anthology #kickstarter #💙📚 #illustration #process

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May 23, 2025 at 2:37 AM