What Did I Get Myself Into?!

The Kids Comics Studio Anthology has been one of the single best hands-on learning experiences ever.

Last year, when committee assignments were discussed, I thought Editorial or Design Committees would be the best fit for my existing skill set. Since I deal with a heavy dose of imposter syndrome and knew nothing about marketing or crowdfunding, I couldn't envision how I could support the Marketing Committee. However, most creators were avoiding marketing, and it was where the most people were needed. Janna Morishima, founder of Kids Comics Unite gave a great pitch and swayed me (and a few others) to join the marketing team.

I went into this project feeling like an imposter, but I will definitely be walking away from this project with a variety of new skills.

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The Nitty-Gritty Skills

• Utilizing Notion to organize and present complex information in user friendly ways

• Developed a Directory Database on Notion

• Spreadsheets to track data with conditional formatting too!

• Social Media Content Planning

• Presenting in all-hands meetings, and to Publishing Committee

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The Creative Skills

• Producing a majority of social media graphics and content and posting to a variety of platforms.

  • As someone that has always been a late adopter of new social media and didn't have a solid personal social media presence before this project, this is probably one of the best things to be gaining from being involved in the anthology.

• Turning the Kids Comics Studio Logo into a logo for the anthology and utilizing existing Kids Comics Unite mascots into anthology specific graphics.

How cool did these turn out?!

• Creating the mascot ant, Holly G. (get it?!)

• Creating lots of 4-panel comics featuring the various mascots

It's fun to see how the 4-panel mascot comics have evolved!

• Nominated to join the cover committee (What a HUGE honor!)

  • Working with 2 other incredible illustrators with years of experience and education, I know that "my" cover isn't going to be the chosen one, but I'm pretty proud of the work I've done on the cover illustration.

  • I'm obsessed with the title treatment I designed. It may be one of the coolest things I've ever made.

The initial cover concept and some early title treatment concepts.

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The Comic Skills

• Created an 8-page comic fitting the theme brief with character arc and featuring a story I enjoyed writing and illustrating.

• Going through the editing process

• Inking

• Lettering and creating a font

• Coloring

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I'm excited that some of my deadlines are fast approaching which means less chaos on the horizon. Especially because I went and auditioned for another community theater production at Love Street Playhouse and was offered a role! This time I convinced the hubby to join me, and he was also offered a role. We get to be in a show together!

Until I make the next update, enjoy this 4-panel peek into my experience working on the Kids Comics Studio Anthology and know that I would gladly do it again.