Hey Kids Comics

Happy Halloween! We are open 2pm-6:30pm for trick-or-treaters and this year we are going old-school with the candy selection because what kid doesn’t love Boston Baked Beans!?

FRIDAY! Learn how to make your own mini comic!
Join artist & comic maker for a 90 min session on how to make your own mini-comic out of a single sheet of paper! We’ll provide the supplies, the kids supply the creativity, and by the end of this single session, participants will have a completed mini-comic (and the know-how to make many more at home)!

Ages 8 & up / Tickets $30 via link in bio

contributors get recognized everywhere they go, even when they are in disguise! Submissions are open for zine #4! Visit helicons.net/zine (link in bio) for contributor guidelines and details on uploading your art! Deadline is NOV 15!

We continue shaking up the show’s format with this episode, recorded on the floor of the 2024 Small Press Expo where I had the pleasure of sharing a table with , co-author and artist of Wait…It Gets Worse, which is now available as big, beautiful hardcover omnibus with brand new stories from Cosmic Lion. We talk not only about the new book, but about the *joys* of tabling at comic conventions. Link in bio!

It’s that time again! Get FREE SHIPPING from the Hey Kids Comics store on Bookshop.org and help keep our little shop afloat! Link in bio (or type bookshop.org/shop/heykidscomics )

Boxes of new, unsorted are up for grabs in the center of the store! We’ll keep adding them as you make room!

We’ve made it even easier for young artists to contribute to the ! Just download and print this template for a 1-page comic, then scan the QR code to upload! Submissions are now open for the 4th issue. Link in bio!

FROM THE ZINE! Impasta - A clever comic by Chloe Yip from Manhattan. This from the 3nd issue of the ! Get a copy at our shop, or online via the link in our bio.

We are now accepting submissions for zine #4 Put your pencils to paper and SUBMIT! Get our submission guidelines and our template for a 1-page comic via the link in bio!

FROM THE ZINE! Pickle Dog & Taxes Man! A great comic Chloe Cordero & Eli Mitchell of Ann Arbor, MI. This from the 3nd issue of the ! Get a copy at our shop, or online via the link in our bio.

We are now accepting submissions for zine #4 Put your pencils to paper and SUBMIT! Get our submission guidelines and our template for a 1-page comic via the link in bio!

Saturday, Sept 28 at 11:30 AM! Illustrator and all-around creative genius joins us at the shop to celebrate the release of his new book, How To Draw A Brave Chicken. Will attendees actually learn how to draw a brave chicken? There’s only one way to find out!

3 is the magic number! Come celebrate the 3rd issue of the – a comics anthology made exclusively by kids! Join us at the shop on September 8 from 3-5 to pick up a copy and maybe even collect a few autographs from the artists 🧑‍🎨

This issue features the work of some 18 artists ranging in age from 3-18 and hailing from New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Michigan, and the United Kingdom!

Though we are still waiting for the books to come back from the printer, they are available for PREORDER via our online shop at heykidscomics.net (link in bio)

Hope to see your lovely faces on the 22nd to celebrate these great young artists!

It’s a whole new school year and it’s time to level-up your reading! Bring in some of those books you’ve outgrown and trade them for something new to read!

“Bananas”

That’s the secret password to get 1 FREE BOOK ($20 or under) with any purchase Thurs 8/29 - Sun 9/1!

Yes, you literally have to say “bananas.”

(Spelling it out will also be accepted)

We’re excited to share with you the cover of the soon-to-be-released third issue of the Hey Kids Comics! Zine by New York-based artist . You may remember Michael’s comic, Take a Break, from the first issue of the zine. Now you get to see his work in dazzling full color!

Inside the issue, you’ll find page after page after page of wildly creative comics and cartoons from kids all over the USA and even a couple from overseas! And guess what? There’s still time to submit! That’s right, we’ve extended the deadline to Sunday, August 24th! Visit heykidscomics.net for our submission guidelines and our upload form.

SUBMIT!

One of the reasons we’ve extended the deadline is because we are going to debut issue #3 at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD in September! SPX is one of our favorite comics shows in the country, and we’re excited to have a table there this year. We will, of course, be bringing along plenty of copies of the first two zines, as well as all of the other great stuff we’ve been publishing under the Xylophone banner from “grown-up” cartoonists like Matt Feazell, Gideon Kendall, Marc Jackson, James Romberger, and Josh Bayer!

We received some great submissions for the 3rd issue of the Hey Kids Comics Zine, but we still need more! So, we are extending the deadline until Wednesday, July 31. Send those comics our way! Check out heykidscomics.net for submissions guidelines and the link to submit your art!

FROM THE ZINE! Another relatable comic by Leora Snyder of Staten Island, NY (age 6). This from the 2nd issue of the ! Get a copy at our shop, or online via the link in our bio.

THE DEADLINE FOR ZINE #3 is fast approaching! You have til Sunday, July 14 to put your pencils to paper and SUBMIT! Guidelines via the link in bio!

Birds of a feather…

Join us to kick of a new evening series for “adults” at Hey Kids Comics. First up is a conversation with , author of a graphic novel we have a hard time keeping on the shelves: PENNY. He’s also ’ collaborator on MOTHER NATURE, and you’ve probably read his cartoons in .

Friday, July 19 at 7pm. Book signing & general merriment to follow.

FROM THE ZINE! “When Life Gives You Lemons” by Jane Giachetti of Brooklyn, NY (age 8). Another great comic the 2nd issue of the ! Get a copy at out shop, or online via the link in our bio.

SUBMISSIONS FOR ZINE #3 are open through the end of Sunday, July 14. Put your pencils to paper and SUBMIT! Link in bio!

GRAPHIC NOVEL SWAP! Friday 4-7pm! Leave one, take one, enjoy!

FROM THE ZINE! “Lost or Found?” by Leonardo Ambrosio of Brooklyn, NY (age 9). A highly-relatable comic the 2nd issue of the ! Get a copy at out shop, or online via the link in our bio.

SUBMISSIONS FOR ZINE #3 are open through the end of Sunday, July 14. Put your pencils to paper and SUBMIT! Link in bio!

School’s out for the summer! It’s a perfect time to trade in some of those graphic novels you’ve outgrown for some fresh summer reading! Bring them by on Friday from 4-7 to mix & mingle with fellow readers and trade books. Will we crack open some wine for the adults? Yes we will! Summer!

It was such a joy to work with the on a big acquisition of graphic novels & chapter books for the library, and we thank them for their continued support of our shop and local businesses in general! Most of all, we praise their efforts to get great books into kids’ hands!

If you’re looking for help choosing or acquiring graphic novels for your school library and want some help, let us know! We have thoughts!

FROM THE ZINE! “Breathe” by Emi Roselló of Tampa, FL (age 12). A great strip from the 2nd issue of the ! Get a copy at out shop, or online via the link in our bio.

SUBMISSIONS FOR ZINE #3 are open through the end of Sunday, July 14. Put your pencils to paper and SUBMIT!