For big siblings

A comic for a kid about to be a big brother or sister.Starring them, before the baby steals the show.

A new baby is a lot to take in when you're four. A comic that stars them, with their face, their room and their dog, tells the story their way: the hero who's about to get a sidekick. Rated Everyone, drawn from a photo, read at bedtime as often as it takes.

A boy in a sailor's cap stands on his bed with a telescope, a sail rigged to the bedpost, while an empty cot waits across the room — Drawn in the Marcinelle Romp look

How it goes

Four steps to issue #1.

The premise
Write it around them: the big-sister-in-training, the captain getting a new crew member, the kid who has to teach a baby everything. Choose Everyone on the first step, so it's warm and simple with nothing scary.
The look
Marcinelle Romp for a bouncy, big-nosed romp; Storybook Gouache for bedtime; Sunday Funnies for the simplest, roundest faces.
The cast
Add a photo of the big sibling to their model sheet, and they're drawn in the look from it. The baby can be whoever they imagine; a question mark on the sheet lets the studio draw one.
The issues
Issue #1 is written and drawn around them. Review the panels, ask for another take on any that miss, and download it to read together, then another issue once the baby's home.

Start from one of these

Make one of these yours.

Press start and the premise lands in the box of a new comic with its look already picked. Change every word, or the look, before anything is drawn.

No. 1
A four-year-old who runs the whole house like a ship's captain hears that a new crew member is coming, and spends every issue getting the ship ready for someone who can't even walk yet.
In the Marcinelle Romp look
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No. 2
A girl who has never shared anything finds a tiny visitor's suitcase on the doorstep every morning, packed with socks, a bib and a very small hat, and has to work out who all of it is for.
In the Storybook Gouache look
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More premises to start from

Looks that suit it

Draw it in one of these.

Or in any of the twenty-eight. A comic picks one look on its second step, and every panel of every issue keeps it.

See all twenty-eight looks

The letters page

Questions, answered.

Is it safe for a little one?

At Everyone, yes: warm, simple and kid-safe, with nothing frightening. And every issue comes to your desk to review before it's finished.

Can the baby be in it once they arrive?

Yes. Add them to the cast when they're here, from a photo or from your words, and the next issue is drawn with them in it.

Who makes the account?

A parent or another grown-up. Accounts are for people 13 and over, so you make the comic and read it with them.

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