{"id":8975,"date":"2024-02-19T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=8975"},"modified":"2024-02-18T18:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T02:41:35","slug":"firstbayareauniteup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/firstbayareauniteup\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area KCU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The San Francisco Bay Area\u2019s first Kids Comics Unite-Up brought members from north and south to the East Bay\u2019s Sun Gallery. The gathering was delightfully convivial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" data-attachment-id=\"8971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/firstbayareauniteup\/img_2187-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?fit=1140%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1140,611\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPad Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1706373985&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.65&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_2187-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C549&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C549&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-8971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C549&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C536&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=230%2C123&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=350%2C188&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?resize=480%2C257&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_2187-1.jpg?w=1140&amp;ssl=1 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L-R) myself,&nbsp;<a class=\"mighty-mention navigate\" href=\"mightybell-mightybell:\/\/spaces\/1729948\/members\/4339068\">Bethanie&nbsp;Murguia<\/a><a class=\"mighty-mention navigate\" href=\"mightybell-mightybell:\/\/spaces\/1729948\/members\/19833786\">Jenny&nbsp;Fang<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"mighty-mention navigate\" href=\"mightybell-mightybell:\/\/spaces\/1729948\/members\/5942807\">Julia&nbsp;Maisen<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"mighty-mention navigate\" href=\"mightybell-mightybell:\/\/spaces\/1729948\/members\/7238828\">Maritza&nbsp;Ruiz-Kim<\/a>&nbsp;<a class=\"mighty-mention navigate\" href=\"mightybell-mightybell:\/\/spaces\/1729948\/members\/5264745\">Edna&nbsp;Cabcabin&nbsp;Moran<\/a>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the gallery\u2019s current exhibition was being re-hung our hosts gave us free reign of their maker-space where after a rolling conversation that included \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where we are in our current Graphic Novel Journeys<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social media, newsletters and outreach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creative adventure and experiences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preferred genres and medium<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We also set out to play an informal comic creation game (I call it the Comic Creation Conundrum) which resulted in the following 30 seconds of activity &#x1f605;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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