Personalized comic books where a child is the hero of every panel
joonoo.art turns one photo into a printed comic book starring your child, with picture books too. It was built in Westborough, Massachusetts, by Saro Saravanan, a local granddad and technologist.
10 Massachusetts kids will win a free comic book where they're the hero
The joonoo.art Holiday Giveaway runs Nov. 11 to Nov. 30. Each winner gets a comic book starring their child, or a picture book if they prefer. Enter at joonoo.art/promo, no purchase necessary.
The children in sample books are AI-generated, not real kids. Higher-resolution covers and sample pages are available by email.
Press release · For immediate release
Westborough granddad's joonoo.art gives 10 Massachusetts kids a free comic book where they're the hero
Free holiday giveaway runs Nov. 11 to Nov. 30: winners get a comic book starring their child, or a picture book if they prefer. Enter at joonoo.art/promo, no purchase necessary.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 12, 2026 — joonoo.art, a Westborough-built website that turns one photo of a child into a printed comic book where the child is the hero of every panel, is giving free personalized comic books to 10 Massachusetts families this holiday season.
Each winner gets an 8×8 hardcover comic book with a 24-page story starring their child, or a picture book if they'd rather, plus a digital PDF copy and free shipping to a Massachusetts address.
"I built joonoo.art because I wanted my granddaughter to see herself as the hero of the stories we read together," said Saro Saravanan, a Westborough granddad and technologist who runs joonoo.art. "This Christmas, ten Massachusetts kids are going to open a comic book and find themselves in every panel."
How to enter
Enter at joonoo.art/promo from Nov. 11 through Nov. 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Open to Massachusetts residents 18 and older entering for a child in their care. No purchase necessary, and no photo is needed to enter.
Winners are drawn at random on Dec. 1 and notified by email. Official rules: joonoo.art/promo/rules.
For holiday shoppers
Families who don't want to wait can preview a cover free at joonoo.art. Wednesday, Dec. 9, is the last day to order a book in time for Christmas.
###
Why AI? A note from Saro
I understand why artists and authors worry about AI-made art. Their concern is real, and I don't brush it aside. What I see up close, though, is that AI isn't singling out one profession. It's changing the work of mathematicians, scientists and even the engineers who build it.
It's changing my work too. I'm a software executive who does technology due diligence on companies being bought and sold, and my core skills are in software development, among the first jobs AI is reshaping.
Nobody is going to stop this change, so each of us has to work out how to adapt to it. For me, joonoo.art is part of that answer: a way to give every child a comic book where they're the hero. I'm also thinking about how joonoo.art might one day work with artists and authors, though that's further down the road.
Saro Saravanan, Westborough, Massachusetts
About joonoo.art
joonoo.art makes personalized comic books, and picture books too. A parent or grandparent uploads one photo, picks a story, and joonoo.art creates an illustrated comic with the child as the hero, then prints and ships it. The illustrations are AI-generated, and the children shown in sample books are AI-generated, not real kids. Photos are used only to make the book and are deleted automatically. joonoo.art was built in Westborough, Mass., by Saro Saravanan.
