Aug 26, 2026 | Blog
Dolly Parton was widely known as a chart-topping entertainer—but she also became one of the most recognizable champions of children’s literacy in the United States and beyond. Parton’s work centered on Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program created to foster...
Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
⚡Small Cape, Big Message When 5-year-old Grant Lawson was diagnosed with leukemia, he was thrust into a world no child should ever have to navigate: hospital visits, IVs, medications, and fatigue. But thanks to the compassionate team at Children’s Nebraska, Grant...
Sep 11, 2025 | Blog
🧪Kryptonite: What’s what? We all have a weakness. For Superman, it’s kryptonite—a glowing green rock from his destroyed home planet. For the rest of us, it’s maybe chocolate. Or procrastination. Or spoilers. This month, we’re breaking down a word that started in...
Aug 24, 2025 | Blog
Explore Comics from across the Ages at MSU! If you’re on the hunt for a real-life comic treasure trove, look no further than Michigan State University (MSU). Nestled within the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, MSU houses the largest publicly...
Aug 23, 2025 | Blog
📉 The Decline of Daily Reading A new study just dropped a truth bomb: reading for pleasure in the U.S. has declined by 40% over the last 20 years. Researchers from the University of Florida found that the number of Americans who read for fun on any given day has...
Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
🦸♂️ Now Open! Step into the world of one of the most influential comic book creators of all time. Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity is now open at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles and runs through March 1, 2026 exploring the life, imagination, and artistic...
Jul 28, 2025 | Blog
🦸♂️Meet Yuri Williams CNN recently spotlighted Yuri Williams, founder of A Future Superhero and Friends, portraying him as a real-life superhero whose journey began with comic book fandom and blossomed into national impact. Read the Full Article Here Yuri dressed as...
Jul 26, 2025 | Blog
💬 Speech Balloons! If you’ve ever read a comic book—or even doodled your own—you’ve definitely seen one of these: a little bubble floating above a character’s head, filled with words, whispers, or *WHAAM!*s. That’s a balloon—the building block of comic book dialogue...
Jul 25, 2025 | Blog
🚀 Day One at San Diego Comic‑Con 2025: Thursday, July 24 San Diego Comic‑Con 2025 officially kicked off yesterday, Thursday, July 24, launching four days of packed programming and pop‑culture excitement at the San Diego Convention Center. Preview Night on July 23 gave...
