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Pop Warriors

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Artist Lizbeth Eva Rossof created inflatable statues of her Xi’an-American Warriors, pop culture icons similar to China’s Terra Cotta Warriors, for a 2021 exhibit at the University of Wyoming.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame

Comic-Con Museum

She Kills Monsters (and Slays Dragons)

Museum of Pop Culture

Collections in Black: A Celebration of Black Comic Book Culture

Ditko: The Play

Outdoor Trek (and Wars Outdoors)

Will Eisner Week

Geek History

Jackie Ormes and African American Comic Strips

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The first African American female cartoonist was born in the Steel City and created two successful comic strips, Patty-Jo ’n’ Ginger and Torchy in Heartbeats, for the Pittsburgh Courier.

The Rise of Science Fiction Rock and Roll

1964 New York Comicon

Bjo Trimble and the Good Ship Enterprise

Secret History of Wonder Woman

Birth of the Living Dead

Magic: The Gathering

The Robots of Westinghouse

Nellie Bly’s Race Around the World

Geek Charity and Activism

Hunger Is Not a Game

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Fans of The Hunger Games launched various social activism campaigns that coincided with the release of each new film in the series and centered on both hunger and economic inequality.

Can’t Stop the Serenity

Politics for the Love of Fandom

Protego Foundation

Black Panther Challenge

Avatar Activism

Gaaays in Spaaace

Superman Is An Immigrant

Hunger Action Heroes