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Martina And The Bridge Of Time is a new graphic novel by marine paleobiologist and staff scientist of Smithsonial Tropical Research Institiute, Aaron O'Dea, and illustrator and science communicator Ian Cooke Tapia. Martina And The Bridge Of Time – A Smithsonian Graphic Novel During a very boring school morning, Martina notices that her history book only starts[...]

So it makes perfect sense that IDW Publishing would team up with government-run museum The Smithsonian for a new publishing program to create graphic novels based on the "cultural and scientific knowledge of the world's largest museum, educational, and research complex." According to a press release, here's what IDW and Smithsonian have planned starting this Fall: Beginning[...]

In another example of pop culture becoming incredibly important to the social consciousness, Black Panther items are headed to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Specifically, the museum will be gaining one of Chadwick Boseman's hero (meaning an item that was used by the main actor on screen in a film) T'Challa Black Panther costumes. [...]