by Matt Peters Awareness and prevention of type 2 diabetes, especially among urban Native Americans, was the goal of a comic book published by the Arizona State Museum (ASM) in late 2011. It’s Up 2 You! was created by ASM’s Head of Community Engagement Lisa Falk and artist and educator Ryan Huna Smith, who had previously worked on Jon Proudstar’s original Tribal Force comic (Mystic Comics, 1996). Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes, a chronic condition caused by insufficient production of insulin, a hormone that helps regulate blood glucose (sugar) levels. It can result in… Read More
Stan Lee Presents – The Mighty Marvel Strength and Fitness Book
by Matt Peters How does Spider-Man keep his legs and core flexible? How does the Human Torch warm up his arms and shoulders before he puts his strength and endurance to the test? Matters like those don’t lend themselves to flashy comic book covers, but they fill the pages of one of Marvel’s more unusual projects from the 1970s, Stan Lee Presents: The Mighty Marvel Strength and Fitness Book. Writer-editor Stan Lee had a knack for finding new ways to connect to readers. In the 1960s, he helped build the Marvel brand by bringing a new take to the superhero… Read More