One June 7th, we held Optimist Con, our first annual convention featuring the work of over 100 students from around the city! What makes...

This version of our Mini Comic workshop would not have been possible without some outstanding collaborators. It was important to us that...

We had the privilege of rolling out a brand-new workshop at on of our long-term partner schools, Lawndale Community Academy. Optimist...

This summer, we had the pleasure of working with an amazing class of 22 students at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning in Little...

If you haven’t read Saga yet, you are absolutely our target demographic. Because while this series set the comic book world on fire,...

If the cover art and the name don’t draw you in immediately, this is not the book for you. But if you are the type of reader drawn to...

Self/Made is the kind of book that lets me know this site is necessary. It’s a beautifully constructed, deeply philosophical, yet...

I can’t think of a more appropriate book for our first spotlight recommendation. Excellence more than lives up to its name-sake. It’s an...