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The Curie Society by Adam Staffaroni ’07 to release in April

The Curie Society by Adam Staffaroni ′07 and Heather Einhorn is releasing with MIT Press in April 2021.  In this 200-page color comic, a covert team of young women—members of the Curie Society, an elite organization dedicated to women in STEM—undertakes high-stakes missions to save the world. And the comic is only the beginning of the adventure.

The Curie Society introduces an entertaining, empowering media universe for fans hungry to read about brilliant, analytical young women as scientific heroes. Stay tuned for more Curie Society missions featuring our heroes saving the world through their STEM skills and teamwork.

From MIT Press

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Graduate Spotlight: Chief Creative Officer Adam Staffaroni ′07

Adam Staffaroni

Adam Staffaroni ′07 can proudly draw a unicorn in 5 seconds flat. Leading up to this illustrious skill, he started his career in the licensing department at DC Comics, then helped launch the Kaboom! imprint at Boom! Studios. After a stint at Lion Forge (who is now publishing Jarad Greene’s ’17 Scullion), where he launched the Roar Comics imprint, he is now the co-founder & Chief Creative Officer of Einhorn’s Epic Productions, a multi-platform content studio.

Adam is co-creator and executive producer of Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery and The Curie Society. Lethal Lit is a scripted podcast series about Tig Torres, a teen detective investigating the infamous “Lit Killer” murders in her hometown, Hollow Falls. The Curie Society is an original graphic novel about a team of young, female scientists who join a secret organization originally founded by Marie Curie.

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Catching Up With Adam Staffaroni

Adam Staffaroni was a member of the class of 2007, CCS’s inaugural class.  Since graduating his journeys have brought him in close contact with Alaskan grizzly bears and Jerry Robinson original art.  Read this interview on the Schulz Library Blog to catch up with Adam.

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