
Choose Your Adventure
Contemporary Comics
Learn more about everyday life - cultural celebrations, food, school experiences, and more.



The Butterfly Hunter
Corn Chen


Shrimply Houston
Laura Gao


Fortunes
GB Tran


Sushi King
Rumi Hara


Yokai's First Summer Job
Kano Nakajima


Too Young to Decide
Inna "Playful Haru" Nee


Son Doong
TiVen (Tường Vân), Hung Nguyen, Vernon Cao, Phuong Ha


Love Blooming
Vikki Zhang, Phuong Ha, Mei Qi


The Paws of Paharganj
Megha Vishwanath


The Paws of Paharganj
Megha VishwanathIndiaWatch out for stray animals! All of them carry disease!
Malicious rumors have been plaguing the streets of Paharganj, turning once friendly neighbors into fearsome foes to four legged friends everywhere.
However, animal whisperer Payal and brilliant inventor Deven decide to team-up to save the day. Their idea: a self-sufficient animal shelter.



The Butterfly Hunter
Corn ChenTaiwanWith about 400 species of butterflies discovered in Taiwan, it's no surprise that it's dubbed the Butterfly Kingdom. Within the Kingdom lived generations of Butterfly Hunters who dedicated their time creating butterfly art and raising awareness of Taiwan's natural beauty. Follow three generations as they share their traditions and navigate through climate change and the potential disappearance of the native butterflies.



Shrimply Houston
Laura GaoUSATwelve-year-old Thủy spends her mornings shrimping with her father in Galveston Bay, where they encounter Ángel, a boy from El Salvador new to the Houston area. Despite a language barrier and their fathers’ rivalry over fishing territory, Thủy and Ángel form an unlikely friendship, bonding over their shared immigrant experiences. However, their families face a larger struggle—shrinking demand for local shrimp threatens their livelihoods. As tensions rise, the two fathers stubbornly clash, but Thủy and Ángel find a solution: uniting Houston’s diverse immigrant communities to support their shrimping businesses. With creativity, determination, and a love for food, they prove that their families’ legacies can evolve rather than disappear.



Fortunes
GB TranUSAJudy Le didn’t have an easy start at life. Already a war refugee at two years old, she had overcome impossible odds by making it to the United States with her family.
But in this new land, the Le family gambled more than just their survival. Traditions, like Tết, faced extinction when confronted by acculturation to the American lifestyle.
Read on to see the sacrifices Judy had to make to be successful, and what success has come to mean to her.



Sushi King
Rumi HaraUSABy transforming seafood into a symbol of social acceptance, it's only fitting that Glen Gondo has been crowned the Sushi King. But such a grand title didn't come easily.
Read along to uncover just how H-E-B sushi came to fill the hearts, homes, and stomachs of Houstonians today!



Yokai's First Summer Job
Kano NakajimaJapanPresented by Kathy and Marty Goossen.
On the day of her home town's big Summer Festival, Asuka is unexpectedly called into work by her boss, Kiyoko. With no time to tell her friends about the sudden change in plans, her and her co-worker, Fin, are in for quite the surprise when a group of Yōkai decide to drop by unannounced.



Too Young to Decide
Inna "Playful Haru" NeeSouth KoreaInstead of studying overtime for his upcoming Suneung exams, 17-year old Young-Jae Lee has been lying to his family, going to PC Bangs to compete and perfect his gaming talent. When his family discovers the truth, tension threatens to tear them apart. Torn between pursuing his passion or pleasing his parents, Young-Jae must decide whether or not to abandon his dream to become a professional E-Sports player.



Son Doong
TiVen (Tường Vân), Hung Nguyen, Vernon Cao, Phuong HaVietnamHardened forest man Ho Khanh heads out into the wilderness in search of food and medicinal plants after dreadful flash floods destroyed his village.
However, his hunting plans go awry when he stumbles upon an injured boy named Son and into an endless cave with a mythical ecosystem all of its own.



Love Blooming
Vikki Zhang, Phuong Ha, Mei QiChinaJannie has always dreamed of being a fashion designer talented enough to impress her idol: her grandmother. So, when she receives the opportunity to attend a high-end fashion school in London, she leaves Shanghai to pursue her passion. However, when she arrives she meets an unintended obstacle: her classmate Jamie.
Will the rest of Jannie's passions have to wilt away to make room for her future fashion career, or will she learn how to make space to nourish all the love budding in her heart?



The Paws of Paharganj
Megha VishwanathIndiaWatch out for stray animals! All of them carry disease!
Malicious rumors have been plaguing the streets of Paharganj, turning once friendly neighbors into fearsome foes to four legged friends everywhere.
However, animal whisperer Payal and brilliant inventor Deven decide to team-up to save the day. Their idea: a self-sufficient animal shelter.



The Butterfly Hunter
Corn ChenTaiwanWith about 400 species of butterflies discovered in Taiwan, it's no surprise that it's dubbed the Butterfly Kingdom. Within the Kingdom lived generations of Butterfly Hunters who dedicated their time creating butterfly art and raising awareness of Taiwan's natural beauty. Follow three generations as they share their traditions and navigate through climate change and the potential disappearance of the native butterflies.



Shrimply Houston
Laura GaoUSATwelve-year-old Thủy spends her mornings shrimping with her father in Galveston Bay, where they encounter Ángel, a boy from El Salvador new to the Houston area. Despite a language barrier and their fathers’ rivalry over fishing territory, Thủy and Ángel form an unlikely friendship, bonding over their shared immigrant experiences. However, their families face a larger struggle—shrinking demand for local shrimp threatens their livelihoods. As tensions rise, the two fathers stubbornly clash, but Thủy and Ángel find a solution: uniting Houston’s diverse immigrant communities to support their shrimping businesses. With creativity, determination, and a love for food, they prove that their families’ legacies can evolve rather than disappear.



Fortunes
GB TranUSAJudy Le didn’t have an easy start at life. Already a war refugee at two years old, she had overcome impossible odds by making it to the United States with her family.
But in this new land, the Le family gambled more than just their survival. Traditions, like Tết, faced extinction when confronted by acculturation to the American lifestyle.
Read on to see the sacrifices Judy had to make to be successful, and what success has come to mean to her.



Sushi King
Rumi HaraUSABy transforming seafood into a symbol of social acceptance, it's only fitting that Glen Gondo has been crowned the Sushi King. But such a grand title didn't come easily.
Read along to uncover just how H-E-B sushi came to fill the hearts, homes, and stomachs of Houstonians today!



Yokai's First Summer Job
Kano NakajimaJapanPresented by Kathy and Marty Goossen.
On the day of her home town's big Summer Festival, Asuka is unexpectedly called into work by her boss, Kiyoko. With no time to tell her friends about the sudden change in plans, her and her co-worker, Fin, are in for quite the surprise when a group of Yōkai decide to drop by unannounced.



Too Young to Decide
Inna "Playful Haru" NeeSouth KoreaInstead of studying overtime for his upcoming Suneung exams, 17-year old Young-Jae Lee has been lying to his family, going to PC Bangs to compete and perfect his gaming talent. When his family discovers the truth, tension threatens to tear them apart. Torn between pursuing his passion or pleasing his parents, Young-Jae must decide whether or not to abandon his dream to become a professional E-Sports player.



Son Doong
TiVen (Tường Vân), Hung Nguyen, Vernon Cao, Phuong HaVietnamHardened forest man Ho Khanh heads out into the wilderness in search of food and medicinal plants after dreadful flash floods destroyed his village.
However, his hunting plans go awry when he stumbles upon an injured boy named Son and into an endless cave with a mythical ecosystem all of its own.



Love Blooming
Vikki Zhang, Phuong Ha, Mei QiChinaJannie has always dreamed of being a fashion designer talented enough to impress her idol: her grandmother. So, when she receives the opportunity to attend a high-end fashion school in London, she leaves Shanghai to pursue her passion. However, when she arrives she meets an unintended obstacle: her classmate Jamie.
Will the rest of Jannie's passions have to wilt away to make room for her future fashion career, or will she learn how to make space to nourish all the love budding in her heart?



The Paws of Paharganj
Megha VishwanathIndiaWatch out for stray animals! All of them carry disease!
Malicious rumors have been plaguing the streets of Paharganj, turning once friendly neighbors into fearsome foes to four legged friends everywhere.
However, animal whisperer Payal and brilliant inventor Deven decide to team-up to save the day. Their idea: a self-sufficient animal shelter.
