While I was watching the Academy Awards, one thing struck me: Comics movies were definitely conspicuous in their absence. Not that they were totally absent: The show’s host was Wolverine, for one thing, and he made sure to promote his upcoming movie. But Hugh Jackman’s opening song-and-dance number also gave a nice nod to The Dark Knight and Iron Man and rightfully asked why such huge movies aren’t properly represented in more awards categories.

Congratulations to Toon Books for winning the coveted Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor from the American Library Association. Toon Books was founded by Françoise Mouly, who is the art editor for The New Yorker, and Art Spiegelman (legendary creator of Maus) to supply age-appropriate graphic novels for kids four and older. They won the award for the book Stinky by Eleanor Davis.
 

So go ahead and make yourself one. It’s easy at the Hero Factory site. The clever site will help you pick out your costume and abilities faster than you can say, “No capes!” Just pick all your preferences and then save them to see what kind of hero you’d turn out to be if you were struck by lightning, bitten by a radioactive insect, or rocketed from your dying home planet to a whole new one. Now, go be a hero.