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Screenshot: ParamountCaptain Kirk has one. Captain Janeway has one. If Star Trek fans are going to insist on slowly but surely getting every major character a landmark in their hometown-to-be, Jonathan Frakes’ legendary Will Riker is certainly up there as a priority—especially one that celebrates his most iconic tactical maneuver.‘I Saw Jonathan Frakes Giving Patrick Stewart a Noogie’We are, of course, not talking about him flinging an asteroid with a tractor beam like in Star Trek: Picard, but the actual Riker…

| Stepping Up is Kiara Valdez and Diana Tsai Santos' debut YA graphic novel together, inspired by Kiara Valdez's life. Stepping Up follows Kiara as her hard-fought place on the stepping team helps her navigate freshman year as one of the only Black students at a predominantly white boarding school, Phillips Academy Andover. Carolina Ortiz at HarperAlley won Stepping Up in a four-house auction, alongside a second untitled graphic novel. Kiara Valdez & Diana Tsai Santos Auction YA Graphic Novel Stepping Up Kiara…