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Since 2005, Austin, Texas-based archivist, sound artist, and cartoonist Ethan Persoff has shared old, out-of-print, and decidedly off-the-wall educational comics on his website, Comics with Problems.

Antique Collecting magazine is a long-standing resource for collectors of objects from eras past. Available only by subscription, it publishes ten times a year in both print and digital formats.

Fans of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker can now enjoy a hardcover keepsake of the penultimate movie in the nine-part Star Wars “Skywalker saga thanks to Titan Comics.

Toons Mag is a multi-lingual online magazine featuring the work of cartoonists, comic illustrators, and writers from around the globe.

Social knitting groups can now imbue their needles with some Harry Potter magic thanks to the release of Harry Potter Knitting Magic: The Official Harry Potter Knitting Pattern Book.

Vintage Arcade Superstore is a California-based reseller and refurbisher of vintage arcade games that also serves as an educational resource for those interested in the history of video games.

To celebrate the release of the 2019 Book of Dreams, Argos has assembled a digital repository of vintage catalogues from the past 46 years of the book’s print run.

The History of the 90’s podcast takes listeners on a journey back to the decade of pop-culture juggernauts like Beanie Babies, Seinfeld, Girl Power, Friends, and others.

In a follow-up to his book Zap! Ray Gun Classics, author Leslie Singer has curated more than 150 full-colour photographs of conversational toys in Do You Read Me? Vintage Communication Toys.

The Department Store Museum website captures the rise and fall of department stores in North America, “shopping destinations where memories were often made”.

The Fantha Tracks website keeps Star Wars enthusiasts up to date on the latest developments in the Star Wars canon.

Up to 50 build ideas for LEGO holiday decorations, crafts, and games, are presented over the course of 80 pages in LEGO Holiday Ideas: More than 50 Festive Builds.

The British Pathé website is an archive of newsreel footage highlighting major events, cultural trends, science news, travel, and culture from an era past.

The Transformers Official YouTube channel features commercials, interviews with franchise creators and contributors, animated shorts, and other entertaining videos that bring context to the cast of robotic characters.

This book offers a number of colorful projects that use the toy’s basic building blocks: rods and spools.

My Side of the Laundry Room is a YouTube channel that highlights memorable – and a few best-left-forgotten – comics, movies, television shows, games, and toys from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.

American Girls Podcast examines the original American Girl book series and the impact of its stories and characters on pop culture.

It’s All a Game comprehensively covers the history, psychology, and cultural impact of board games, tracing the evolution of various board games through 4,000 years of game history.