From Super Meat Boy to Binding of Isaac and now Mewgenics, Santa Cruz game designer Edmund McMillen turns personal history, trauma, and humor into deeply resonant games.
As Atlantis Fantasyworld approaches its 50th anniversary, owner Joe Ferrara reflects on the values, resilience, and love of stories that turned a personal collection into one of America’s longest-running comic bookstores.
A countywide poetry initiative is giving Santa Cruz teens the tools—and the permission—to tell their stories, discovering healing, confidence and power through the written word.
