Saul Griffith (a Gadgetoff alum) and his un-indicted co-conspirators Nick Gragotta and Joost Bonsen have just published the ultimate "science-meets-adventure-and-mischief comic book" called "HOWTOONS! The Possibilities are Endless."
You have probably seen their work in MAKE Magazine which ranges from building your own zoetrope to kids getting out of hairy situations using MacGyver-like applications of real scientific principles.
Perhaps it is because of comic books that are really fun and packed with learnin' that Saul just won a MacArthur "Genius" award. I wish I had spent more of my youth reading comic books instead of wasting my time just building things...