KaBOOM!
KaBoom! may refer to: *KaBOOM! (non-profit organization) * KaBOOM! (publisher), an imprint of the U.S. comics publisher Boom! Studios See also *Kaboom (other) Kaboom is an onomatopoeic term representing the sound of an explosion. It may also refer to: Film and television * ''Kaboom'' (film), a 2010 film directed by Gregg Araki * "Kaboom" (''Parks and Recreation''), an episode of ''Parks and Recrea ...

KaBOOM! (non-profit Organization)
KABOOM! is an American non-profit organization that helps communities build playgrounds for children. History Darell Hammond and Dawn Hutchison founded the company KABOOM! in 1996. They were inspired to start KaBOOM! after reading a story in ''The Washington Post'' about two local children who suffocated while playing in an abandoned car because they had nowhere else to play. Hammond had previously helped build several playgrounds for other charitable organizations. Hammond was also partially inspired by his upbringing in the Mooseheart Child City & School, a group home in Mooseheart, Illinois. Hammond previously studied under Dr. John Kretzmann, director of the Assets Based Community Development Institute in the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The institute, which focuses on mobilizing struggling communities using resources already at hand, served as a community-build model for KaBOOM! Hammond was also influenced by his participation in the Columbus, Ohio, and Ch ...
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KaBOOM! (publisher)
Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Hollywood, helping to option comic book projects as producers and working to develop them into films with the studios, but were getting increasingly frustrated with the process. Richie planned to start Boom! to get away from Hollywood. Before Boom!, Richie and Cosby worked briefly with Dave Elliott and Garry Leach in 2004 to revive 1980s comic book publishing house Atomeka Press. While working with Atomeka, Richie cut a deal with Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis to publish their series ''Hero Squared,'' with the ''Hero Squared X-Tra Sized Special'' one-shot. When Giffen was featured as a guest at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, he grabbed a drink with Richie after the show and persuaded him to part ways with Atomeka Pr ...
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