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Lava or Licorice Wins Two Telly Awards
Telly Awards
Our puppet series Lava or Licorice took home two Bronze Telly Awards in 2025, in Kids & Family and in Education & Discovery. Entertainment Monthly News sat down with the team to talk about why the show clicks with kids.
Lava or Licorice recently won two Bronze Telly Awards: one in Kids & Family, and the other in Education & Discovery. That’s how I first came across the show, through a list of honorees in a press release. I expected to skim it, take a few notes, and move on.
But Dan’s words stuck with me. Once I watched the show, it wasn’t just the puppets or production that captured my attention. It was the feeling that something very real, and surprisingly human, was happening beneath the surface.
The show is the latest chapter in the Digital Lizards of Doom universe, a graphic novel series that somehow found its way into schools. Not through marketing or district partnerships, but organically, because teachers picked it up and noticed something different. Kids weren’t just watching. They were engaging.
From Telly Awards
Lava or Licorice, the puppet series set in the Digital Lizards of Doom universe, earned two Bronze Telly Awards in 2025, one in Kids & Family and one in Education & Discovery.
The show grew out of the same idea behind the books: give kids stories that make them want to draw, write and act out their own. Entertainment Monthly News talked with director Dan Brozo and creator Gabriel Valentin about how it came together and why it keeps kids engaged.
