Keke Palmer Spotlights Young Grandmaster Choi in Her Architectural Digest Home Tour

There are moments that remind us just how far a dream can travel.

While watching Keke Palmer’s recent Architectural Digest home tour, the Shero Comics team was thrilled to spot the original Young Grandmaster Choi doll prominently featured in her home. For an independent studio dedicated to creating heroes for women and girls of color, it was an unforgettable moment.

The feature marks another exciting milestone for Young Grandmaster Choi, one of the few Black female-led manhwa series to earn international recognition.

There was one detail that made the Shero Comics team laugh. The original Young Grandmaster Choi doll is a bobblehead, and in the clip it looks like someone may have lifted Rayven’s head up and forgotten to pop it all the way back into place. 😄 Thankfully, she’s had quite the glow-up since then!

Since the original doll was sent to Keke, the franchise has continued to grow. The updated museum edition of the Young Grandmaster Choi doll (below) has been archived in both the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, and the Korea Manhwa Museum in Bucheon, South Korea—an extraordinary achievement for a Black female-led manhwa series in a genre where Black girl heroines remain exceptionally rare.

The momentum doesn’t stop there. Young Grandmaster Choi was recently named the 2026 Zelda Award winner for Best Children’s Graphic Novel and is currently being piloted in schools as an anti-bullying and confidence-building resource, using storytelling and the core principles of martial arts—discipline, focus, respect, and resilience—to help students build self-confidence, resilience, and cultural pride.

On July 14, the Spanish-language digital edition of Young Grandmaster Choi: Chapter 1 will launch, bringing Rayven’s story to even more readers and classrooms around the world.

For everyone who has supported Young Grandmaster Choi over the years, thank you for being part of this incredible journey. Seeing our heroine featured in Keke Palmer’s home is more than a proud moment for Shero Comics—it’s another reminder that stories centered on Black girls can resonate across cultures, generations, and the world.

Check out Keke’s home tour below and get a glimpse of our original Young Grandmaster Choi doll at 2:18.