Assistant professor Joseph Hoffswell collects action figures in his office at the department of communication in the Fine Art Center. “My dad was a collector too, he was a comic book collector and that stuff hits home,” Hoffswell said, “I’ve been collecting since I was a high schooler … and when I was in my Ph.D. I started getting into the Funko Pops behind me, I had a couple but I started seriously collecting in 2013 or so.”