Superman Smashes the Klan is a mix of old and new, a modern comic with a classic feel about a topic that is, unfortunately, timeless, writes Esther Keller.
Review: Dragon Hoops
March 24, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Gene Yuen Lang’s ‘Dragon Hoops’ was getting a lot of buzz even before it was published, and Esther tells us why!
Review: ‘Superman Smashes The Klan Part One’
December 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang joins forces with the art team Gurihiru to adapt the most famous Superman radio serial into a new story in the character’s home medium.
Review: ‘New Super-Man Vol. 1: Made In China’
July 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
New Super-Man Vol. 1: Made In China Writer: Gene Luen Yang Artists: Viktor Bogdanovic and Richard Friend DC Comics; $16.99 Cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, a long-time library and bookstore favorite for works like American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, and The Shadow Hero, started writing for DC Comics’ Superman back in 2015, but it wasn’t […]
Gene Luen Yang Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
January 6, 2016 by Leave a Comment
On Monday, the Children’s Book Council in conjunction with the Every Child a Reader, and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress announced that graphic novel creator Gene Luen Yang will be the next National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Yang is no stranger to breaking barriers in the children’s and YA […]
Review: ‘Secret Coders’
November 18, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Can a good story really be told while trying to teach kids how to code? With the push for more STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) learning and higher STEM standards in our country’s public schools, it’s no surprise that someone out there is trying to incorporate good storytelling and science. But a story about […]
Roundtable: Boxers & Saints
November 11, 2013 by 2 Comments
Gene Luen Yang’s two-volume set Boxers & Saints is one of the most talked-about books of the year—the internet is dotted with reviews of the book and interviews with Yang—and when we started talking among ourselves, we quickly realized that we all had plenty to say—and we didn’t always agree. So we decided to put […]
Review | Boxers & Saints
October 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Boxers & Saints By Gene Luen Yang Colored by Lark Pien First Second American Born Chinese creator Gene Luen Yang’s two new graphic novels can be read separately from each other, but that doesn’t mean that they should be. Boxers and its companion volume, Saints, tell individual stories about two young people during China’s Boxer […]
Interview: Gene Luen Yang on Boxers & Saints
September 19, 2013 by 1 Comment
As the 19th century turned into the 20th century, China was wracked by what has become known as The Boxer Rebellion. It was a violent uprising in which poor, rural, nationalist Chinese fought back against the pernicious influence of imperial Western powers on their own country and their culture, using whatever weapons they had available […]
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