Gene Yang
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Gene Luen Yang (born in Alameda, California) [1] is an American comics artist whose graphic novel American Born Chinese was named a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award in the young people's literature category. [2] This was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award.[3] American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, a son of Chinese immigrants, who struggles to assimilate at a predominately white school after moving from San Francisco's Chinatown to the suburbs. Jin's story is interwoven with the legend of the Chinese folk hero Monkey King, and a sitcom starring buck-toothed Chinese stereotype Cousin Chin-Kee.[4]
Yang's drawings are created with what Scott McCloud refers to as a "cheap tool bravado," using everything from brushes to Sharpie markers to Pigma Micron pens to ballpoint pens.[5] His artwork has been shown in San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum. [1] His next project is a collaboration with Thien Pham called Three Angels. [6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Contra Costa Times staff (January 29, 2006). "Sunday A&E big calendar". Contra Costa Times, Pg. F4
- ^ Yang, Jeff (October 25, 2006). "ASIAN POP: See you in the funny pages". San Francisco Gate
- ^ Bosman, Julie. (October 12, 2006). "National Book Award Finalists Chosen". The New York Times, Pg. E2
- ^ Guthmann, Edward. (October 23, 2006). "National Book Award finalist fills in the blanks with identity-driven graphic novel". The San Francisco Chronicle, Pg. D1
- ^ McCloud, Scott (2006). Making Comics, New York: Harper Collins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-078094-0. Pg. 211
- ^ Reid, Calvin. September 19, 2006. First Second Signs Three New Books. PublishersWeekly.
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