Gene Luen Yang’s (comic book) American dream

“Being an immigrant kid - your experience and your parents’ and your grandparents’ experiences are in three completely different worlds.”Gene Luen Yang is one of the most celebrated Asian American comics creators - an award-winning cartoonist, storyteller, and teacher - who's been creating comics since the fifth grade. And his 2006 graphic novel AMERICAN BORN CHINESE comes out as a live-action Disney+ streaming series on May 24, 2023 - by the filmmakers from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “Shang Chi” - Michelle Yeoh and many others. For AAPI Heritage month, we’re sharing past conversations with amazing Asian comics creators AND a few days later - a Quarantined Comics companion episode on their graphic novels.Many of Gene’s graphic novels - AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, DRAGON HOOPS, and SUPERMAN SMASHES THE KLAN - have won the Eisner Awards - comics greatest honor. Gene’s a former CS + Math teacher - who’s since gone on to work on some of the biggest name in pop culture and comics - including Avatar the Last AirBender, rebooting Shang Chi over @ Marvel Comics (before the hit movie), and having more than a few unique takes on DC’s Superman. Gene was named the Library of Congress’ fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and has also received a MacArthur Genius Grant. Gene advocates for the importance of reading diversely - and makes his kids finish all of their projects. Raman tried really hard not to fanboy over one of his personal heroes...LEARN ABOUT GENE LUEN YANG geneyang.com twitter.com/geneluenyang American Born Chinese: goodreads.com/book/show/118944.American_Born_Chinese Superman Smashes the Klan TRAILER: youtu.be/LQ5ID_k_iBA Dragon Hoops: goodreads.com/book/show/44280830-dragon-hoops MENTIONS COMIC BOOK: Cyclopedia Exotica goodreads.com/book/show/53317432-cyclopedia-exotica PERSON: Jason Shiga goodreads.com/author/show/469075.Jason_Shiga PERSON: Lark Pien goodreads.com/author/show/2679817.Lark_Pien PERSON: Derek Kirk Kim goodreads.com/author/show/150817.Derek_Kirk_Kim See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.