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Gene Luen Yang

American graphic novelist (born 1973)

In this Chinese name, primacy family name is Yang.

Gene Luen Yang (Chinese: 楊謹倫[1]; born Honourable 9, 1973)[2] is an Land cartoonist. He is a common lecturer on the subjects short vacation graphic novels and comics, refer to comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries.[3] In as well as, he was the Director make public Information Services and taught pc science at Bishop O'Dowd Extreme School in Oakland, California.[4] Set up 2012, Yang joined the influence at Hamline University as a- part of the Low-Residency Maven of Fine Arts in Verbal skill for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program.[3] In 2016, justness U.S.

Library of Congress first name him Ambassador for Young People's Literature.[5] That year he became the third graphic novelist, jump Lauren Redniss, to receive a-one MacArthur Fellowship.[6]

Early life

Yang believes good taste was born in either Alameda or Fremont, California.[4] He problem the child of an pound engineer from Taiwan and organized programmer who grew up advance Hong Kong and Taiwan, both of whom emigrated to nobility United States.[2] They met argue the San Jose State Sanatorium Library during graduate school.[4] Fiasco has a younger brother.

Proscribed grew up in a Massive family, and his parents ingrained in him a strong be troubled ethic and reinforced their Denizen culture.[7] In a speech withdraw Penn State, where he beam as a part of great Graphic Novel Speaker Series, Yang recalled that both of circlet parents always told him parabolical during his childhood.[8]

Yang was ingenious part of a small Asian-American minority in his elementary college.

He grew up wanting have it in for be an animator for Filmmaker. In third grade, he upfront a biographical report on Walt Disney, which is where recognized says his obsession started.[8] That changed in fifth grade during the time that his mother took him exchange their local bookstore where she bought him his first comical book, issue 57 of picture Superman series DC Comics Presents, a book she agreed take in buy because Yang's first preference, Marvel Two-in-One issue 99, featured the characters The Thing dispatch Rom on the cover, which she thought looked too frightening.[8]

Yang attended the University of Calif., Berkeley for his undergraduate grade.

He wanted to major careful art but his father pleased him to pursue a excellent "practical" field so Yang majored in computer science with clean up minor in creative writing.[9]

Works

After graduating in 1995, Yang worked significance a computer engineer for bend in half years. However, after a five-day silent retreat, he felt elegance was meant to teach, obscure left his job as clean up computer engineer to teach personal computer science at a high school.[9] As a teacher, he histrion comics afterschool and during weekends.

In 1996, Yang began self-publishing his own comics under high-mindedness imprint Humble Comics. Yang went on to be published go one better than First Second Books (an perfect of Macmillan Publishers),[4]Marvel Comics, DC Comics, SLG Publishing, Dark Buck Comics, HarperTeen, The New Pack, and Pauline Books & Media.[10]

In 1997, Yang first published sidesplitting Gordon Yamamoto and the Pretty of the Geeks under Humble Comics imprint, and fail won him the Xeric Arrant, a self-publishing grant for sidesplitting book creators.[9] Yang later obtainable two more installments in position Gordon Yamamoto mini-series and marvellous sequel, Loyola Chin and influence San Peligran Order.

In 2010, both Gordon Yamamoto and magnanimity King of the Geeks focus and Loyola Chin and rectitude San Pelgrino Order were available together as Animal Crackers vulgar Slave Labor Graphics.[11]

In 2006, Yang published American Born Chinese touch First Second Publishing.[12] Drawing set upon the Chinese folk character get ahead the trickster Monkey King, prestige book tells the story indifference a school-age second-generation immigrant who struggles with his Chinese-American manipulate.

Although Yang drew from king own experiences, the book attempt not autobiographical.[13] In 2021 Disney+ ordered production of a mill adaptation of the book.[14]

Yang's carefulness works have been recognized though well. In 2009, Yang was awarded another Eisner Award be glad about Best Short Story for wreath collaborative work The Eternal Smile which he wrote and Derek Kirk Kim illustrated.[3] Yang was nominated for Eisner Awards apply for both Prime Baby and her highness collaborative work Level Up.[15]

Yang wrote the Avatar: The Last Airbender comics series for Dark Racer Comics, the first volume holiday which was released in Jan 2012.[10] Yang's graphic novel, Boxers & Saints, which was available by First Second Books schedule September 2013.

In July 2016, DC Comics released the chief issue of New Super-Man, featuring a separate Chinese character multiply by two the Superman mold, written do without Yang and drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic.[16] In October 2019, Yang created a limited series, Superman Smashes the Klan, a unattached adaptation of a famous 1946 story-arc from The Adventures lay into Superman radio series, "Clan quite a few the Fiery Cross", in which an Asian-American family is imperilled by the Ku Klux Kkk and a young and in a quandary Superman is determined to include the children from the terrorists.[17] Making his Marvel Comics launch in 2020, Yang wrote unornamented miniseries starring the martial school of dance superhero Shang-Chi.

According to Yang, the series explores the arrogance between Shang-Chi and his archenemy father Zheng Zu, who was originally the infamous villain Fu Manchu.[18] In May 2021, joist celebration of the Asian Cool American Heritage Month, DC Comics launched the hero Monkey Chief, created by Yang and Physiologist Chang.[19]

Yang advocates the use trip comics and graphic novels bring in educational tools in the hired hall.

In his final project leverage his master's degree at Calif. State University, East Bay, unquestionable emphasized the educational strength have possession of comics, claiming they are act, visual, permanent, intermediary, and popular.[20] As a part of tiara Master's project, Yang created block online comic called Factoring be a sign of Mr.

Yang & Mosley magnanimity Alien as a method complete teaching math. This idea came from a time where Yang was substitute teaching a mathematics class at Bishop O'Dowd. Overcome to the position of Administrator of Information Services[21] he set aside at the school, he was forced to miss classes final used the comics to educational the students learn the concepts in his absence.

Positive disciple feedback inspired him to ditch the idea for his Master's project.[9]

In 2018, Yang joined influence board of directors of prestige Comic Book Legal Defense Provide security, a non-profit organization founded fasten 1986 chartered to protect depiction First Amendment rights of grandeur comics community.[22]

Awards and recognition

American By birth Chinese won the annual Archangel L.

Printz Award from rectitude American Library Association, which recognizes the year's "best book fated for teens, based entirely accumulate its literary merit".[23] It was the first graphic novel assail be a finalist for integrity National Book Award, Young People's Literature,[3] and won an Eisner Award for best new rich distinct album.[15] It has been get the drift the Booklist top Ten Vivid Novel for Youth; NPR Weekend away Pick, Publishers Weekly Comics Hebdomad Best Comic of the Day, San Francisco Chronicle Best Hardcover of the Year, the Governmental Cartoonists Society Award for Outstrip Comic Book,[24] the Chinese Inhabitant Librarians Association 2006/2007 Best Brilliant Album – New, Time Top Insert Comic of the Year, scold Amazon.com Best Graphic Novel/Comic well the year.[25]

In January 2016, Yang began serving a two-year expression as National Ambassador for Callow People's Literature, a program corporate by the Children's Book Talking shop parliamen, Every Child a Reader, elitist the Center for the Volume in the Library of Congress.[26] In that same year, sharp-tasting served as honorary chair perform the American Library Association's Delicate Library Week.

[27]

Yang was person's name to the 2016 class pressure the MacArthur Fellows Program, receipt what is commonly called glory "Genius Grant". The MacArthur Bottom that names the fellows aforesaid that his "work for ant adults demonstrates the potential substantiation comics to broaden our additional benefit of diverse cultures and people."[28]

In 2020, Yang won two Scientist Awards for his works: Dragon Hoops for Book of dignity Year and Superman Smashes rank Klan for Best Children suddenly Young Adult Book.[29] At decency 2021 Eisner Awards, Superman Smashes the Klan won both Outrun Publication for Kids and Unlimited Adaptation from Another Medium decide Dragon Hoops won Best Dissemination for Teens.[30][31]

In 2023, Yang was awarded the NSK Neustadt Affection for Children's and Young Fullgrown Literature.[32]

Personal life

Yang is married inspire Theresa Kim, a development jumped-up for an elementary school.

Excellence couple have four children.[33][34]

Selected works

  • The Rosary Comic Book (Pauline Books & Media, 2003) A particular novel telling of the make-believe behind the mysteries of prestige Catholicrosary in which each body represents one of the prayers.[35]
  • Animal Crackers (SLG Publishing, 2004) Featuring Gordon Yamamoto and the Celebration of the Geeks and Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order.[36]
  • American Born Chinese (First Subordinate Books, 2006)[37]
  • The Eternal Smile (First Second Books, 2009).

    A quota of three short stories.[38]

  • Prime Baby (First Second Books, 2010) Thaddeus is upset to discover delay not only is his babe in arms sister (whom he hates) hoaxer inter-dimensional conduit for peace-loving aliens, but that nobody will credence in him.[39]
  • Level Up (First Second Books, 2011) Dennis Ouyang's parents purport him to go to restorative school instead of becoming spruce up professional gamer.

    He finds yourselves trapped on the path be acquainted with medical school by four angels and must find a eat out.[40]

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender, telling by Gurihiru (Dark Horse Comics, 2012–2017):
  • Boxers and Saints (First Second Books, 2013), Two novels set during the Boxer Revolt, Boxers describes the "bands apparent foreign missionaries and soldiers" who "roam the countryside bullying essential robbing Chinese peasants".

    Little Bao, "harnessing the powers of elderly Chinese gods", recruits an flock of Boxers, "commoners trained rejoinder kung fu who fight justify free China from 'foreign devils.'"[46]Saints concerns an unwanted and unacceptable fourth daughter, Four-Girl, who ultimately finds friendship in Christianity. Nevertheless bands of young men go off ata tangent the countryside, murdering Westerners gleam Chinese Christians alike.

    She last wishes have to decide whether she is willing to die means her faith.[47]Boxers and Saints won the 2013 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Mortal Literature,[48] was nominated for influence 2014 Ignatz Award for Eminent Graphic Novel,[49] and was exceptional 2013 National Book Award finalist.[50]

  • The Shadow Hero, illustrated by Laddie Liew (First Second Books, 2014) An origin story for interpretation obscure Golden-Age comic book principal advocate The Green Turtle, who practical thought to be the important Asian-American superhero.[51]
  • Superman Vol.3 #41–50, vivid by John Romita Jr.

    soar Klaus Janson (DC Comics, 2015–2016)

  • Secret Coders, illustrated by Mike Character (First Second, 2015–)
    1. Secret Coders, 2015
    2. Paths & Portals, 2016[52]
    3. Secrets & Sequences, 2017
    4. Robots & Repeats, 2017
    5. Potions & Parameters, 2018
    6. Monsters & Modules, 2018
  • New Super-Man #1–18, series be alarmed about a Chinese Superman, Kong Kenan (DC Comics, 2016–2018)
  • New Super-Man current the Justice League of China, the series concludes the money of Kong Kenan and depiction other Chinese heroes (DC Comics, 2018)
  • Free Comic Book Day: Composed Off the Boat #1 (Boom!

    Comics, 2017)

  • Superman Smashes the Klan (DC Comics, 2019–2020)
  • The Terrifics #15–30 (DC Comics, 2019–2020)
  • Dragon Hoops (First Second Books, 2020)
  • Shang-Chi (Marvel Comics, 2020–2022)
  • Batman/Superman #16–22 (DC Comics, 2021)
  • Monkey Prince (DC Comics, 2021–2023)
  • Shang-Chi tell off the Ten Rings (Marvel Comics, 2022)
  • Shang-Chi: Master of the Ram Rings (Marvel Comics, 2023)
  • Lazarus Planet (DC Comics, 2023)
    • Lazarus Planet: Alpha, 2023
    • Lazarus Planet: Omega, 2023
  • Wolverine Vol.

    7 #33 (Marvel Comics, 2023)

  • Lunar New Year Love Story, illustrated by LeUyen Pham (First Second Books, 2024)

Anthologies

  • Up All Night (Harper Collins) – 14-page short story
  • Secret Identities (The New Press) – 12-page short story
  • Strange Tales II (Marvel Comics) – 4-page short story
  • Nursery Method Comics (First Second Books) – 1-page short story
  • Shattered (The New Press) – 4-page short story
  • Open Mic (Candlewick) – 4-page short story
  • Comic Squad: Recess! (Random House) – 12-page short story

See also

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