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Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang

Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang

Released Friday, 26th June 2020
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Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang

Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang

Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang

Cartoonist & Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang

Friday, 26th June 2020
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Gene Luen Yang has written a lot of critically acclaimed graphic novels: American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, The Shadow Hero, and the graphic novel series Secret Coders. Four years ago, he won a MacArthur "genius" grant. He also works at DC Comics, home to Superman, among others. He's got two new books out now. Superman Smashes the Klan pits America's favorite superhero against the KKK. The other book, Dragon Hoops is a memoir about his time as a high school teacher in Oakland, following his school's basketball team. Jordan Morris, in for Jess, geeks out with Gene about Marvel superheroes, DC Comics, and attending comic conventions. They'll also talk at length about the decision to pit Superman against the KKK and how Superman's story mirrors the experience of immigrants in the US.

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