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Tag: Gene Luen Yang
Monkey Prince Vol. 2: The Monkey King and I | Review
The second half of Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang's promising new super-comic Monkey Prince gets bogged down in an unfortunate crossover, which is par for the course for the genre.
Monkey Prince Vol. 1: Enter the Monkey | Review
Gene Luen Yang and Bernard Chang introduce a brand-new hero into the DC Universe, although it's one based on a very old hero—The Monkey King of Chinese myth.
Shang-Chi By Gene Luen Yang Vol. 2 | Review
In the second volume of their Shang-Chi ongoing series, Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan have Marvel's martial arts hero teaming up with and often battling against much of the rest of the Marvel Universe.
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Shang-Chi Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters | Review
Marvel's Shang-Chi finally gets the spotlight in a new series by an ideal writer, although the art leaves something to be desired in Shang-Chi By Gene Luen Yang Vol. 1: Brothers & Sisters
Review: Superman Smashes the Klan
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
Gene Yuen Lang's 'Dragon Hoops' was getting a lot of buzz even before it was published, and Esther tells us why!
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Review: ‘Superman Smashes The Klan Part One’
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’
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
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’
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 […]
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