ewee (5/26): American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
[another from my weekend of book gluttony. let's hear it for credit cards and retail therapy!]ok, first off, i've met gene yang, tho i'm not sure he'd remember me. but he was one of a handful of graphic artists at my very tenative first public zine experience. [who knew that that was also the first time i got to check out dhamaal? -- apature has been very good to me...]
but enough who's who, back to the book.
this book is beautifully crafted -- it's obviously a work of love. everything from the drawing to the color to the writing to the actual book itself is gorgeous. it has much of the elements i love in graphic novels -- interesting story/character development, crisp clean design, beautifully drawn panels, and clever use of comics as a medium. the three stories are defty woven together, combining mythology, personal history, and even a bit of christianity (in a lowkey- gentle- palatable-to-agnositic-fools way) into one intriguing book. highly recommended. but hey, don't believe me? check out some pages yourself!
downside: no dog representation. (oh well. monkeys are cool.)
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posted by ewee at 11:13 AM
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[having just checked out all of the "some pages" freely available] Wow. So very much a work of love. You're dead on there. Good thing more pages weren't posted, or I would have just kept going, getting myself even further behind in my grading and (not) prepping than I already am. The only reading I'll be doing this year is vicariously through y'all, but I'm glad others are picking up my slack. Haven't actually bought a book in forever. But I wonder if any libraries have this...
Welcome to the party, missy. And thanks for picking up the torch. And carrying it with such flair.
(aw shucks...thanks!) the book is still pretty new, but go request it at the library! create demand! yay!
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