Hi! I'm Gene Luen Yang. Thanks for visiting my site! I began publishing comic books under the name Humble Comics in 1996. In 1997, I got the Xeric Grant for Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks. (If you're interested in creating comics yourself, check out the Xeric Foundation. They're a great organization!) Since then I've written and drawn a number of stories in comics. American Born Chinese, released by First Second Books in 2006, became the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association's Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album - New. The Eternal Smile, a collaborative project I did with Derek Kirk Kim in 2009, just got nominated for an Eisner as well. In April 2010, I had two graphic novels released: Prime Baby and Animal Crackers. In addition to cartooning, I teach computer science at a Catholic high school in California.

If you'd like to talk to me about my comics, using comics in education, or anything else, contact me.