In any case, you should check out Christine's latest:
She passed me a copy and it's a really fun read. Strong characterization and storytelling with some authentic teenage fashion thrown in! Perfect for middle and high school kids of both genders, I think.
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Just finished this book last night. Liked it A LOT. I'm not sure how historically accurate it is, though. The portrait Min paints of the Empress Dowager is very different from others I've encountered.
I had the pleasure of meeting the author at a San Francisco Public Library event over the summer. She impressed me. It's no small task to become a bestselling author in a language that is not your first.
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This past weekend, Lark Pien won a Harvey Award for Best Colorist for her work on ABC! Lark is part of the Bay Area comics crew I've hung out with for the past ten years and an absolutely brilliant cartoonist. She has more color sense in her pinky toenail than I do in my entire being. As my dad put it to me once, "I never thought you could draw all that well, but Lark's colors make it look like you can draw really well!"
CONGRATULATIONS LARK!
I was nominated for a Harvey too, but lost to Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon. If you haven't read this book yet, do yourself a favor and get your hands on a copy. It's one of my three favorite graphic novels of 2006. The other two are Curses by Kevin Huizenga Fun Home by Alison Bechdel. (For you school librarians out there: Pride of Baghdad and Curses are appropriate for teens, Fun Home is a bit more adult.) Congratulations Brian and Niko!
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Just got a letter from Jessica Doyle, First Lady of Wisconsin, telling me that American Born Chinese has been selected as a January 2008 featured book for her Read On Wisconsin program. It sounds like an amazing program! Thanks so much for reading my book, Wisconsin!
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Here's more info about the Museum of Chinese in the Americas event I'll be at later this month:
THINKING INSIDE THE BOX:
ASIAN AMERICANS IN THE COMIC BOOK AND GRAPHIC NOVEL WORLD
September 15 at 7PM
Museum of Chinese in the Americas (MOCA)
70 Mulberry Street 2nd floor
@ Bayard St. NY , NY 10013
Members $3/Non-Members $5
Please call for info and to RSVP:
(212) 619-4785 ext. 106
Featuring:
LARRY HAMA is a writer/cartoonist/illustrator who has worked in comics, television, and film. He is best known as the writer of Marvel's G.I. Joe comics in the 80s, and as the writer of Marvel's Wolverine in the 90s.
CHRISTINE NORRIE has worked extensively as an artist and comic illustrator since 2000 with no formal art training. Her most noted works include her original graphic novel Cheat, the Oni Press series Hopeless Savages, and the newly released graphic novel Breaking Up.
JANN JONES is an coordinating editor for DC Comics who has worked on adding three new titles: Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam, Tiny Titans, and Super Friends to the DC comics line.
JAE LEE first rose to prominence in the industry for his work on Marvel's Namor the Sub-Mariner, Inhumans (for which he won an Eisner Award), and The Sentry, as well as his creator-owned character Hellshock at Image Comics. Lee is currently working on The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born.
GENE YANG's graphic novel American Born Chinese was named a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award in the young people's literature category. This was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award.
I don't think the museum's posted information about this on their website yet, but I'm sure they will soon. Larry Hama, in case you don't know, is the guy who invented Storm Shadow! $3-$5 to meet the guy who invented Storm Shadow! How can you pass that up?!
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