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Gene Luen Yang Special Guest on It’s A Question Of Balance with Ruth Copland Saturday September 27th 9-10 PM

 

This week as my special guest from the arts I’m pleased to be interviewing award-winning graphic novel author and academic Gene Luen Yang. Gene began publishing comic books under the name Humble Comics in 1996 and has written and drawn many award-winning original books since. He is a co-writer of the continuation of Nickelodeon’s popular TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender in  graphic novel form. Gene also teaches at Hamline University as part of their MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. If you think graphic novels are just for the young think again. These books have a large adult following and are an art-form in their own right. Gene is appearing live on Monday September 29th at 6:30 pm at our very own Bookshop Santa Cruz, so if you enjoy the interview, you can meet him in person and get a book signed! In 1997, Gene was awarded the Xeric Grant for Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks. 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 and is now in print in over 10 languages. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album – New. Gene was awarded the San Francisco Chronicle’s Best Book of the Year and The Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book Award. The Eternal Smile, a collaborative project Gene completed with Derek Kirk Kim in 2009, won an Eisner as well. In September of 2013, First Second Books released Gene’s two-volume graphic novel project Boxers and Saints. Gene’s latest book The Shadow Boxer has just come out to great reviews. Join me Saturday 9-10 PM to find out more about the life and art of this award-winning graphic novelist! For more info and to hear previous shows visit www.itsaquestionofbalance.com

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