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Serious Comics, Part 4: Avoiding the Subject
There are few things that get people riled up more quickly than politics and religion—but as it turns out there are plenty of comics that deal with the two. And as Ghandi once said, “Those who say...
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Wordstock Weekend Recap
Well, the Wordstock Book Festival is now over, and I had a fun (and exhausting) time. I was often bouncing back and forth between two or three panels because there were simply so many authors and...
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Wrapping Up Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month
Did you know that May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month? I didn’t until about halfway through the month, but, hey, now that it’s almost over here are a couple fun ways to celebrate with your...
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Bounded Enthusiasm #4: Gene Yang and Sonny Liew on The Shadow Hero
Today’s episode of Bounded Enthusiasm is a double interview with Gene Yang and Sonny Liew, author and illustrator (respectively) of The Shadow Hero, a new comic book just out today from First Second...
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The Geekly Reader: Prime Baby by Gene Luen Yang
Thaddeus K. Fong is not a nice kid. He didn’t invite anybody to his birthday party so he could eat all the cake himself (and only invited his grandma because she’s diabetic). He has dreams of world...
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The Secret Origins of Level Up
Next month Gene Luen Yang, author of Prime Baby and Eternal Smile among other things, has a new graphic novel coming out: Level Up. It’s the story of a young man whose parents have a plan for him:...
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Level Up: A Graphic Novel About Videogames and Asian Parenting
Level Up. Photo: GeneYang.com, used with permission. Do you ever feel like you’re a disappointment to your parents? Or that they have extremely high expectations for you, plans for your life that...
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Legends of the Joystick: Where Are They Now?
An excerpt of the Mario cartoon from Legends of the Joystick. Gene Luen Yang and Thien Pham, author and illustrator of the recent Level Up graphic novel, have been having fun with classic video game...
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2 Previews From First Second Books
I don’t do a lot of announcements about upcoming books, but these two from First Second Books are worth mentioning. Paul Pope (who created the bizarre dystopian Batman: Year 100) has an upcoming book...
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5 Questions With a 5-Year-Old: One Year Later
What did you want to be when you were 5? What Is 5 Questions With a 5-Year-Old? About a year ago, I took my daughter (Zoey) to a performance of the musical Once on This Island that was directed by...
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Bounded Enthusiasm #15: Gene Luen Yang, Reading Ambassador
Gene Luen Yang was recently appointed the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. It’s been a little while since my last Bounded Enthusiasm episode–it turns out that doing a weekly Stack...
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‘Secret Coders’— A Comic With a Mystery and Programming
My hunt for resources to use this summer for my Beginning Game Programming camp continues. There’s no shortage of books and online tutorials and software tools, but it’s wading through it all and...
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Teen Comics Workshop at SDCC
My sixteen-year-old daughter was keen to attend a manga-drawing workshop at SDCC. We arrived at the appointed room nearly an hour early, having been unable to get into the Jim Henson panel I had hoped...
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Everyone Should Meet The Shadow Hero
Image By First Second “Look at this.” I showed page twenty-nine of The Shadow Hero to my daughter, who has been taking a comics and cartooning class. “You see how your eye flows around the page, the...
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Gene Luen Yang Talks About The Shadow Hero
Image by First Second. I hope everyone has picked up a copy of The Shadow Hero for you and your kids’ summer reading. If not, read my review on why you should! Plus, here’s an interview with the...
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Learn Computer Science Concepts With This New Graphic Novel
There’s a brand new graphic novel on the market this week, and it merges fiction, programming, puzzles, and a big mystery! Secret Coders follows the story of Hopper, a girl who is starting at a new...
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Black Canary’s Space-Time Sound Warp
Topping the list of our DC Comic reviews this week is an issue of Black Canary that utterly belongs to Annie Wu, as she draws a wordless battle of sound, a concept that reminded me of Superman singing...
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Stack Overflow: Celebrating 10 Years of First Second Books
Ten years ago, First Second Books was a brand-new publisher bent on putting out a few, select graphic novels from promising young talent. They saw a growing industry, an untapped market, and a lot of...
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The New 52 Superman and Green Arrow: Missed Opportunities
The Warg but not the mastermind. From Green Arrow #50, copyright DC Comics Superman is one of the most recognizable comic characters in the entire world and is the co-star of a movie later this month....
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DC This Week –‘Nightwing’ Comes Back Strong
Nightwing #1 cover, image via DC Comics This week in DC, we’ve got a trio of new releases. Both Corrina and I think Nightwing is a strong comeback for Dick Grayson to his classic role, while we were a...
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