Gene Luen Yang (; born August 9, 1973) is an American

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. He is a frequent lecturer on the subjects of

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s and comics, at comic book conventions and universities, schools, and libraries. In addition, he was the Director of Information Services and taught

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at Bishop O'Dowd High School in

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. In 2012, Yang joined the faculty at

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as a part of the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program. In 2016, the U.S.

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named him Ambassador for Young People's Literature.George Gene Gustines
"Library of Congress Anoints Graphic Novelist as Ambassador for Young People’s Literature"
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'', January 4, 2016. That year he became the third graphic novelist, alongside Lauren Redniss, to receive a

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Early life

Yang believes he was born in either Alameda or

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. He is the child of an electrical engineer from

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and a programmer who grew up in

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and Taiwan, both of whom emigrated to the United States. They met at the

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Library during graduate school. He has a younger brother. He grew up in a Catholic family, and his parents instilled in him a strong work ethic and reinforced their Asian culture. In a speech at

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, where he spoke as a part of a Graphic Novel Speaker Series, Yang recalled that both of his parents always told him stories during his childhood. Yang was a part of a small Asian-American minority in his elementary school. He grew up wanting to be an animator for

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. In third grade, he did a biographical report on

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, which is where he says his obsession started. This changed in fifth grade when his mother took him to their local bookstore where she bought him his first comic book, issue 57 of the

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series ''

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'', a book she agreed to buy because Yang's first choice, ''

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'' issue 99, featured the characters The Thing and

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on the cover, which she thought looked too frightening. Yang attended the

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for his undergraduate degree. He wanted to major in art but his father encouraged him to pursue a more "practical" field so Yang majored in computer science with a minor in creative writing.

Works

After graduating in 1995, Yang worked as a computer engineer for two years. However, after a five-day silent retreat, he felt he was meant to teach, and left his job as a computer engineer to teach computer science at a high school. As a teacher, he drew comics afterschool and during weekends. In 1996, Yang began self-publishing his own comics under the imprint Humble Comics. Yang went on to be published with ''First Second Books'' (an imprint of

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, SLG Publishing,

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, and Pauline Books & Media. In 1997, Yang first published comic ''Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks'' under his Humble Comics imprint, and it won him the Xeric Grant, a self-publishing grant for comic book creators. Yang later published two more installments in the ''Gordon Yamamoto'' mini-series and a sequel, ''Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order''. In 2010, both ''Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks'' series and ''Loyola Chin and the San Pelgrino Order'' were published together as ''Animal Crackers'' by

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. In 2006, Yang published '' American Born Chinese'' with First Second Publishing. Drawing upon the Chinese folk character of the trickster

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, the book tells the story of a school-age second-generation immigrant who struggles with his Chinese-American identity. Although Yang drew from his own experiences, the book is not autobiographical. In 2021

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ordered production of a television adaptation of the book. Yang's other works have been recognized as well. In 2009, Yang was awarded another Eisner Award for Best Short Story for his collaborative work ''The Eternal Smile'' which he wrote and Derek Kirk Kim illustrated. Yang was nominated for Eisner Awards for both ''Prime Baby'' and his collaborative work '' Level Up''. Yang wrote the ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' comics series for Dark Horse Comics, the first volume of which was released in January 2012. Yang's graphic novel, ''Boxers & Saints'', which was published by First Second Books in September 2013. In July 2016, DC Comics released the first issue of '' New Super-Man'', featuring a separate Chinese character in the Superman mold, written by Yang and drawn by Viktor Bogdanovic. In October 2019, Yang created a

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, ''

Superman Smashes the Klan ''Superman Smashes the Klan'' is a three-part superhero limited series comic book written by Gene Luen Yang with art by Gurihiru and published by DC Comics. It is a Superman story which is loosely based on the 1946 '' The Adventures of Superman ...

'', a loose adaptation of a famous 1946 story-arc from '' The Adventures of Superman'' radio series, "Clan of the Fiery Cross", in which an Asian-American family is threatened by the

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and a young and unsure Superman is determined to protect the children from the terrorists. Making his

debut in 2020, Yang wrote a miniseries starring the martial arts superhero

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. According to Yang, the series explores the relationship between Shang-Chi and his archenemy father

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, who was originally the infamous villain

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. In May 2021, in celebration of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, DC Comics launched the hero Monkey Prince, created by Yang and

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. Yang advocates the use of comics and graphic novels as educational tools in the classroom. In his final project for his master's degree at

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, he emphasized the educational strength of comics, claiming they are motivating, visual, permanent, intermediary, and popular. As a part of his Master's project, Yang created an online comic called ''Factoring with Mr. Yang & Mosley the Alien'' as a method of teaching math. This idea came from a time where Yang was substitute teaching a math class at Bishop O'Dowd. Due to the position of Director of Information Services he held at the school, he was forced to miss classes and used the comics to help the students learn the concepts in his absence. Positive student feedback inspired him to use the idea for his Master's project. In 2018, Yang joined the board of directors of the

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, a non-profit organization founded in 1986 chartered to protect the

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rights of the comics community.

Awards and recognition

''American Born Chinese'' won the annual

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from the

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, which recognizes the year's "best book written for teens, based entirely on its literary merit". It was the first graphic novel to be a finalist for the

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, Young People's Literature, and won an

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for best new graphic album. It has been on the ''

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'' top Ten Graphic Novel for Youth;

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Holiday Pick, ''

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'' Comics Week Best Comic of the Year, ''

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'' Best Book of the Year, the National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book, the

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2006/2007 Best Graphic Album – New, ''

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'' Top Ten Comic of the Year, and

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Best Graphic Novel/Comic of the year. In January 2016, Yang began serving a two-year term as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, a program organized by the Children's Book Council, Every Child a Reader, and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. In that same year, he served as honorary chair for the

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. Yang was named to the 2016 class of the

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, receiving what is commonly called the "Genius Grant". The MacArthur Foundation that names the fellows said that his "work for young adults demonstrates the potential of comics to broaden our understanding of diverse cultures and people." In 2020, Yang won two

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for his works: ''Dragon Hoops'' for Book of the Year and ''

'' for Best Children or Young Adult Book. At the 2021 Eisner Awards, ''Superman Smashes the Klan'' won both Best Publication for Kids and Best Adaptation from Another Medium while ''Dragon Hoops'' won Best Publication for Teens. In 2023, Yang was awarded the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature.

Personal life

Yang is married to Theresa Kim, a development director for an elementary school. The couple have four children.

Selected works

*''The Rosary Comic Book'' (Pauline Books & Media, 2003) A graphic novel telling of the stories behind the mysteries of the

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in which each panel represents one of the prayers. *''Animal Crackers'' ( SLG Publishing, 2004) Featuring ''Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks'' and ''Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order''. *'' American Born Chinese'' (

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, 2006) *''The Eternal Smile'' (First Second Books, 2009). A collection of three short stories. *''Prime Baby'' (First Second Books, 2010) Thaddeus is upset to discover that not only is his baby sister (whom he hates) an inter-dimensional conduit for peace-loving aliens, but that nobody will believe him. *'' Level Up'' (First Second Books, 2011) Dennis Ouyang's parents expect him to go to medical school instead of becoming a professional gamer. He finds himself trapped on the path to medical school by four angels and must find a way out. *'' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', illustrated by

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(

, 2012–2017): **'' The Promise'' (

, 2012) **'' The Search'' (Dark Horse Comics, 2013) **'' The Rift'' (Dark Horse Comics, 2014) **'' Smoke and Shadow'' (Dark Horse Comics, 2016) **'' North and South'' (Dark Horse Comics, 2017) * ''Boxers'' and ''Saints'' (First Second Books, 2013), Two novels set during the

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, ''Boxers'' describes the "bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers" who "roam the countryside bullying and robbing Chinese peasants". Little Bao, "harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods", recruits an army of Boxers, "commoners trained in kung fu who fight to free China from 'foreign devils. ''Saints'' concerns an unwanted and unwelcome fourth daughter, Four-Girl, who finally finds friendship in Christianity. But bands of young men roam the countryside, murdering Westerners and Chinese Christians alike. She will have to decide whether she is willing to die for her faith. ''Boxers and Saints'' won the 2013 ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, was nominated for the 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel, and was a 2013 National Book Award finalist. *''The Shadow Hero'', illustrated by

Sonny Liew Sonny Liew (born 26 September 1974) is a Malaysia-born comic artist/illustrator based in Singapore. He is best known for '' The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye'' (2015), the first graphic novel to win the Singapore Literature Prize for fiction. ...

(First Second Books, 2014) An origin story for the obscure Golden-Age comic book hero The Green Turtle, who is thought to be the first Asian-American superhero. *''Shadow Hero Comics'' #1, illustrated by

(

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, 2017) A one-shot released for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, featuring a kid-friendly story where the Green Turtle teams up with a new alien partner, Miss Stardust. *''

'' Vol.3 #41–50, illustrated by John Romita Jr. and

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(

, 2015–2016) *'' Secret Coders'', illustrated by Mike Holmes (First Second, 2015–) *#''Secret Coders'', 2015 *#''Paths & Portals'', 2016 *#''Secrets & Sequences'', 2017 *#''Robots & Repeats'', 2017 *#''Potions & Parameters'', 2018 *#''Monsters & Modules'', 2018 *''New Super-Man'' #1–18, series about a Chinese Superman, Kong Kenan (DC Comics, 2016–2018) *''New Super-Man and the Justice League of China'', the series concludes the adventures of Kong Kenan and the other Chinese heroes (DC Comics, 2018) *''Free Comic Book Day:

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'' #1 (Boom! Comics, 2017) *''

'' (DC Comics, 2019–2020) *''The Terrifics'' #15–30 (DC Comics, 2019–2020) *'' Dragon Hoops'' (First Second Books, 2020) *''Shang-Chi'' (Marvel Comics, 2020–2022) *'' Batman/Superman'' #16–22 (DC Comics, 2021) *'' Monkey Prince'' (DC Comics, 2021–2023) *''Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings'' (Marvel Comics, 2022) *''Shang-Chi: Master of the Ten Rings'' (Marvel Comics, 2023) *'' Lazarus Planet'' (DC Comics, 2023) **''Lazarus Planet: Alpha'', 2023 **''Lazarus Planet: Omega'', 2023 *''

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'' Vol. 7 #33 (Marvel Comics, 2023) *''Lunar New Year Love Story'', illustrated by LeUyen Pham (First Second Books, 2024)

Anthologies

*''Up All Night'' (Harper Collins) – 14-page short story *'' Secret Identities'' (The New Press) – 12-page short story *''Strange Tales II'' (Marvel Comics) – 4-page short story *''Nursery Rhyme Comics'' (First Second Books) – 1-page short story *''Shattered'' (The New Press) – 4-page short story *''Open Mic'' (Candlewick) – 4-page short story *''Comic Squad: Recess!'' (Random House) – 12-page short story

References

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