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Chinese Super-Man T-Shirt

By | June 1st, 2018|Categories: Gene's Blog|

The series finale issue of New Super-Man comes out this month! They still haven’t offered an official t-shirt for him yet, so I decided to make my own. If you want to make one too, just print out this image file onto iron-on transfer paper: Protip: “dark fabric” transfers work best even for light fabric t-shirts. [...]

SUPER / ASIAN

By | May 23rd, 2018|Categories: Gene's Blog|

I'm interviewing my friend Mariko Tamaki next month in San Francisco about her new graphic novel SUPERGIRL: BEING SUPER from DC Comics! Details here!

I’m coming to Cincinnati!

By | April 27th, 2018|Categories: Gene's Blog|

On Sunday May 6, 2018, I'll be at the Cincinnati Public Library as part of a big Children's Book Week celebration! More here.

Fresh Off The Boat + Free Comic Book Day

By | May 2nd, 2017|Categories: Gene's Blog|

I'm a huge fan of the Fresh Off The Boat television show. It's clever and funny, plus it taps into pieces of my childhood that I've rarely seen on a screen, large or small. So when the folks behind the show asked me to partner with them on a project, I jumped at the chance. Superheroes [...]

New Super-Man

By | September 22nd, 2016|Categories: Books & Comics, Gene's Blog|

illustrated by Viktor Bogdanovic, Richard Friend, and Hi-Fi Color published by DC Comics recommended for Seventh Grade and Up At the end of my Superman run,  DC Comics and I began talking about what I might do next for them.  When they first pitched me the idea of a Chinese Super-Man, I said NO.  Superman is all [...]

Reading Without Walls Video Podcast

By | August 31st, 2016|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

What's Reading Without Walls, you ask?  Find out here. This video podcast is just me having awkward conversations with people I admire.  I'm trying my best to do one of these every month!  Here are the episodes we've done so far:          

The Reading Without Walls Challenge

By | May 13th, 2016|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

So this crazy thing happened this past January.  The Library of Congress, Children's Book Council, and Every Child A Reader appointed me the fifth National Ambassador of Young People's Literature! Every National Ambassador picks a platform.  Mine is Reading Without Walls.  I want every kid -- every reader, really -- to explore the world through books.  [...]

Reading Without Walls at Live Oak

By | April 9th, 2016|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

Melissa McAvoy, librarian at Live Oak School in San Francisco, issued the Reading Without Walls challenge to her school! She made an awesome bulletin board promoting the initiative. You see all those little book-shaped stickers? Every one of them represents a book that was read by one of her students! Here's what Melissa said about the [...]

Unboxing A Package from DC Comics

By | January 26th, 2016|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

When I first heard about unboxing videos I thought they sounded so stupid. I checked one out anyway. Forty unboxing videos later, I must admit that I understand the appeal. Decided to make one of my own!

So this crazy thing happened…

By | January 23rd, 2016|Categories: Gene's Blog|Tags: , |

On January 4, the Library of Congress, Every Child A Reader, and the Children's Book Council appointed me the fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. My wife and I flew out to Washington D.C. for a fancy inauguration ceremony. I wore a fancy suit and got a fancy medal. I gave a speech to a [...]