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 [...]
illustrated by Mike Holmes published by First Second Books recommended for Fifth Grade and Up Volume 1 and Volume 2 (Paths & Portals) AVAILABLE NOW! Volume 3 (Secrets & Sequences) available on March 7, 2017! Volume 4 (Robots & Repeats) available on October 3, 2017! Visit the Secret Coders website! I love comic books and I love coding. For [...]
colored by Lark Pien published by First Second Books recommended for High School and Up, or Middle School in Moderated Settings I started American Born Chinese about five years into my comics career. (Though at the time, it was less a career and more a hobby since I wasn't making any money at it.) I'd done a couple [...]
colored by Lark Pien published by First Second Books recommended for High School and Up The Boxer Rebellion was fought Chinese soil over 100 years ago. Back then, the Chinese government was incredibly weak. Western powers were able to establish concessions – pieces of land that functioned as colonies – all across China. The poor, hungry, illiterate teenagers [...]
illustrated by Sonny Liew lettered by Janice Chiang published by First Second Books recommended for Middle School and Up I've wanted to do a superhero book for a long, long time. I finally get to in The Shadow Hero. Illustrator extraordinaire Sonny Liew and I tell the story of Hank Chu, a mild-mannered Chinese American teenager growing up [...]
illustrated by Thien Pham published by First Second Books recommended for Middle School and Up How do you decide what to do with your life? This question took up much of my head space when I was in my late teens, and it's also the central question of this book. This is video games vs. med [...]
illustrated by Derek Kirk Kim published by First Second Books recommended for High School and Up There's a self-hate that goes along with being a geek sometimes. Yes, we're into comic books and video games and all sorts of not-for-real-stuff, and usually we're proud of it. But every now and then -- after a nine-hour Lord of the Rings [...]
colored by Derek Kirk Kim published by First Second Books recommended for Middle School and Up I can't tell you how thrilled I was when my agent told me that the New York Times (NEW! YORK! TIMES!) wanted me to do a story for them. Newpaper cartoonists are a special breed of smart. I mean, you [...]
pencilled by John Romita Jr, Howard Porter, and Others inked by Klaus Janson and Others colored by Dean White, Hi-Fi, and Others In December 2014, my agent called me. She'd just had a conversation with the folks at DC Comics, and they asked if I'd be interested in writing Superman. SUPERMAN. In the history of storytelling, [...]
co-written with Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko illustrated by Gurihiru published by Dark Horse Comics recommended for Middle School and Up Three or so episodes into the Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series, I was hooked. When it ended, I cried rivers. When I found out Nickelodeon was making a sequel series called The Last Airbender: Legend of [...]
