co-written with Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko illustrated by Gurihiru published by Dark Horse Comics recommended for Middle School and Up available as a collected hardcover or as three individual graphic novels 2008: I'm watching the very last episode of Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender. Zuko asks Ozai what happened to his mom, the scene cuts, I yell [...]
co-written with Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko illustrated by Gurihiru published by Dark Horse Comics recommended for Middle School and Up available as a collected hardcover or as three individual graphic novels For a variety of reasons, we decided to leave Toph out of The Search. Although it was a hard decision, it was the right one. But [...]
published by Pauline Books & Media recommended for Middle School and Up I've always struggled with how to incorporate my faith into my comics in an authentic way. One Lent, I decided to do a comic adaptation of the Rosary Prayer rather than giving up chocolate or soda. It was eventually published by the good sisters at [...]
published by SLG Publishing recommended for Middle School and Up This one handy volume collects Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks and Loyola Chin and the San Peligran Order, my first two graphic novels. Gordon Yamamoto started off as a 28-page comic that I self-published with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. Loyola Chin was originally published [...]
Contribution: 12 page Short Story published by Random House Books for Young Readers recommended for Elementary School and Up When the incredible Holms siblings invited me to contribute to this anthology, I felt like I was getting asked to join the Justice League of Kids' Comics. I mean, check out who else is in this thing: [...]
Contribution: 4 page Short Story published by Candlewick recommended for Middle School and Up Celebrated editor Mitali Perkins pulls together 10 pieces about race. Usually people put on their serious faces when they talk about race. Here, we do it with a smile. Many of my favorite YA authors have contributed, and the book is diverse [...]
Contribution: 1 page Short Story published by First Second Books recommended for Birth and Up It was a real honor to be included this beautifully-designed anthology. Fifty cartoonists (including the great Lark Pien! The great Vera Brosgol! And the great Mike Mignola!) adapt fifty classic nursery rhymes. I did a space-age version of "Pat-A-Cake." I bet [...]
Contribution: 4 page Short Story published by Marvel Comics recommended for High School and Up Ever since I bought Spectacular Spider-man #86 in the fifth grade and hugged it tightly to my chest while watching Spider-man and his Amazing Friends, I've dreamed of drawing for Marvel Comics. As I grew older, however, my own deficiencies as [...]
Contribution: 12-page Short Story illustrated by Sonny Liew published by The New Press recommended for Middle School and Up Asian-American superheroes! I dare you to name three. ("There's Jubilee... and uh, Shang-Chi the Master of Kung Fu... and does Psylocke after she gets race-swapped by ninjas count?") Well, after you read Secret Identities you'll be able [...]
Contribution: 4-page Short Story illustrated by Sonny Liew published by The New Press recommended for Middle School and Up Secret Identities turned out so awesome that the editors decided to go for Round 2! Shattered delivers more stories about superpowered Asian Americans by Asian American writers and artists. Contributors include Bernard Chang (Supergirl), Sean Chen (Iron [...]