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Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang
Chinese Writer
Born: Aug 9, 1973
About Comics First Me Think You
Related authors: Ayn Rand Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Niccolo Machiavelli Thomas Mann Thomas Paine Voltaire
Creativity requires input, and that's what research is. You're gathering material with which to build. Gene Luen Yang
You Creativity Build Research Gathering Input Material Which Requires
There's something about the intimacy of comics that gives you a false bravado; you don't always consider the consequences. Gene Luen Yang
You Consequences Consider Intimacy About Something Gives Always Comics False Bravado
For 'Boxers and Saints', the tension between Eastern and Western ways of thinking was very personal for me, and I needed to control every aspect. Gene Luen Yang
Me Control Every Thinking Ways Eastern Tension Between Boxers Saints Western Very Personal Aspect Needed
'The Green Turtle' wasn't all that popular. He lasted only five issues of Blazing Comics before disappearing into obscurity. Gene Luen Yang
Before Lasted Only Obscurity He Disappearing Blazing Comics Issues Five Green Turtle Popular
I grew up on monthly comics. My closet is full of monthly comics. I've always wanted to do a monthly comic, and while I've had a couple of offers, the timing has never worked out. Most superhero comics come into the world as monthly series, so we wanted the same for 'The Shadow Hero.' Gene Luen Yang
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Dichotomies are an inherent part of comics, aren't they? Comics are both pictures and words. They blend time and space. Many feature characters with dual identities like Bruce Wayne/Batman. Cartoonists also tend to live dichotomous lives because many of us have day jobs. Gene Luen Yang
Time Day Words Space Live Characters Jobs Cartoonists Bruce Feature Both Tend Part Blend Pictures Like Also Identities Because Dual Comics Time And Space Us Inherent Many Lives
My brain subconsciously limits itself to panel compositions that my hand can actually draw. Gene Luen Yang
Panel Draw Limits Subconsciously Brain Hand Itself Actually
I think there is always romantic tension between Lois Lane and Clark Kent. Gene Luen Yang
Think Clark Tension Between Always Romantic Lane Kent
The project that I did between 'Boxer & Saints' was 'The Shadow Hero,' which is illustrated by Sonny Liew, an artist who lives in Singapore. Gene Luen Yang
Hero Project Shadow Sonny Between Singapore Boxer Saints Did Artist Which Who Lives Illustrated
Both my mother and my father grew up in Asia, in a time of political instability. They'd earned college degrees before setting foot in the States but had to work menial jobs early on in order to make ends meet. Gene Luen Yang
Work Time Mother Political Father College Before Setting Earned Meet States Jobs Degrees Both Instability Foot Had Make Up Ends Order Grew Asia Early
The Boxer Rebellion is a war that was fought on Chinese soil in the year 1900. The Europeans, the Japanese and their Chinese Christian allies were on one side. On the other were poor, starving, illiterate Chinese teenagers whom the Europeans referred to as the Boxers. Gene Luen Yang
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In 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized 120 saints of China, 87 of whom were ethnically Chinese. My home church was incredibly excited because this was the first time the Roman Catholic Church acknowledged Chinese citizens in this way. Gene Luen Yang
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I think, pretty much like everyone around my age, I grew up playing those classic video games. I wouldn't say I was addicted to them, but I definitely liked them. Gene Luen Yang
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Every superhero has this superhero identity and a civilian identity. A lot of their lives are about code switching. Gene Luen Yang
Every Superhero About Civilian Identity Lot Code Lives Switching
I've tried to write from my own understanding of identity in all my comics, whether it's about superheroes or historical conflicts or monkey gods. Gene Luen Yang
Understanding Own Monkey Tried About Superheroes My Own Write Identity Comics Historical Gods Whether Conflicts
I talk about religion because it's one of the ways human beings find power and belonging. Religion is more than just that - I think faith traditions give us ways to talk about experiences of the numinous, too - but power and belonging are a big part of it. Gene Luen Yang
Faith Religion Power Big Think Too Ways Find About Give More Part Talk Because Traditions Than Big Part Human Just Experiences Human Beings Us Beings Belonging
During the Cultural Revolution, the communists came in, and what they wanted to do was eradicate all sense of traditional Chinese culture. Gene Luen Yang
Culture Revolution Sense Eradicate Came Traditional Cultural Wanted Chinese Chinese Culture Communists
This is a profession for me, but I started off as a self-publisher working on my own schedule and my own stuff before moving on to graphic novels with First Second Books, where there was definitely a schedule, but it was very different from monthly comics. Gene Luen Yang
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In my classroom, I would start my lessons with a quick review of an old topic. Then, I would introduce a new topic. Finally, I would give my students a problem to solve on their own, one that would reinforce what I'd just taught. Gene Luen Yang
Problem Old Own Finally Topic Introduce Would Solve Give Classroom Students New Review Quick Just Taught Then Lessons Reinforce Start
'Shadow Hero' was my first superhero story. I don't know why it took so long. Gene Luen Yang
Hero Long First Took Shadow Superhero Know Story Why
I took a Logo programming class in fifth grade. Logo is a language specifically designed for the classroom environment. It was basically doodling through words. Gene Luen Yang
Class Words Language Programming Took Classroom Through Environment Grade Fifth Specifically Designed Basically
When I first started making comics, I was living with a bunch of guys, old college friends. We had this deal. At the end of each day, they would ask me how far I'd gotten on my comic. And if I hadn't made my goals, they were supposed to make me feel really bad about myself. They happily obliged. Gene Luen Yang
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Many Japanese families moved to Taiwan during the occupation. Then, when the war ended, they were forced to move back. And at the macro level, the Taiwanese had every reason to cheer when the Japanese left. The Japanese military could often be incredibly brutal. The Taiwanese lived as second-class citizens on their own land. Gene Luen Yang
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My experience of Chinese culture is indirect, through echoes. When I approach the cashier at my local Chinese supermarket, they switch to English before I've even said a word. They somehow know that I'm not quite Chinese enough. Gene Luen Yang
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My experiences growing up in both a Chinese American household and the Catholic Church define much of who I am. Gene Luen Yang
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I got these big coffee table books about Chinese opera from the local library, and I loved looking through them. I loved studying the intricate costumes and figuring out how to 'cartoonify' them. Gene Luen Yang
Library Coffee Looking Big Local Books Intricate Out Table About Costumes Through Studying Opera Got How Loved Chinese Them Figuring Coffee Table
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