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By: Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » Via Colonel Joey

Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » Via Colonel Joey — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:17:28 +0000

[...] American Born Chinese nominated for National Book Award October 11th, 2006 Posted By: Joey Manley The book collection of American Born Chinese (one of the original Modern Tales strips) by Gene Yang has been nominated for the National Book Award in the category of â€œYoung Peopleâ€™s Literature.â€? This is a very big deal. Itâ€™s probably the most prestigious American literary award. When I was in creative writing school, anyway, everybody I knew (teachers and students alike) all paid a lot more attention to the National Book Award than, for example, the Pulitzer. Congrats, Gene! Good luck!” [...]

By: Journalista » Blog Archive » Sept. 13, 2006: Because who doesn’t want free stuff?

Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:19:41 +0000

[...] Fleen’s Gary Tyrell is the latest critic to be impressed by Gene Yang’s forthcoming American Born Chinese. [...]

By: Howard Tayler

Howard Tayler — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:35:37 +0000

Gary, the “other-other hand” is the GRIPPING hand.

By: One-liners

One-liners — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:14:27 +0000

Wait, there’s age requirements for creating comics now? Shit!

By: Bernie

Bernie — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:59:40 +0000

Thanks, Gary. I just ordered my copy on Amazon. I never had to deal with much ignorance myself, as an Asian-American growing up in as diverse a place as NYC, but you can’t help but see plenty of racism (as you say, both casual and overt) among the diversity around you. I can’t wait to read Gene’s book.

Also, we Asians look notoriously young – you can’t go by just that photo of Gene. I’m gettin’ up there in the years myself, but I still get “so what’s your major?” a lot at the frat parties I attend.

Also also, sorry I missed you guys at the McCloud signing. Had a conflict.

By: Mr. Myth

Mr. Myth — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:09:31 +0000

I remember how much I enjoyed that when it was on Modern Tales – but like many strips, lost track of it when it left. I’ll definitely have to get a copy of that and see how all the elements come together!