Gene Luen Yang began making comic books in the fifth grade. He has since written and drawn a number of titles. His 2006 book,
American Born Chinese, was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association's Michael L. Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album
—New. His 2013 two-volume graphic novel,
Boxers & Saints, was nominated for both the National Book Award and the
LA Times Book Award. Gene currently writes the graphic novel continuation of the popular Nickelodeon cartoon,
Avatar: The Last Airbender.
The Shadow Hero, his comic book series with Sonny Liew, revived the Green Turtle, an obscure 1940s character who is arguably the first Asian-American superhero.
The Shadow Hero is now available as individual digital issues via Amazon Kindle.
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