Gene Luen Yang (Chinese: 楊謹倫) is a cartoonist, EP and the author of the original graphic novel that was adapted into the American Born Chinese original series.
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Yang's novel became the first graphic novel nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award. It also won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album. In addition to cartooning, he also teaches creative writing through Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults[2]. In 1996, Yang began self-publishing his own comics under the imprint Humble Comics. Yang went on to be published with First Second Books (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers)[3]. Yang was a part of a small Asian-American minority in his elementary school. He grew up wanting to be an animator for Disney. In third grade, he did a biographical report on Walt Disney, which is where he says his obsession started[4]. On October 4, 2021, it was announced that Disney+ had greenlit an adaptation of Yang's graphic novel and ordered it straight to series, with Destin Daniel Cretton directing and Charles Yu and Kelvin Yu writing the series[5].
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Gene Luen Yang on the Internet Movie Database- Gene Luen Yang on Wikipedia
- Gene Luen Yang (@geneluenyang) on Instagram
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- ↑ The Humble Comic - SF Gate
- ↑ - About Gene - Gene Yang.com
- ↑ About the Author Gene Luen Yang - Macmillan
- ↑ Author Gene Yang Speaks as Part of Graphic Novel Speakers Series - YouTube
- ↑ Disney+ Greenlights ‘American Born Chinese’ Series From Melvin Mar, Kelvin Yu & Jake Kasdan; ‘Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton To Direct - Deadline