Gene Luen Yang and the quintessential American superhero, Superman
A deep dive into Gene Luen Yang's body of work and how led him to become the best modern Superman writer
Gene Luen Yang is a MacArthur Genius recipient, an Ambassador for Young People’s Literature as appointed by the Library Of Congress, and a teacher and educator. He is one of the best and finest cartoonists in Western Comics, and he is also an equally accomplished comics writer when he is not drawing.
Yang's work has been incredibly varied and diverse, spanning from genres like historical interpretation (Boxers & Saints) to contemporary coming-of-age dramas (American Born Chinese) to sports epics (Dragon Hoops) to educational comics about coding (Secret Coders). He’s worked on and created short-stories, anthologies, mini-series, maxi-series, ongoing titles, and original graphic novels. Yang is, simply put, a creator who can do anything and everything.
But over the past decade, Gene Luen Yang has become known for something else too, something much more specific:
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