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THE BLOG IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE BLOG!
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As of today I'm officially retiring this blog! With the help of the good folks over at KickStart Media, I've started up a new website and blog here. Visit me there! Visit me often!]]>ABC the Song
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American Born Chinese.
I’m the new kid in school I just want to be cool But the cool kids are cruel Play me for a fool
Jin Wang’s my name Jin Jang’s not the same My surname’s not a game I feel so much shame
I’m human like you True my eyes aren’t blue But I have just two You know that I do
Black or blonde hair Dark skin or fair Why should you care What clothes I wear
REFRAIN Sell your soul If that’s your goal To fit in To fit in Take my soul My only goal To fit in To fit in
A childhood toy Brought me such joy I want to transform To my true form
Asian self I fled Turned dumplings to bread Afro style on my head Not fitting in I dread
Amelia I admire Sets my heart on fire I start to perspire More soap I require
You must set her free I disagree Anger burns in me So I kiss Suzy
REFRAIN Sell your soul If that’s your goal To fit in To fit in Take my soul My only goal To fit in To fit in
I won’t shed a tear Would be insincere Being you I fear You need to disappear
I crossed the line Took what wasn’t mine My dream was a sign As Danny I’ll be fine
Living life as a lie I have to try Jin-Wang good-bye Now I must die
The Monkey King’s real Said Danny’s ideal My true form can reveal Now I must heal
REFRAIN Sell your soul If that’s your goal To fit in To fit in Take my soul My only goal To fit in To fit in]]>SJ Comics Fest
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SLG Publishing is hosting a mini comics convention at their warehouse tomorrow (Saturday 11/13) from noon until 5pm. I'll be there, as will a number of SLG cartoonists. Thien Pham, my collaborator on Level Up, will be there, too! It'll be really intimate (read: small), which means you can come by and chat it up with a cartoonist for hours and hours and nobody will mind. It's also totally FREE! Come by if you can!
Here's the address:
577 S. Market Street San Jose, CA 95113
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My review of Suzy Lee's Shadow and Jeannie Baker's Mirror was printed in the New York Times over the weekend. It's also available online here.]]>Colorado Language Arts Society and CSU Sacramento
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On Tuesday 11/16, I'll be doing a presentation at 3pm at Cal State University, Sacramento. I'll post more details when I have them. Hopefully.]]>Strange Tales Vol. 2 #1 Available Today!
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your friendly neighborhood comic shop and buy yourself a copy of Strange Tales Vol. 2 #1 right now! Check out this amazing cover by artist extraordinaire Rafael Grampa:
In addition to Grampa, this one issue features comics goodness from Kate Beaton! Jeffrey Brown! Nicholas Gurewitch! Kevin Huizenga! Jeff Lemire! Frank Santoro! Dash Shaw! Jillian Tamaki! Johnen Vasquez! Shannon Wheeler! And my first story ever for Marvel Comics, starring the Fabulous Frog-man!
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In just two days, Ohio State's 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art begins! The festival's already sold out, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. I'll be speaking there on Saturday about American Born Chinese. There are going to be many, many awesome aspiring and professional cartoonists there, including Art Spiegelman, James Sturm, and Matt Groening!
Details and schedule here.]]>Wanna Own A Page of Pure Awesomeness?
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Derek Kirk Kim has put some pages from The Eternal Smile up for sale. They look gorgeous in the book, but the originals are absolutely breath-taking. Something about watercolor doesn't scan quite right, so you really have to see these in person to get the full effect. They're pure 100% awesomeness.
CHECK 'EM OUT HERE!]]>Monkey King T-Shirts
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I got these t-shirts made right before Comic-Con this year, but a friend of mine has finally helped me put them up on the web for sale.
The shirt was designed by my brother-in-law and features the Monkey King as he appears in American Born Chinese.
Available in all adult sizes for $18.50 each, shipping included!
GET ONE TODAY!]]>Fu Chang
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If you're interested in reading the Fu Chang stories as they were originally published in Pep Comics, download them for free over at the Digital Comic Museum. You'll need to set up a login for yourself, but isn't a few minutes of inconvenience worth the hundreds of free, public domain comic book downloads? (Uh... Yes. In case you were wondering, the answer is yes.)]]>