Superman was created in the late 1930s, and humankind’s idea of what the future would be was very different. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
I was a superhero fan in the ’90s, so I’m definitely familiar with John Romita, Jr. In fact, when I was in high school, I would go to local conventions and line up and get his signature. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
Shadow Hero’ was my first superhero story. I don’t know why it took so long. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
We’re afraid of writing characters different from ourselves because we’re afraid of getting it wrong. We’re afraid of what the Internet might say. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
Avatar: The Last Airbender’ creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have, along with their team, painstakingly planned out the Avatarverse. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
The project that I did between ‘Boxer & Saints’ was ‘The Shadow Hero,’ which is illustrated by Sonny Liew, an artist who lives in Singapore. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
Ch’in Shih-huang is the first emperor of China. He united seven separate kingdoms into a single nation. He built the Great Wall and was buried with the terra-cotta soldiers. The Chinese have mixed feelings about him. They’re proud of the nation he created, but he was a maniacal tyrant. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
I was a huge fan of the Bruce Timm animated series and, of course, the live action ‘Lois & Clark’ series. I watched that when I was in college. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
When ‘American Born Chinese’ started getting a lot of attention, I freaked out a little bit because I realized that up until then I had just been doing comics by following my gut. I didn’t really know much about plot structure or anything; I kind of just followed my gut. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
Writing for myself and writing for another artist are two very different experiences. When I handle both the story and the art, I have full control. I can endlessly tweak every word and every line. Gene Luen Yang Read Quote
