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b'\\u201cBeing an immigrant kid - your experience and your parents\\u2019 and your grandparents\\u2019 experiences are in three completely different worlds.\\u201d\\nGene Luen Yang is an award-winning cartoonist, storyteller, and teacher - whose been creating comics since the fifth grade. His 2006 graphic novel American Born Chinese will be a 2022 Disney+ TV series by Shang Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton. Two of Gene\\u2019s other two books - Dragon Hoops + Superman Smashes the Klan - won the 2020 Eisner (the Oscars for comics), and Raman\\u2019s reviewed them on his other podcast Quarantined Comics. Gene\\u2019s a former CS + Math teacher - who\\u2019s since gone on to work on some of the biggest name in pop culture and comics - including Avatar the Last AirBender, rebooting Shang Chi over @ Marvel Comics (before the hit movie), and having more than a few unique takes on DC\\u2019s Superman. Gene was named the Library of Congress\\u2019 fifth National Ambassador for Young People\\u2019s Literature, and has also received a MacArthur Genius Grant. Gene advocates for the importance of reading diversely - and makes his kids finish all of their projects. Raman tried really hard not to fanboy over one of his personal heroes...\\nLEARN ABOUT GENE LUEN YANG\\n\\ngeneyang.com\\n\\ntwitter.com/geneluenyang\\n\\nAmerican Born Chinese: goodreads.com/book/show/118944.American_Born_Chinese\\n\\n\\nSuperman Smashes the Klan TRAILER: youtu.be/LQ5ID_k_iBA\\n\\n\\nDragon Hoops: goodreads.com/book/show/44280830-dragon-hoops\\n\\n\\nMENTIONS\\n\\nCOMIC BOOK: Cyclopedia Exotica goodreads.com/book/show/53317432-cyclopedia-exotica\\n\\n\\nPERSON: Jason Shiga goodreads.com/author/show/469075.Jason_Shiga\\n\\n\\nPERSON: Lark Pien goodreads.com/author/show/2679817.Lark_Pien\\n\\n\\nPERSON: Derek Kirk Kim goodreads.com/author/show/150817.Derek_Kirk_Kim\\n\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'