Having taken his graphic novel AMERICAN BORN CHINESE to literary heights previously unscaled by graphic novels, just what is creator Gene Yang up to now? Well, he told CBR :
I’m currently working on a graphic novel with Thien Pham, a fellow Bay Area cartoonist. I wrote it, he did the break-downs, he’s pencilling, and I’m inking. It’s called “Three Angels,” and it’s loosely based on my brother’s experiences as a med school student.
My brother is in his fourth year at UCSF Medical School right now, and he comes back and tells me the craziest stories. After hearing a few of them, I told him, “These need to be in a comic. “And now, with the help of Thien, they will be.
One more ALA kudo for Gene Yang. The very first Great Graphic Novels for Teens list was announced by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, today. American Born Chinese is on that list, and also on the Top Ten of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
See the list at http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/07GGNT.htm