The year is 1946, and the Lee family has moved from Chinatown to Downtown Metropolis. While Dr. Lee is eager to begin his new position at the Metropolis Health Department, his two kids, Roberta and Tommy, are more excited about being closer to the famous superhero Superman!
Gene Luen Yang began making comics and graphic novels more than 15
years ago. In 2006 his book American Born Chinese was published by
First Second Books. It became the first graphic novel to be
nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the
American Library Association's Printz Award. It also won an Eisner
Award for Best Graphic Album - New. In 2013, First Second Books
released Boxers & Saints, his two-volume graphic novel about the
Boxer Rebellion. It was nominated for a National Book Award and won
the L.A. Times Book Prize. He made his mainstream comics debut on
Superman, with artists John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson.
His other works include the comics continuation of the popular
Nickelodeon cartoon Avatar- The Last Airbender. Currently he writes
New Super-Man for DC Comics.
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