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June 14, 2009
20 Down, 32 To Go "The Eternal Smile" (52 Books, 52 Weeks)
Gene Luen Yang burst into the comics world with his National Book Award-winning 2006 graphic novel, American Born Chinese. The Eternal Smile is his much-anticipated followup, a collection of three graphic short stories.
The amazing thing about these stories is their variety. A medieval prince defeats his greatest rival in the first, a gold-hungry frog exploits his fellow amphibians in the second, and a Nigerian e-mail scam is at the center of the third. The illustrator, Derek Kirk Kim, draws every story in a different style as well. These stories range from outrageous to utterly believable, but always present a world where fantasy and reality collide, worlds Yang excels in creating.
For one month, enter the coupon code "LHB001" at Atomic Books and receive 15% off this title.
My next book is Ho! The Morally Questionable Cartoons of Ivan Brunetti , by Ivan Brunetti.
also at Largehearted Boy:
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2009 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2008 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2007 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2006 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2005 Edition)
52 Books, 52 Weeks (2004 Edition)
Online "best of 2008" book lists
Book Notes (authors create playlists for their book)
Note Books (musicians discuss literature)
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