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Stan Yan

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Children's, Graphic Novels, Horror

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Bill Watterson, Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, Ryan Andrews, Jen Wang

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Stan is an award-winning, first generation American-born-Chinese, Denver-based writer, illustrator, caricature artist and instructor.

He helped to co-found the Squid Works comic creator cooperative, was a board member of the Colorado Alliance of Illustrators and is currently the co-Regional Advisor for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (RMC-SCBWI), and a member of the Cuddlefish Gang art “cuddlective.”

His work has been seen in THE SUNDAY HA HA, VINCENT PRICE PRESENTS (BlueWater Productions / Storm Comics / Tidal Wave), THERE’S A ZOMBIE IN THE BASEMENT (Squid Works Kids), DENVER COMIX, KITE TALES, the RMC-SCBWI annual calendar, THE QUEUING DEAD (British zombie anthology), POP CULTURE CLASS ...more

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	The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang 4.19 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 2025 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's a Zombie in the Basement 4.54 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wang: Who's Your Daddy? 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wang: The BIG One 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hour Comics People 3: Rise of the Machines by Stan Yan (Goodreads Author), Clayton Ziemer, John Peters (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wang: Erection Year 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hour Comics People II: Dead By Dawn by Stan Yan (Goodreads Author), John Peters (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fail Year it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hour Comics People, Episode Four: A New Hope by Stan Yan (Goodreads Author), Michael O'Keefe, A. Mills 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	24 Hour Comics People 6: Fairy Tales by Stan Yan (Goodreads Author), Tim Winkelman, Bob Hagedorn (Introduction) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stan Yan and 1 other person liked Lourdes's review of The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang: "Stan shows his process for making the graphic novel. I received an ARC from the publisher and NetGalley. I really enjoyed the graphics and the story about Eugenia, who is trying to be a comic book artist behind Mom's back. The graphic art is amazing." Read more of this review »
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Stan Yan liked Laura Roettiger's review of The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang: "I think turning 13, stereotypes about different cultures, overbearing mothers (I am not overbearing!) and what's considered lucky/unlucky that were woven into this incredible graphic novel are a testament to what good storytelling really is. There's " Read more of this review »
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Stan Yan liked Michelle Tuite's review of The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang: "Reading 2025 Book 239: The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang by Stan Yan A few graphic novels left over from the reading fest of September. I bought this one because it was recommended a few places and the library didn’t have it. This is a middle grade " Read more of this review »
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