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Stan Yan

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The United States

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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 3.99 avg rating — 417 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 (Volume 3) 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 (Volume 4) 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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I’m happy to announce that I’ve updated my TeePublic store so all of my designs are designs you can put on a mask. Keep in mind that these might take some time to ship due to the high demand, but they have a basic and multi-layer version, the latter which has a slot that you … Continue reading →

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Chloe Vega and the Missing Unseen (Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic, 2)

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Interesting how Washington looked at smallpox essentially as a national security risk. That's why enlistees and draftees into our military have historically all undergone a series of vaccinations. The illustrations are beautiful and clever. I really ...more
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Outstanding. If you've ever wanted to read a heist romance set in post ww2 San Francisco Chinatown, this book is for you! ...more
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Stan Yan liked Larissa's review of The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang: "It's been a long time since I've read a graphic novel and I forgot how fun they can be! First off, I loved the art in this book. Is there anywhere I can get a Peanut stuffed animal? Because he's too cute! Second, the story was so good. I loved the la" Read more of this review »
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So satisfying, like a good holiday movie. Can I be both team Sam and team James?
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A beautifully illustrated book about imbalances of power that made me very hungry. Probably a great read for foodie readers.
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