The Wang: The BIG One

by Stan Yan

Misadventures of Eugene Wang, graduating college student (he hopes!), and the spectacle of his dysfunctional relationships with his mom, girlfriend, and the very few other people in his lonely life. The Wang can be seen as a story about the spiritual, erotic, and neurotic awakening of Eugene and those around him.

102 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2004

About the author

Stan is an award-winning, first generation American-born-Chinese, Denver-based writer, illustrator, caricature artist and instructor.
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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.”
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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 CLASSROOM, and THE WESTWORD, among many others.
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His late middle-grade graphic novel, THE MANY MISFORTUNES OF EUGENIA WANG is being published by Atheneum (S&S), scheduled for Fall '25.
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His work was the grand prize recipient of the 2022 SCBWI-FL Conference Portfolio Excellence Award!
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He currently teaches illustration at the Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design and via the Cuddlefish Academy.