Ami

Ami asked Gene Luen Yang:

American Born Chinese was the first graphic novel nominated for a National Book Award. When you were writing it, did you know it would be one of those books that paved the way for widespread comics acceptance?

Gene Luen Yang Ha ha. No. American Born Chinese started off as a photocopied mini-comic, stapled by hand. In the first run, I made maybe 50 copies or so. I definitely wasn't thinking about paving the way for anything-- I just wanted to get my comic done.

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Kalie Ringwelski

Kalie Ringwelski asked Gene Luen Yang:

American Born Chinese is a book I read in multicultural children's lit., so I was wondering if while you were writing it did you go into the project thinking it would be a big multicultural book?

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What books have influenced your work the most?

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Ethan Davis asked Gene Luen Yang:

Can you explain the process of collaborating with someone else on a graphic novel? For instance, how much of the story do you have written before the illustrator begins?

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