To celebrate
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
The DC History Club
Selected the works of Gene Luen Yang
On the DC Universe Infinite Home Page
Gene is called
“One of the most acclaimed writers and artists in all of fiction”
This topic will discuss why that is true
As we look at Gene’s:
Works at DC
His other accomplishments
Last May
Gene’s
Superman Smashes the Klan
Was The topic of the DC Book Club
Links
To start
Look at issue 1 of
New Super-Man
What do you like about Kong Kenan?
Dislike?
Is he just a bully or is there more to it?
What about his relationship to his father?
The family’s financial situation?
The absense of Kong’s mother?
China is a foreign country.
Did any differences to your own country spring in mind?
Similarities?
Since this is a comic book
Fantastic science fiction experiments are normal
Why was Kong selected for experimentation?
Why did he agree?
Other thoughts about this issue?
Would you have bought the second issue?
Other comments
Gene Luen Yang
Has many sides to him
There is of course
Comic Books
But he is also an educator
As well as an author
Gene Yang: Creating a Graphic Novel - YouTube
Spotlight on Gene Luen Yang | WonderCon@Home 2020 - YouTube
Author Talk: Gene Luen Yang - YouTube
Bookmans Interviews Gene Luen Yang - YouTube
Spark Science: Comics & Coding with Gene Luen Yang - YouTube
Articles about
Gene Luen Yang
Computer Science Teacher Named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature | EdSurge News
Computer Science Education Week: Seymour Papert – Gene Luen Yang
Comics in Education: About Gene Yang
Superman Writer Gene Yang Guest-Writes on The History of Women Who Code
The true value of coding: It teaches you to think differently - Big Think
Blog Tour: Gene Luen Yang on Coding
Blog Tour Warning: Contains Computer Science and Copious Gene Luen Yang
A Conversation with Gene Yang '95, L&S Alumnus & Award-Winning Cartoonist | Letters & Science
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with Gene Yang and the Secret Coders — Kid Lit Frenzy
Secrets & Sequences by Gene Luen Yang | Cumberland Regional HS Media Center
Gene Yang: Graphic novelist a chip off old block
Gene Luen Yang: Teacher, dad, graphic novelist
Gene Luen Yang | Faculty and Staff | Hamline University
Gene Yang previews Secret Coders | EW.com
Gene Luen Yang: The Comic Book Artist Teaching Algebra & Tolerance
New Super-Man
Reading Order
I very highly recommend Gene Luen Yang’s classic, American Born Chinese, to anyone who hasn’t read it yet and is curious about his work. It tells a great story of what it is like to be raised in a first-generation immigrant home - and also includes the Monkey King!
I’m planning to check out the readings when I have some time this month, Turok. I really enjoyed Superman Smashes the Klan and the author q&a we had here last year.
Gene Luen Yang
Dug deep into
DC comics history
In his run of
New Super-Man
Specifically
Detective Comics 1
Years before
Batman’s first appearance in
Detective Comics 27
Gene Luen Yang
Also brought back
I Ching
Who was created by
Denny O’Neal
Who taught
Diana Prince
Martial Arts
When she was
Depowered in 1968
I had to return
American Born Chinese
From my Kindle App
Because
No by panel read
All Word Balloons too small
Tried Sample from
Comixology
And
Only got blank pages
I did see a figure
That probably was
Monkey King
Aw man, I forgot about this. That happened to me with the Kindle sample and is the reason I ended up just buying the physical book. I’m not sure why they haven’t formatted it digitally like other comics so it can be read on devices.
Gene Luen Yang
Retrospective on
New Super-Man
Just read the first six issues of New Super-Man
Very enjoyable
Each issue is a good read, with a twist on the last page
Issue 6 concludes the first arc and gives you s good idea about the series
The three members of the Justice League of China are engaging
Given them a try
A history of
The Great Ten
Who appear in the first arc
Other appearances
(Not by Gene Luen Yang)
Issues 7 to 12 of New Super-Man are very good
It has
I Ching
Why Kenan loses his super powers and how he gains new powers
A look at the facility where Bat-Man won his cowl
A Chinese Flash
The mythological origins of Wonder-Woman
Plus Lex Luthor and the Rebirth Superman
Both of Kenan’s parents are alive!
Greatly Recommended
Issues 13 to 18 of
New Super-Man
Ends another arc
Kenan is at the height of his powers
And among friends, who are family to him
He voyages to 1937
To meet a brutal
Slam Bradley
(Created by Siegal and Shuster)
Who beat up Chinese people for fun
The story of I Ching and his brother, Ying and Yang, is resolved
Wonder-Woman reverts back to Chinese Legend Green Snake for a while, until transformed back by the love of Bat-Man
In an efffort to increase sales, Rebirth Superman, Lex Luthor, Justice League and Suicide Squad appear
How I miss the Rebirth Superman, truly portrayed well here
Kenan’s mom was a fake portrayal to her husband and son and her true self is exhibited
Outstanding issues
As explained above
Gene Luen Yang
Expected
New Super-Man
To be canceled at
Issue 18
Issues 19 to 24
Are a nice supplement
To the saga
But not necessary
The arc does finally
Satisfy the running gag
Of there being
No Chinese Aqua-Man
In this case
A North Korean
The arc shows more clearly
That the main characters
Are really teenagers
More Teen Titans
Than
Justice League
(Even though
Green Snake
Wonder-Woman
May be thousands of years old
She did not experience those years
And is the same
Naive Romantic
That she was in
Her mythological story)
The first comic book
Gene Luen Yang
Bought was
Dc comics presents 57
So as a Superman fan
He did a series of
Batman Superman 2021
Issues 16 to 22
I really really liked New Super-Man (I haven’t actually finished the series yet, since I’m working through reading the Rebirth era Superman books and haven’t reached that point yet). I did like how Kenan was depicted as super unlikeable at first, but then grew into being a hero. It’s kind of the opposite of Clark Kent, since he was raised as a decent guy and always was a good person, essentially.
And that Batman/Superman storyline is one of my favorite recent storylines. 
With Superman Smashes the Klan being so great, I’ve really loved everything I’ve read of Gene Luen Yang’s.
Great to hear from you
I will be reading the Bstman Superman arc soon
I am 4 issues in to New Super-Man. Kinda shocked at how…really unlikeable the hero is. Wow. But I guess that does allow room for him to have a lot of growth. And it certainly differentiates him from Clark Kent.
Deilan is my favorite, of course. 
Anyway, very entertaining so far! I’ll be back with more thoughts. 
