Text and Image: A Talk With Graphic Novelist and Artist Gene Luen Yang November 20, 2010

On Saturday, November 20, the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs at CIIS present Text and Image with Gene Luen Yang, acclaimed graphic novelist/comics artist, beginning at 6:15pm at CIIS (1453 Mission Street). The event is free and open to the public, and will be preceded by a light food/drink reception at 5:45pm. Yang will give a short presentation of his own work, then appear in conversation with MFA Program Chair, Dr. Cindy Shearer. The two will discuss the art of telling stories through images and graphic forms.

Gene Luen Yang is an American comics artist. His acclaimed book, American Born Chinese, was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award. It also won the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award for young-adult literature, a first for a graphic novel. The Miami Herald called American Born Chinese "brilliantly written and designed, sophisticated and wise" and it was named one of the ten best books for young adults by the Chicago Sun Times. Yang's drawings are created with everything from brushes to Sharpie markers to Pigma Micron pens to ballpoint pens. His artwork has been shown in San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum. Following American Born Chinese, Yang wrote The Eternal Smile, a collection of three short stories in comics, done in collaboration with Derek Kirk Kim. His latest book, Prime Baby, was originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine.

Event Details: Text and Image with Gene Luen Yang

Saturday, November 20, 2010
Light reception: 5:45pm
Event: 6:15pm-7:30pm
Namaste Hall, Third Floor
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Admission: Free

Official Website: http://www.ciis.edu/Academics/Departments/Department_of_WCC.html