In academia in general, there's this push toward using comics as an educational tool. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes academia comic educational
For 'Boxers and Saints', the tension between Eastern and Western ways of thinking was very personal for me, and I needed to control every aspect. Gene Luen Yang aspectboxercontrol Change image and share on social
The Boxer Rebellion is a war that was fought on Chinese soil in the year 1900. The Europeans, the Japanese and their Chinese Christian allies were on one side. On the other were poor, starving, illiterate Chinese teenagers whom the Europeans referred to as the Boxers. Gene Luen Yang allyboxerchinese share on social
For 'Boxers & Saints,' I started by reading a couple of articles on the Internet, then writing a really rough outline, then getting more hardcore into the research. I went to a university library once a week for a year, year and a half. Gene Luen Yang articleboxercouple share on social
I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot! Ed Greenwood bootchancecomic Change image and share on social
I went into academia thinking that there'd be constant reciprocity between my scholarship and my creative work but found that doing one always turned my mind into the sort of tool that was badly suited to doing the other. Alexandra Kleeman academiabadlyconstant share on social
Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios. John Sununu americabackgroundbenefit share on social
