Comics for Teens: Gene Luen Yang on Level Up; Vera Brosgol on Anya’s Ghost and Cyril Pedrosa on Trois Ombres (Three Shadows)
Saturday, Nov. 19, 3:30 p.m., Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)
Author(s) and Guest(s)
Gene Luen Yang
Level Up (First Second Books, $15.99) is Gene Luen Yang's latest graphic novel for ages 12 and up. Dennis Ouyang parents want him to become a doctor. Dennis just wants to play video games—and he might actually be good enough to do it professionally. Four adorable, bossy, and occasionally terrifying angels arrive just in time to lead Dennis back onto the straight and narrow: the path to gastroenterology. Yang has written and drawn a number of highly-regarded graphic novels, including American Born Chinese, which won an Eisner Award and was the first graphic novel to become a National Book Award finalist.
Vera Brosgol
In author/artist Vera Brosgol's debut graphic novel, Anya's Ghost (First Second Books, $15.99), Anya is embarrassed by her family, self-conscious about her body, and has pretty much given up on fitting in at school. A new friend--even a ghost--is just what she needs. Brosgol is a storyboard artist. Her work can be seen in the recently released movie, Coraline.
Cyril Pedrosa
Schedule
Location
Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Room 1164 (Building 1, 1st Floor)
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