false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255884084m/4437831.jpg 4437831 1 A fantastical adventure through the worlds we live in and the worlds we create. From two masters of the graphic novel -- Gene Luen Yang (<i>American Born Chinese</i>) and Derek Kirk Kim (<i>Same Difference and Other Stories</i>) come three magical tales – The story of a prince who defeats his greatest enemy only to discover that maybe his world is not what it had seemed. The story of a frog who finds that just being a frog might be the way to go. The story of a women who receives an e-mail from Prince Henry of Nigeria asking for a loan to help save his family – and gives it to him. <br><br>With vivid artwork and moving writing, Derek Kirk Kim and Gene Luen Yang test the boundaries between fantasy and reality, exploring the ways that the world of the imagination can affect real life. 4486024 27 4 2009 The Eternal Smile: Three Stories total:339|5:56|4:147|3:104|2:29|1:3| 339 1241 492 117 4 2 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 07:47:03 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 08:24:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 10:42:22 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 10:42:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:51:42 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:56:44 -0700 2009 Same Difference and was enthralled with the abruptly aborted Healing Hands. I liked Good as Lily okay, but couldn't shake the desire to have it redrawn by Kim himself so that the art would as delectable as the book's cover. I'm not as familiar with Gene Lu...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 10:00:52 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 10:07:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 17:29:20 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 19:52:18 -0700 2009 This graphic novel for Jr. High to High School students consists of three different stories. Unlike American Born Chinese, they do not come together in the end, but they do have similar themes.
Duncan’s Kingdom is the name of the first story. It begins with a murder. The Fro...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 23 18:27:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 18:15:45 -0700 2009
I found Duncan's Kingdom oddly moving. And I loved how it all came together at the end.

I loved Grandpa Greenbax. It had me cracking up. I could almost hear the zany sound effects. I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 16:39:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 22:19:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 09:46:21 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:02:32 -0700 2009
The 2nd and 3rd ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 08:05:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 08:36:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 17:07:38 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 17:15:36 -0700 2009
(I don't know if that actually averages to five.)

Three vastly different...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 20:25:51 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 20:37:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 14:34:17 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 14:41:01 -0700 2009 I so wrongly thought this was going to be about being Asian because both of the authors usually write about that. I am a racist. No - it was about alternative realities, a tenement boy escapes into a world where he is a conquering prince, a frog controlled by a microchip escapes the wor...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 20 11:23:03 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:14:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 07:58:13 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 09:55:54 -0700 2009
In three entirely different stories, Yang has presented another masterpiece that will cause readers to pause and think. The first tale is of a young boy who is battling demons on the inside. Th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 19:04:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:51:19 -0700 2009 I have to say, one great thing about Gene Luen Yang is that I'm always caught off guard by his books. As in American Born Chinese, you never really know which direction the stories in The Eternal Smile are going. Co-written with Derek Kirk Kim, this trio of short graphic novel stories combine human ...

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But about those cliches. I mean, what is a cliche? I think of it as something I've seen before, too many times. So many times, in fact, that I can PREDICT how the story will turn out. (I...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 20:14:06 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 20:24:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4437831