ComicNerdSam asked Gene Luen Yang:

What books have influenced your work the most?

Gene Luen Yang Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry, Maus by Art Spiegelman.

For Boxers and Saints, I was heavily influenced by Silence by Shusaku Endo.

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Are you going to make a book telling about Aang's team's adulthood? You know their adventures later on?

Kellee Moye asked Gene Luen Yang:

There are teachers that are very anti-graphic novel. (Not I!!!) What would you say to them?

Robert Monroe asked Gene Luen Yang:

Were you able to collect original copies of "Blazing Comics" to read Chu F. Hing's "The Green Turtle" stories when you were working on "The Shadow Hero"?

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Are you going to make a book telling about Aang's team's adulthood? You know their adventures later on?

There are teachers that are very anti-graphic novel. (Not I!!!) What would you say to them?

Were you able to collect original copies of "Blazing Comics" to read Chu F. Hing's "The Green Turtle" stories when you were working on "The Shadow Hero"?

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