press: SECRET IDENTITIES

The Asian American Superhero Anthology SECRET IDENTITIES had it's book release this week with John Kuramoto and I contributing to it with a little piece titled David Kim, a six-page story about a young man literally sorting out his future...
For further insight into the process and theme of it, watch Charlie Gibson's ABC News interview with the book's editor, Jeff Yang. You can also catch a little piece of my art fly by on the screen too! FWIP!



Please check out this book and all the fabulous work of an incredibly diverse and talented group of Asian American artists and writers from the comics community.

HEART

Final graphic and working sketches I had drawn last summer based on a tattoo drawing for JIMMY Z.

Her Face Was an Open Book

New York Comic Con is next weekend at The Javits Center and I'm happily participating on a very cool panel discussing one of my absolute favorite parts of the ol' job -- CHARACTER DESIGN.

When I start a project, it is crucial for me to get into the characters, thinking about their personalities , behaviors, possibilities, and somehow be able to translate it onto paper in a convincing manner. It's a fun exercise in developing fictional people based on our perceptions of stereotype while at the same time being inventive enough so the characters seem compelling and authentic. Curious, yeah?
Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Christine Norrie (Breaking Up), and Thom Zahler (Love & Capes). Moderated by Douglas Wolk (Reading Comics).

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 6th
6 - 7PM | Panel Room 1A24
New York Comic Con

SECRET IDENTITIES

John Kuramoto and I have contributed to this hefty book of amazing editors, writers, and artists from the perspective of Asian American culture. Our story is titled DAVID KIM and I hope you like it as much we enjoyed making it. It's due out this spring from

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The ol' website was well out of date and has now been replaced!

The main entry page is now a blog of sorts where I will be posting new things that are relevant to my art. The rest of the pages are more or less the same, but have been slightly updated in various area...