More from Shaun Tan

Panel Borders: The Art of Shaun Tan is a podcast interview with Tan which allows him wide scope to relate the history and experience of his writing and illustrating life. In particular we get some great insight into Tan’s two major recent works, The Arrival and Tales From Outer Suburbia. Hearing Shaun Tan speak about his art (and [...]

Shaun Tan on illustration as narrative

The Colin Simpson Memorial Lecture, an annual event of the Australian Society of Authors, was delivered by illustrator and author Shaun Tan on 28 March, 2009 at Redfern Town Hall, Sydney. Tan, whose recent works include The Arrival and Tales From Outer Suburbia, speaks with great insight about illustration as a narrative device. He comments on [...]

American Born Chinese

Graphic Novel by Gene Luen Yang Three parallel stories are presented here. The mythic Monkey King is the lead in one; Jin Wang (pictured on the cover) is the second protagonist, trying to deal with life as the only Chinese-American kid in his class; then there is Danny, the all American teen whose life is [...]