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The Brian Lehrer Show / July 01, 2009 / Writing Themselves In

Writing Themselves In

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Jeff Yang, "Asian Pop" columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and one of the editors of Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology (New Press, 2009), Asian Americans are well represented among the writers, artists and readers of contemporary comics, now they have a place among the superheroes.


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  • [1] J G Jones from Philadelphia July 01, 2009 - 10:55AM

    Grant Morrison has created a whole raft of Asian superheroes for DC Comics. The Great Ten, a Chinese superhero team appeared in 52. Final Crisis features a number of new Japanese characters, including Superbat.
  • [2] Paulette from NYC July 01, 2009 - 10:56AM

    Starfire.
  • [3] Paulette from NYC July 01, 2009 - 10:57AM

    Kato! Played by Bruce Lee.
  • [4] John-Paul G from Elizabeth, NJ July 01, 2009 - 11:34AM

    Xombi by John Rozum


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