Tune in at /nyccĪlmost American Girl also has been nominated for Harvey Award for Best Children and Young Adult Books. I am in a panel: TITANS OF GRAPHIC NOVELS, joined by Lily Lamotte and Kathleen Gros, to talk about our process and how we managed to carve out a space in a male-dominated world of comics, moderated by Heidi MacDonald of The Comics Beat. NEW YORK COMIC CON is going virtual this year and it’s happening on Youtube for free on October 8-11th. OCTOBER 10th, Satuerday 10:40 AM – 11:10 AM EST I am so honored to be part of this event to talk about Hokusai, one of my favorite artist of all time with the curator at Freer + Sackler gallery which specialize in Asian art at the Smithsonian. Image credit: Detail, “Thunder God” Katsushika Hokusai / Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1900.47. She is the author and illustrator of the New York Times Bestseller “Cook Korean! A Comic Book with Recipes,” and “Almost American Girl,” a memoir about immigration and belonging. Robin Ha is an illustrator and cartoonist based in the DC area who shares her cultural experiences through graphic novels. He is the curator of the exhibition “Hokusai: Mad about Painting” ( ). He is a specialist in Japanese art with a focus on the late medieval and early modern periods, including Japanese photography and the intersections between painting and ceramics. Then explore images from contemporary comics and graphic novels to see how Hokusai’s work continues to influence art and culture today.įrank Feltens is the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer and Sackler. In this talk, get a fuller picture of the artist by taking a close look at his dramatic paintings and his Hokusai manga, images that poke fun at everyday life in Japan. The Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) is widely recognized for a single image-"Great Wave Off the Coast of Kanagawa,“ an icon of global art-yet his work consists of much more than that. What makes Hokusai’s visual storytelling special? Explore this question during a conversation about the exhibition “Hokusai: Mad about Painting” with curator Frank Feltens and artist Robin Ha. I have tons of awesome virtual events happening this month which I am excited to share with you guys.įirst of all, If you haven’t read my memoir yet, the e-book version of Almost American Girl is having a promotion for only $1.99 till the end of October available on all e-book platforms! For more info on where to purchase the e-book, please check out Harper Collins website. I am also honored to be invited to be part of so many great virtual book and art events happening all over the states. I am so grateful for everyone who has reached out via social media to tell me that my memoir has resonated with them. But looking back now, I realized that this year brought me closer to my community and I was also able to connect with so many readers virtually. It was heartbreaking to hear one book event cancellation after another, not to mention all the terrible news of economic, political, and health crises happening around the world. My memoir graphic novel, Almost American Girl came out right before the pandemic took over the world. This has been a truly tough and weird year and I just want to congratulate everyone for hanging in there. I can’t believe we are already heading towards the end of 2020. I hope everyone is healthy and able to go outside to enjoy the beautiful fall weather.
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