Shattered: The Asian American Comics Anthology

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Three years after the publication of the groundbreaking Asian American comics anthology Secret Identities, the same team is back with a new volume�bigger, bolder, and more breathtaking in scope.

While the first collection focused on the conventions of superhero comics, this new book expands its horizon to include edgier genres, from hard-boiled pulp to horror, adventure, fantasy, and science fiction. Using this darker range of hues, it seeks to subvert�to shatter�the hidebound stereotypes that have obscured the Asian image since the earliest days of immigration: the stoic brute, the prodigious brain, the exotic temptress, the inscrutable alien, the devious manipulator. The eclectic and impressive lineup of contributors includes leading Asian American comics creators Bernard Chang , Sean Chen , Cliff Chiang , Larry Hama , Sonny Liew , Takeshi Miyazawa , Christine Norrie , Greg Pak , G.B. Tran , Gene Yang , and many others, as well as such film and literary standouts as Tanuj Chopra , Michael Kang , Jamie Ford , Gary Jackson , and Bao Phi . Their original graphic short stories cover topics from ethnic kiddie shows, China’s AIDS policy, and airline security procedures to the untold backstory of Flash Gordon’s nemesis Ming the Merciless and the gritty reality of a day in the life of a young Koreatown gangster.

Shattered incorporates thrills, chills, and delights while exposing the hidden issues and vital truths of the nation’s fastest-growing and most dynamic community.