For the next installment of this year’s non-superheroic Four-Color Flashback, Paul and Arlo are joined by their pal Johny Ho to discuss Gene Luen Yang’s American Born Chinese. While they’ve previously discussed Yang’s work on the Avatar: The Last Airbender comics, Paul and Arlo discover a whole new side of Yang in this semi-autobiographical novel; while Johny finds pieces of his experience reflected in the story of Jin Wang, an Asian kid enrolled in a Western school. The gang discusses Yang’s simple yet exciting artwork; Lark Pien’s vibrant colors; the horrifying stereotypes Yang spotlights; the meaning of the Monkey King’s journey; and more.

 

Next: game over. Sarah Kosheff rides in on her dragon to talk Game of Thrones’ final season.

 

THE BREAKDOWN

Total Run Time: 01:19:45

00:00:25  - Intro / Guest

00:03:00   - Main Topic

01:15:45  - Outro / Next

Direct download: Episode_376.m4a
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