BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:13528-abf413f8795645103181a246df06ee9f@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260525T105720Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20081210T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20081210T173000 SUMMARY:Gene Luen Yang, “Why Comics?” DESCRIPTION:\nGene Luen Yang\, author of the acclaimed graphic novel Ame rican Born Chinese will present “Why Comics?” on Wednesday\, December 10 \, at 4:00 p.m.\, in Foster Auditorium\, 102 Paterno Library. Yang is th e latest novelist to visit the Libraries as part of the popular Graphic Novel Speaker Series\, which in the past has brought in Harvey Pekar\, P hoebe Gloeckner\, Howard Cruse and Jay Hosler. The presentation is spons ored by Penn State’s English Department and Asian American Studies Depar tment\, First-Year Studies\, the University Libraries’ Charles W. Mann J r. Lecture in the Book Arts\, the Pennsylvania Center for the Book\, and Library Learning Services.\n\nAmerican Born Chinese is Yang’s first maj or graphic novel. It was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a N ational Book Award (in 2006) and the first graphic novel to win the Amer ican Library Association's Printz Award (in 2007). It was also featured in Best American Comics 2008 Anthology. \n\nFor more details: https://ev ents.la.psu.edu/event/gene-luen-yang-why-comics/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Gene Luen Yang, author of the acclaimed graphic novel American Born Chinese wi ll present “Why Comics?” on Wednesday, December 10, at 4:00 p.m., in Fos ter Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library. Yang is the latest novelist to visi t the Libraries as part of the popular Graphic Novel Speaker Series, whi ch in the past has brought in Harvey Pekar, Phoebe Gloeckner, Howard Cru se and Jay Hosler. The presentation is sponsored by Penn State’s English Department and Asian American Studies Department, First-Year Studies, t he University Libraries’ Charles W. Mann Jr. Lecture in the Book Arts, t he Pennsylvania Center for the Book, and Library Learning Services.

< p>American Born Chinese is Yang’s first major graphic novel. It was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award ( in 2006) and the first graphic novel to win the American Library Associa tion's Printz Award (in 2007). It was also featured in Best American Comics 2008 Anthology. 

For more details: https://events.la.psu .edu/event/gene-luen-yang-why-comics/

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