The official trailer of SECRET IDENTITIES: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.
Due out in April 2009 from The New Press, the book will feature 26 original stories centered around Asian America...
The official trailer of SECRET IDENTITIES: The Asian American Superhero Anthology.
Due out in April 2009 from The New Press, the book will feature 26 original stories centered around Asian American Superheroes; stories set in a shadow history of our country, from the opening of the West to the election of the first minority president, and exploring ordinary Asian American life from a decidedly extraordinary perspective.
Story/art contributions in the book come from:
COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY Greg Pak: (writer of Planet Hulk, World War Hulk, Skaar Son of Hulk) Bernard Chang: (artist on Iron Man and Wonder Woman) Francis Tsai: (artist on Marvel Comics Presents and Heroes for Hire) Greg LaRocque: (artist on Marvel Team Up and The Flash) Sonny Liew: (Vertigos My Faith for Frankie and Images Liquid City Anthology) Kazu Kibuishi: (editor of the Flight anthology) Christine Norrie: (artist on Black Canary Wedding Special and creator of Breaking Up) Tak Toyoshima: (creator of first Asian American strip for United Feature Syndicate: Secret Asian Man) Jerry Ma: (creator of Burn) Cliff Chiang: (artist on Green Arrow/Black Canary for DC Comics) Dustin Nguyen: (artist on Detective Comics for DC Comics) Larry Hama: (writer on G.I. Joe)
LITERARY WORLD Jamie Ford: (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet [Ballantine]) Gene Yang: (American Born Chinese [First Second] - National Book Award finalist, Best Book of the Year: Publishers Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, School Library Journal, amazon.com, NPR Holiday pick, 2007 Michael L. Printz Award winner) Jeff Yang: (Eastern Standard Time [Houghton Mifflin]; I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action [Ballantine], and Once Upon a Time in China [Atria/Pocket Books])
FILM/TV WORLD Michael Kang: (director of "The Motel" and "West 32nd") Lynn Chen: (actress from "Saving Face" and "Lakeview Terrace") Keiko Agena: (actress from "Gilmore Girls" and "Major Movie Star") Yul Kwon: (winner of "Survivor: Cook Islands") Leonardo Nam: (actor from "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", "He's Just Not That Into You") Sung Kang: (actor from "Die Hard 4", "War", "Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift") Kelly Hu: (actress from "X2: X-Men United" and "The Mummy Returns") Parry Shen: (actor from "Better Luck Tomorrow", "Hatchet" and "The Gene Generation") Dustin Tri Nguyen: (actor from "21 Jump Street" and "Finishing the Game")
... just to new a few.
66 Contributors. 52 Original Heroes. 26 Stories. 1 Book.
Check out weekly previews/videos starting Feb 15th at: secretidentities.org - under "News.
Parties/organizations interested in hosting a SECRET IDENTITIES book event during the book tour may visit secretidentities.org - under "THE TOUR"
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Sunfire, ras al guhl , xorn, storm shadow, quick kick, shang chi, sons of tiger, silver samuri, lady deathstirke, yellow claw (very racist tho) female dr light,ballistic,katanna, mantis,golden girl, thunder and lighting, lady shiva, conner hawke green arrow, cassandra cain and many more
Sunfire is Japanese Atom is Chinese Bruce Wayne is White but lived in Tibet for like 20 years Ras Al Ghul is Tibetan Xorn is Chinese Karate Kid is Japanese
The book left me wanting for more! Seriously I was like, "I'm done?" No way! I want more! Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow, and Jerry Ma, you guys did a SPECTACULAR-FIRE job! Thank you!
I'm not into comic books at all but this trailer looks very promising! I can't wait to read it!!! It's about time for Asian Americans to have our own comic heros, oh yeah!
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Atom is Chinese
Bruce Wayne is White but lived in Tibet for like 20 years
Ras Al Ghul is Tibetan
Xorn is Chinese
Karate Kid is Japanese
...this is about it I think