Too bad this one came out after the World Cup was over, but maybe the buzz around the tournament will garner some interest in my latest publication. I’m really proud of this one, for the story as well as Gerardo Sandoval’s illustrations. You can tell you knows and loves the sport of soccer.
Spotlight Striker
Carlos’s uncle, [...]
My football graphic novel, Kickoff Blitz, is now available.
Summary: Tou Yang, a Hmong youth and special teams standout for the Wildcats, is nervous going up against the Bandits. He used to play for them and was bullied by their star defensive back, Darren Broody. Now, Tou is lining up against Darren on the gridiron. He’ll [...]
Exciting news! My graphic novels Kickoff Blitz and Bicycle Kick (working title) will be part of a series published in partnership with Sport Illustrated. The news was recently released via Publishers Weekly.
DC Comics, and now this. It’s been a very good year.
It looks like Tou and Carlos, from Kickoff Blitz (a.k.a. Gunner), will be part of a second book, this time centered around soccer.
In their first story, Carlos helped Tou overcome a bully. In Bicycle Kick, it’s Tou’s turn to step up and help his friend. Carlos tends to succumb to game-time pressure, and it doesn’t [...]
I find it interesting that no matter how much us authors fictionalize our work, our lives still creep into everything we write.
For example: I’ve been asked to write a football graphic novel and one of my recent reads was The Latehomecomer, Kalia Yang’s memoir of her family’s immigration to the United States. I was intrigued [...]
