Belle Yang | Belle Yang
Jun.05.2010
By Susan Henderson
Belle Yang has created a story that is both personal and multigenerational in her illustrated memoir, FORGET SORROW. We'll talk about her story of fleeing abuse, of seeking shelter with her Old World Chinese parents, and the dedication required to see this book to...
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May.31.2010
This morning, I heard the line, "Destiny drives through passion," when I tuned into to a BBC Radio Four program on the Aeneid, the founding mythology of Rome*, written by Virgil for Augustus. It referred to Aeneas leaving behind in North Africa his grand passion for Dido, the...
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May.24.2010
I am currently savoring "Watchmen." There are small but complex hints that the graphic novelists and artist drop for us like bread crumbs in Hansel and Gretel (bad analogy: so the crumbs get eaten by the birds). With film, if you miss something, you can rewind, but it's a little...
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May.19.2010
1 Ferry Building #42
Belle Yang 6 PM Talk and book signing TONIGHT May 19th
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At the World Expo in Shanghai, Jeff Yang reads author Belle Yang's new graphic novel, "Forget Sorrow," and considers China's desire to edit...
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May.16.2010
The gutter between comics panels is the most interesting place of all, according to Scott McCloud, author of "Understanding Comics" and creator of "Zot!" This is where the reader's imagination comes into play. The reader is asked to invent what may go on between the first and...
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May.12.2010
We're holding a book signing Saturday for Belle Yang's Forget Sorrow – An Ancestral Tale. Not easy, holding book signings. Lot of work.
You have to vacuum the place, for one. Sweep the sidewalk out front. Weed the planter. Clean up the bathrooms. Set up a spot for the author to sit and sign, and it...
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May.06.2010
My father is reading Forget Sorrow. He takes a fine black Sharpie and annotates in the margin of my (our) book the feelings of re-encountering the aches of youth and the tragedy of his multi-generational family.
He has written a poem inside the end paper in his elegant calligraphy
I come...
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May.03.2010
A graphic novel may help your reluctant reader appreciate books, but it is NOT a bicycle with training wheels. It is an art form to be read and valued in its own right.
Remember, words in caption and word bubbles may not always interpret the art and vice versa. The words and images may...
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May.02.2010
In my three-year journey across China, a land of vastly different temperaments, my eyes were opened to a wealth of folk art. My heart was moved by the paper craft, the vibrant graphics of the New Year prints, the naïf paintings of the peasants, each region stylistically distinct. These were works...
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May.02.2010
MY NAME IS BELLE presents an autobiographical snapshot of the immigrant experience through the eyes of a 7-year-old child. Belle Yang, artist and writer, uses herself as the model for the fictional pig-tailed girl named Hannah who arrives from Taiwan. Belle, as Hannah, faces change and...
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