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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"
Pre-order your copy today at amazon.com.
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