•  edited by Jeff Yang, Parry Shen, Keith Chow and Jerry Ma  •  200 pages of original superhero comics by and about Asian-American characters.  Published by The New Press, SI was years in the making and presents an amazing array of talent displaying an impressive diversity of artistic approaches and techniques.  Here's a review worth reading, from Reappropriate, "a personal & political blog by an angry Asian American woman."

What can you say about a Marvel comic that features an amazing Frank Santoro Silver Surfer story and another Surfer tale by Kevin Huizenga? and that also features a Dash Shaw take on Spider-Man, Jillian Tamaki doing The Dazzler, Kate Beaton on, of all characters, Kraven the Hunter? and that  includes work by Rafael Grampá, Shannon Wheeler, Gene Yang, Jeff LeMire, Nick Gurewitch, and includes a horrifyingly acute (not to mention hilarious) deconstruction of Wolverine by Jhonen Vasquez?  Well, all we can think of is, "buy it!"  If you need further convincing, then we recommend checking out this Marvel Comics hosted interview with Frank Santoro.  It's well worth reading.

The Return of Gene Yang! Anyone wondering what Mr. Yang's been up to since he caused a sensation with American Born Chinese now has the answer: He's been keeping very busy creating this epic bipartite work dealing with the Boxer Rebellion, Boxers/Saints. Available in individual volumes or as a box set. 

The Return of Gene Yang! Anyone wondering what Mr. Yang's been up to since he caused a sensation with American Born Chinese now has the answer: He's been keeping very busy creating this epic bipartite work dealing with the Boxer Rebellion, Boxers/Saints. Available in individual volumes or as a box set.