Gene Yang is my new idol. Never before have I read anything that comes this close in explaining the "growing up Western Chinese" experience (although Adrian Tomine is usually on point).
Three stories make up the comic book:
Jin is a geeky Chinese boy who wants to be like the white kids in school.
The Monkey King is a stubborn deity who thinks he's larger than life.
Chin-Kee is a buck-toothed Chinaman stereotype who drives his white cousin crazy.
Read some.
Go get it.
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