It has been 17 years since American comics creator Gene Luen Yang released his acclaimed graphic novel American Born Chinese, and in that time, there had been interest in adapting it into either a movie or a television show. Yang’s groundbreaking graphic novel chronicled the trials and tribulations of a regular American teenager whose life is forever changed when he befriends the son of a mythological god. The legend of the Monkey King is one of the cornerstone tales of the original American Born Chinese graphic novel. “I also knew that because we were taking a 200-page graphic novel and moving it into an eight-episode television show would also necessitate changes. “Everybody found something universal about (the story), even though it’s so specific to a Chinese American experience.

Source: The Star June 01, 2023 03:25 UTC