National Ambassador Gene Luen Yang on Superheroes and the Outsider Experience
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As the child of Chinese immigrants, Yang identified with Superman and other costumed heroes navigating multiple cultures. Yang has reinvented the genre for today’s diverse audience through his “New Super-Man” series, which sets the familiar story in China.
If we care about diversity and representation, then the approach we need is two-pronged: We need new characters establishing new legacies, and we also need characters that use a pre-existing legacy to attract eyeballs. (The New York Times Magazine)