This picture courtesy of illustrator Robin Ha.
Do you see the amazingness of the above picture? This is drawn by the lovely kick ass artist, Robin Ha. Please check her stuff out.
Last year I mentioned to Robin the story of Ching Shih, this bad ass Chinese pirate lady. We both thought it was a great story and we flirted with the idea of collaborating on it.
In the 19th century, Ching Shih started out as a prostitute and ended up ruling the seas in Asia and lived to the ripe old age of 69. Not a very common story for women and definitely not a common story for Asian women. Stories about Asian women are usually about how they sit on a straw met on their knees in a fixed position waiting faithfully for their loved one to return for 50 celibate years.
We are finally able to bring the idea to fruition. Robin and I are pairing up to do a few pages for the second anthology of Secret Identities, an Asian American comic book edited by Jeff Yang, a blogger for the Wall Street Journal. I will be writing and THANK GOD she will be drawing.
Stay tuned for more news on this! I am BEYOND thrilled to be working with Robin on this.
Last year I mentioned to Robin the story of Ching Shih, this bad ass Chinese pirate lady. We both thought it was a great story and we flirted with the idea of collaborating on it.
In the 19th century, Ching Shih started out as a prostitute and ended up ruling the seas in Asia and lived to the ripe old age of 69. Not a very common story for women and definitely not a common story for Asian women. Stories about Asian women are usually about how they sit on a straw met on their knees in a fixed position waiting faithfully for their loved one to return for 50 celibate years.
We are finally able to bring the idea to fruition. Robin and I are pairing up to do a few pages for the second anthology of Secret Identities, an Asian American comic book edited by Jeff Yang, a blogger for the Wall Street Journal. I will be writing and THANK GOD she will be drawing.
Stay tuned for more news on this! I am BEYOND thrilled to be working with Robin on this.
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