Thien Pham

Thien Pham
art by Kolbe Yang

Gene Luen Yang began drawing comic books in the fifth grade. In 1997, he received a Xeric Grant for Gordon Yamamoto and the King of the Geeks, his first comics work. He has since written and drawn a number of titles, including Duncan’s Kingdom, The Rosary Comic Book, Prime Baby and Animal Crackers. American Born Chinese, his first graphic novel from First Second, was a National Book Award finalist, as well as the winner of the Printz Award and an Eisner Award. He also won an Eisner for The Eternal Smile, a collaboration with Derek Kirk Kim. Yang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he teaches high school. He got his Master’s in Education at Cal State Hayward, where he wrote his thesis on using comics in education. 
 
Thien Pham is a comic book and visual artist, based in the Bay Area. He is also a high school teacher. Pham’s first solo graphic novel, Sumo, is also forthcoming from First Second.

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Eight Questions for Thien Pham
 
What’s your favorite book?
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
 
If you were shipwrecked on a desert island, what one piece of media would you take with you?  If it isn’t your favorite book, explain how you came to this peculiar decision.  
My ipod, filled with music to keep me sane
 
What’s your favorite ice cream flavor?
 Salted caramel
 
How are you planning to survive the zombie apocalypse?
I’m already the living dead, what would be the difference?!
 
What’s your favorite word?
Mercredi
 
If you suddenly fell into a dimensional vortex and ended up in 1529, what profession would you adopt?
Courtesan (if I could get away with it).
 
Black or white?  Cats or dogs?  Apples or oranges?  Robots or vampires?
Black, cats, oranges, and vampires all the way, man.
 
What’s the worst fortune cookie advice you ever got?  Did you take it?  
“A friend asks only for your time, not your money.”  Apparently this doesn’t apply to family.
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