35 - The Monkey King: A Chinatown Odyssey - Graphic Novel Kickstarter w/ Jerry Ma

What Kind of Asian Are You?

English - May 04, 2021 10:51 - 58 minutes - 40 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
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Jerry Ma is a New York based illustrator and graphic designer. Best known for his work as Art Director and contributing artist on the ground breaking comic graphic novels Secret Identities and Shattered, Jerry has also self published/kickstarted successfully his creator owned graphic novel Legend. Currently working on a line of graphic tees with the NBA in China, he also has his own line of graphic tees here in the States.

Jerry is on this episode to talk about his super exciting Kickstarter project, The Monkey King: A Chinatown Odyssey, a 64 page full colour graphic novel that features the Monkey King story (Classic Chinese literature) in modern day New York. This graphic novel will be a reimagining of the classic Chinese literature story, think Stranger Things meet Cowboy Bebop. This project is in support of AAPI Heritage Month and #StopAsianHate campaign. What that means is that by supporting this project and helping it reach its stretch goals, you can help Jerry and his team support small local Chinatown businesses in New York. Please! Check out the Kickstarter to see if it's something you are interested in supporting (I'm sure it is!) and learn more about the great stuff Jerry is trying to do with this project. Listen to this episode to find out more about this awesome project and more about about Jerry and his story. Jerry's story is an interesting one! Last, don't forget to support the Kickstarter if you can and share the Kickstarter with everyone!

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