6/30/2023 0 Comments Dragon hoops graphic novel![]() And the hero always wins.īut Gene doesn’t get sports. Gene understands stories-comic book stories, in particular. In his latest graphic novel, Dragon Hoops, New York Times bestselling author Gene Luen Yang turns the spotlight on his life, his family, and the high school where he teaches. Much like Yang himself, I was never one to care much for sports, but I quickly discovered that there was much more to the dynamics of the team and the competition than I previously thought, and by the end I was cheering from the sidelines. Yang takes readers into the personal folds of both the players and the team, taking readers from the origins of basketball to the history of each member of the Dragons. Part writing memoir, part sports history, and part character study, Dragon Hoops is an intriguing and layered story. ![]() ![]() Hopefully this season will be the one they win, and if Yang's comics are right, the hero always wins. ![]() The same championship that their team has made it to and lost 8 times before. ![]() The Dragons are having a great season, which is leading them right to the state championship. The only problem? He doesn't like sports, and basketball is no exception. Gene Luen Yang doesn't know what he wants to write about for his next graphic novel, so when all his students can talk about is their high school's basketball team the Dragons, he decides to investigate the hype and maybe find a story or two. ![]()
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