THE GOOD ASIAN, VOL. 1 TP
WRITER: Pornsak Pichetshote
COVER A: Dave Johnson
SEPTEMBER 22 / 128 pages / FC/ M / $14.99
Writer PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE’s long-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed INFIDEL with stunning art by ALEXANDRE TEFENKGI (OUTPOST ZERO)! Following Edison Hark a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in 1936 Chinatown, THE GOOD ASIAN is Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban, the Chinese, as they’re besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes.
Collects THE GOOD ASIAN #1-4, plus covers by SANA TAKEDA, ANNIE WU, JEN BARTEL, DAVE JOHNSON, and more.
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Best Comic of the Week:
Ginseng Roots #8 – Since Craig Thompson started this series, which explores his childhood helping farm ginseng, but also stretches like the fine tendrils of a root, into all sorts of other things, I’ve been impressed with this book. This issue is particularly touching, as Thompson gives it over to Chua, the Hmong farmer we met in the last issue, and his story. Last time, we saw how Chua’s childhood contrasted with Craig’s, and now we see what adulthood has been like for him, as he followed his father into the industry. Chua’s father passed about five years ago, and the loss has been huge for Chua and the local Hmong community. Parallel to this is the continued shrinking of ginseng in the region, as farming it becomes ever more difficult and expensive at the same time that it becomes ever harder to find people willing to put in the long hard hours the root requires. There’s an elegiac quality to this whole series, but especially to this i
Comic Book Reviews for This Week: 2/10/2021
Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The staff have come together to read and review nearly everything that released today. It isn t totally comprehensive, but it includes just about everything from DC and Marvel with the important books from the likes of Image, Boom, IDW, Valiant, and more.
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