April 17, 2009
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SI PRESS STUFF/REVIEWS
Sweet! The above aired a few days ago on ABC News with Charlie Gibson. So cool to hear him intro the book — sounds so official!Well, some good news — we finally got word that the book was finally ordered through Borders in the Graphic Novel Section! So they should be arriving soon! Now to work
on the comic store situation and Barnes & Noble. Don’t want to get too much into it but basically a change in distributors and Diamond’s (distributes comics) change in warehouses – our book fell through the cracks but is being rectified now.The bad/kinda good news – is that the re-direct to amazon.com has worked so well that they are currently sucked dry of their copies! So it’ selling but ordered are going to be delayed a bit — but more are being replenished as we speak so keep doing what you’re doing! Here are 2 of my favorite reviews so far:
VONS COMICS REVIEW - I particularly like this one because it’s honest and fair. Points out what we could do better the next time but also points out where we succeeded in accomplishing. We’d much rather get a mixed/critical well thought out review than a blanket accolade any day.
However, this review on Amazon.com is just awesome because you can tell the book really hit home with Manuel:
By Manuel B. Zuniga, Jr. 
(Pittsburgh, PA USA) 
Words are really inadequate to describe the import of this work. Revolutionary, historic, groundbreaking? The feeling I had when it was delivered was like holding an advance copy of Takaki’s work, “Strangers From a Different Shore”. I was holding something that hadn’t been seen before. After reading it, I was speechless, because for the first time in this genre, I saw myself reflected unapologetically in the stories and artwork contained in the pages of this book. I never thought I’d live to see the day where I had the opportunity to read about APA superheroes and eventually, share them with my children. An excellent job by everyone involved in this project, and a “must own” for the personal libraries of anyone interested in Asian-American studies, modern mythology and folklore/oral histories. After picking some copies up for your friends and family, ask your local library to carry it. Smart, witty, and visually stunning, I hope this title is only the vanguard and herald of more to come.And here’s us on the radio:
