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Sonny Liew
Sonny Liew is a Eisner-nominated comic artist, illustrator and painter whose work include titles for DC Vertigo, Marvel, SLG and Disney, along with Malinky Robot, which has been a Xeric Award recipient and winner of the Le Prix Du Meilleur Album de SF (Best SF Album) award at the Utopiales SF... show more

Sonny Liew is a Eisner-nominated comic artist, illustrator and painter whose work include titles for DC Vertigo, Marvel, SLG and Disney, along with Malinky Robot, which has been a Xeric Award recipient and winner of the Le Prix Du Meilleur Album de SF (Best SF Album) award at the Utopiales SF Festival.He studied philosophy at Clare College, Cambridge, before realizing that he'd much rather be drawing and erasing, heading off to the Rhode Island School of Design.Sonny also edits the Southeast Asian Comics Anthology "Liquid City", and was a recipient of the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award in 2010.He was born in Malaysia and lives in Singapore, where he sleeps with the fishes.
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Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus rated it 9 years ago
If anyone's interested in what that's in reference to, Troy and I were talking about how powerful Dr. Fate used to be versus how powerful he is now in the comments to my review of issue one. So far, it seems like they're building him up into the powerhouse he was originally. He does come off as ...
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus rated it 9 years ago
Not only does this issue build on the Egyptian mythology, it also creates more of a sense of Khalid's family and love life. It does a nice job of balancing action and the real life elements, and makes Khalid's world feel a little richer. I particularly like Khalid himself in this: moral, humble...
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus
Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus rated it 9 years ago
It's adding a little needed diversity, as the character is Egyptian-American. As far as I know - and I know very little about Egyptian mythology - they aren't doing horrible things, but I have no doubt there is a little fudging to have the Egyptian mythology fit the DC-verse. I find that's tru...
Her Fine Eyes
Her Fine Eyes rated it 10 years ago
***Spoilers, as usual, but since this is a superhero origin story, you already know what happens, trust me.*** One-sentence review: A sensitive immigration story masquerading as a superhero origin story, but in the end I wish Gene Yang had invented his own character rather than reviving such a pro...
Ruined by Reading
Ruined by Reading rated it 11 years ago
Gene Luen Yang’s newest graphic novel The Shadow Hero proves once again what a master of this medium Yang has become. In The Shadow Hero, Hank, an unassuming Chinese-American teen, is prodded by his disappointed mother into becoming a superhero. Hank surprises everyone when he succeeds with the help...
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