5/13/2023 0 Comments The prince's dressmaker![]() ![]() ![]() Through Wang’s strong character building, the reader gets a clear idea of the identities of the protagonist, or protagonists, and the other characters in the story. It is most notable in The Prince and the Dressmaker, Koko Be Good, and In Real Life. Identity is a theme prevalent in most of Wang’s works. After befriending a poor chinese player who illegally collects valuable items to sell to other players she learns that it’s hard to determine right and wrong when the livelihood of a real person is at stake. In Real Life is the story of Anda, a teen who spends her free time in Coarsegold Online, a massively-multiplayer role playing game. She has also worked on episodes of Adventure Time and the Lumberjanes comic series.Īwards: Wang received the 2014 Cybils Award for Best Graphic Novel for her book In Real Life, written alongside Cory Doctorow.ĭoctorow, Cory and Wang, Jen. Some of her short comics have made appearances in the graphic novel anthology series Flight Volumes 1 and 2 and her artwork has been published in the Los Angeles Magazine, The Believer, Hazlitt, Slate, and McSweeney’s. She has published three books: Koko Be Good, In Real Life (with Cory Doctorow), and her most recent publication The Prince and the Dressmaker. Wang is currently based in Los Angeles, but was born in the Bay Area where she attended San Francisco State University. ![]() She is also a co-founder and organizer for the Los Angeles-based comics festival, Comic Arts LA (CALA). Jen Wang is an Asian-American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator. ![]()
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