In 2013, MacArthur Fellow, cartoonist, and graphic novelist GENE LUEN YANG published Boxers & Saints, a two- volume graphic novel about the Boxer Rebellion in China in the nineteenth century. Illustrating with his amazing drawings, Yang will discuss how the Boxer Rebellion was a turning point in world history—the first truly global conflict and deadly harbinger of the two world wars. For Yang, the book touches on something very personal: “When I first began my research,” he said, “I realized that it embodied a tension between East and West that I’ve lived in for my entire life.” Join this remarkable artist and cartooning evangelist as he talks about how he developed this project and what he learned along the way.

Read more about Gene Luen Yang here.