SHANG-CHI BY GENE LUEN YANG

Gene Luen Yang is an acclaimed cartoonist and experienced lecturer on the subjects of comic books and graphic novels. In 2016, the Library of Congress named him Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and he became only the third graphic novelist to receive the MacArthur Fellowship. Yang’s American Born Chinese won an Eisner Award, among many other accolades, and he has earned acclaim at DC with works including New Superman — starring the Chinese Superman, Kong Kenan — and Superman Smashes the Klan. Yang contributed to the anthology series Strange Tales and Strange Tales II, but arrived properly at Marvel by writing his first Shang-Chi series and its immediate follow-up.

Born in Alberta, Marcus To has been drawing since childhood but never dreamed he would be able to do it professionally. In 2009, he made the move to Toronto; that same year, he started working for DC. In 2010, he joined the Royal Academy of Illustration and Design studio in downtown Toronto. To’s Marvel credits include Black Panther, New Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men: Blue and New Warriors, but Excalibur is his longest and most acclaimed run.