Eleanor Ty Collectible Comics N.E. Book sku-330550333

Eleanor Ty is among the contributors to Beyond the Icon, a hardcover in Collectible Comics N.E. (SKU sku-330550333). The book won the 2023 Comics Studies Society Edited Book Prize. Its interdisciplinary contributors study graphic narratives by Asian North American creators, examining how comics depict Asian American lives, counter misrepresentations, revisit official history and challenge exoticized portrayals.

The readings cover Ms. Marvel, George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy, Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do, Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew’s The Shadow Hero, and works by Adrian Tomine and Jillian Tamaki. Contributors include Monica Chiu, Shilpa Davé, Melinda Luisa de Jesús, Lan Dong, Jin Lee, erin Khuê Ninh, Stella Oh, Jeanette Roan and Eleanor Ty.