{"id":735,"date":"2014-07-26T16:05:16","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T23:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2014-07-26T16:05:16","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T23:05:16","slug":"sketching-green-turtle-the-shadow-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/sketching-green-turtle-the-shadow-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketching GREEN TURTLE; The Shadow Hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

I only recently read Gene Yang’s THE SHADOW HERO<\/a>. I was able to borrow a review copy just before his visit to KungFuMagazine.com<\/a>. As with most of his other graphic novels, once I started it, I could not put it down. It will make a nice addition on the book shelf once I get around to ordering a copy<\/a> for my library. The Green Turtle<\/strong>, protagonist from The Shadow Hero<\/em> has since been popping up as a subject among many excellent artists, many of whom I follow for inspiration, and motivation for improvement. As I had decided to skip this year’s San Diego Comic-Con (I just couldn’t get all my ducks in a row in time<\/em><\/span>), I found I had a bit of extra free time with no last minute preparations or travel required. So I thought I would peel off a bit of that time to have fun with my own version of The Green Turtle.<\/p>\n

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The Green Turtle, hero of THE SHADOW HERO by Gene Yang and Sonny Liew,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the comics boom of the 1940s, a\u00a0 legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity… The Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I only recently read Gene Yang’s THE SHADOW HERO. 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