Boy From Clearwater HC (2023 Levine Querido) comic books 1980 or later
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Published May 2024 by Levine Querido.$17.00
Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Yu Pei-yun. Art and cover by Chou Jian-xin. Translated by Lin King. The follow-up to the acclaimed graphic novel memoir and true story about censorship and persecution during Taiwan's White Terror era. After his imprisonment in Green Island, Kun-lin struggles to pick up where he left off ten years earlier. He reconnects with his childhood crush Kimiko and finds work as an editor. But when manhua publishing becomes victim to censorship, and many of his friends lose their jobs, Kun-lin takes matters into his own hands. He starts a children's magazine, Prince, for a group of unemployed artists and his old inmates who cannot find work anywhere else. Kun-lin's life finally seems to be looking up... but how long will this last? Forty years later, Kun-lin serves as a volunteer at the White Terror Memorial Park, promoting human rights education. With the end of martial law, Kun-lin and other former New-Lifers felt compelled to mobilize to rehabilitate fellow White Terror victims, forcing him to face his past head-on. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 336 pages, PC. Cover price $25.99.