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Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television

Posted by AC Team - on Tuesday, 08 October 2019

Actor Tim Lounibos - Hopeful Opportunities Ahead for APA's in Hollywood Movies and Television
October 8, 2019 Hollywood   Actor Tim Lounibos wrote on his Facebook page  about the positive changes he is currently experiencing in Hollywood. We caught up with him to share his thoughts with us. Asian Americans have historically found limited opportunities as actors in movies and television in Hollywood, but fortunately for Tim he had a great start as a busy actor in the 1990s, but then his career went off a cliff - temporarily.  We thank Tim for sharing his...

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Thinking Inside the Box: Asian Americans in the Comic Book and Graphic Novel World

Posted by AC Team on Monday, 03 September 2007.

Thinking Inside the Box: Asian Americans in the Comic Book and Graphic Novel World

Interested in the comic and graphic novel world? MoCA is hosting a exciting roundtable with giants of the Asian American comic book and graphic novel world on Saturday, September 15, 2007, that you won't want to miss.

Panelists:
Larry Hama is a writer/cartoonist/ illustrator who has worked in comics, television, and film. He is best known as the writer of Marvel's G.I. Joe and Wolverine comic book series. He is currently working on Storm Shadow for Devils Due .

Christine Norrie has worked extensively as an artist and comic illustrator since 2000. Her most noted works include her original graphic novel Cheat , the Oni Press series Hopeless Savages , and the newly released graphic novel Breaking Up .

Jann Jones is Senior Coordinating Editor for DC Comics who has worked on adding three new titles: Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam , Tiny Titans , and Super Friends to the DC comics line.

Jae Lee rose to prominence for his work on Marvel's Namor the Sub-Mariner and Inhumans (for which he won an Eisner Award), as well as his character Hellshock . He is currently working with Stephen King on the Dark Tower series for Marvel Comics.

Gene Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese was named a 2006 finalist for the National Book Award in the young people's literature category. This was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award.

For more information, please check out the Museum's website at www.moca-nyc. org.

When: Saturday, September 15, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Where: MoCA, 70 Mulberry Street, 2nd Floor (at Bayard Street)
Fee: $3/Members; $5/Non-Members
RSVP: Nancy Bulalacao, Director of Public Programs, (212) 619-4785 ext. 106 or nbulalacao@moca- nyc.org