新的中国超人孔凯南威力无穷，同时也获得身体和精神上的升华。(Courtesy photo)
多年前，DC漫画公司推出了以超人为主人公的序列作品。现在该公司又请加利福尼亚州漫画家和绘图小说作家杨谨伦（Gene Luen Yang）为一位名叫孔凯南（Kenan Kong）的上海少年赋予了超人的威力。
DC漫画公司新推出漫画系列作品新超人第一集，主人公孔凯南是一名中学生，最初有些喜欢欺负别人。
杨谨伦从中国古典名著《西游记》的人物中汲取灵感。孙悟空最初也桀骜不驯，不可一世，但经过赴西天取经的磨难后更具有大智大勇和同情心。 杨谨伦表示，“孔凯南也必须是这样。”
杨谨伦不仅是一位绘画小说家和漫画家，也是一位教授数学、艺术和计算机科学的前高中教师。他目前担任国会图书馆第五任国家青年文学大使。
杨谨伦在五年级时读了第一本漫画书——以超人和原子骑士团为主角的第57期《 DC Comics Presents》，他的生活从此发生了永远的改变。
自那时起，他一直在阅读和创作漫画，并赢得了无数奖项，他还经常向观众讲述漫画和教育。
他的《美生华人》（ American Born Chinese）是第一本获国家图书奖提名的绘画小说。他与漫画家麦克·霍姆斯（Mike Holmes）合作的最新系列《神秘程序员》（ Secret Coders）教授孩子们计算机编码的基础知识。
你认为漫画对课堂教学有帮助吗？ 访问http://geneyang.com看看杨谨伦对此有何看法以及其他更多。更多了解中国超人，请访问（中文）：https://share.america.gov/zh-hans/superhero-takes-flight-anew/
#AmericanAnimation&Comics – Famous Illustrator: Gene Luen Yang
Although DC Comics wrote Superman out of its lineup a few years ago, the company asked Gene Luen Yang, a California writer of comics and graphic novels, to transfer his powers to a teenager from Shanghai named Kenan Kong. New Super-Man #1, the first entry in DC Comics’ new series, introduces Kong as a secondary-school student … and a bully. Yang draws inspiration for Kenan Kong’s personality from a character in the 16th-century Chinese classic Journey to the West. The Monkey King is initially arrogant but emerges from a spiritual journey wiser and more empathetic. “So too must Kenan Kong,” Yang says. Yang is not only a graphic novelist and cartoonist, but also a former high school teacher of math, art and computer science. He currently serves as the Library of Congress' fifth National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. His life was forever changed in the 5th grade when he read his first comic book -- DC Comics Presents #57 featuring Superman and the Atomic Knights. He has been reading and creating comics ever since, and has won numerous awards and speaks often to audiences about comics and education. His American Born Chinese was the first graphic novel to be nominated for the National Book Award. His latest series with cartoonist Mike Holmes, Secret Coders teaches kids the basics of computer coding. Do you think comics can be helpful in a classroom? Find out what Gene has to say about that and more at http://geneyang.com or to learn more about the Chinese Superman see (ch): https://share.america.gov/superhero-takes-flight-anew/
