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Thien Pham

THIEN PHAM is a graphic novelist and educator based in Oakland, California. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo, the illustrator for the young adult graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His graphic memoir, Family Style, has been on numerous best-of lists and was a finalist for the ALA YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, and won an Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir. Follow Thien on Instagram at @thiendog.

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Beasts from the East: A Spotlight on Bay Area Cartoonists 

Room A | Briana Loewinsohn | Thien Pham | Andrew Farago of the National Cartoonist Society | Julia Wertz | David Brothers | Shaenon K. Garrity

From the very first newspaper comic strip to underground comix to cutting edge animation to classic manga to contemporary graphic novels, the Bay Area has a long and incredible comics history. Join Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago and local creators David Brothers, Shaenon K. Garrity, Briana Loewinsohn, Thien Pham and Julia Wertz as they share their tales of survival in the Bay Area comics scene.  

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