K-art at Home: Robin Ha - Introducing the Korean Culture Graphic Novel

Ha features highlighted scenes from two of Ha's original and vivid graphic novels: Cook Korean! and Almost American Girl, plus a recorded talk by the artist offering an inside look at her creative themes, processes, and inspirations.
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Cook Korean! (2016) is a unique combination of a Korean cookbook containing 64 recipes and a light graphic novel, presented through the medium of colorful and playful comics that weave together a culinary story. In this New York Times bestseller, Ha richly illustrates the creation of popular Korean daily cuisine, including kimchi (fermented vegetables), bulgogi (grilled meats) and gimbap (rolled seaweed sheets and rice), in her own colorful and humorous way. By design, readers can easily understand the ingredients and cooking processes in order to adapt the recipes for their own homes.
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Almost American Girl (2020) is a graphic novel memoir about Ha's life transition from Korea to America and the struggle to find a new identity amid a sea of cultural change. Ha shares not only her personal experiences, including the bond between mother and daughter, but insights into how she navigated a new landscape of cultural diversity in search of her ethnic identity as Korean American. Almost American Girl was selected as a Walter Honor Book by the Walter Awards in 2021.
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Robin Ha (She/her) is a Korean American cartoonist based in Washington DC. She is the author and the illustrator of Almost American Girl, a 2021 Walter Award honoree memoir, and Cook Korean!: A Comic Book With Recipes, a New York Times bestselling cookbook graphic novel. Robin Ha grew up reading and drawing comics in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to the United States at age fourteen. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, she moved to New York City and worked in the fashion industry for several years before diving into comics.

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