Okay, so as previously mentioned, our friend Gene Luen Yang, author of the award-winning graphic novel American Born Chinese and other fine works, is writing the upcoming graphic novel Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise: Part 1.

The book, due out in comic book stores at the end of this month, picks up right after the events of the original animated series (we will all agree to ignore M. Night Shyamalan's utterly awful live action movie).

To celebrate the graphic novel's release, Gene is holding a Twitter Contest to give away a prize pack that should excite fans of Avatar, comic books... and Lego:

Are you an Avatar: The Last Airbender fan AND a comic book geek AND a Lego Maniac? Well, have I got a prize for you.

In an effort to get the word out about the upcoming Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1 graphic novel, I’m giving away a prize pack that features:

1. A Lego Aang minifig!
2. A Lego Katara minifig!
3. Two minifig stands!
4. A bookplate (i.e. sticker for the inside cover of your copy of A:TLA - The Promise Part 1) with a personalized message and my signature!

The Twitter contest ends January 30. For more information, go to Gene's blog here. And for all of you fans in the Bay Area, you can meet Gene at two upcoming Airbender events in Concord (January 28) and Berkeley (February 11):

On Saturday 1/28/12 at 1pm, I'll be celebrating the release of Avatar:
The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1 with Flying Colors Comics &
Other Cool Stuff in Concord, CA. We will have a cosplay contest for
young adults and a coloring contest for the kids.

Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff
2980 Treat Blvd (at Oak Grove Rd)
Concord, CA 94518

Then on Saturday 2/11/12 at 2pm, I'll be at Fantastic Comics in
Berkeley, CA. I'm going to do a presentation called Asian Americans,
Airbenders and Comics.

Fantastic Comics
2026 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
510-848-2988

Gather up your fellow fanboys/girls and make plans to be there. For more information about Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise: Part 1, and to pre-order your copy, go to the Dark Horse Comics website here. And for further information on Gene Luen Yang, visit his website here.