Huntr/x Joins Katseye for "Golden" Coachella Surprise

And Other Items of Note From Angry Asian America.

Coachella Gets 'KPop Demon Hunters' Surprise as Huntr/x Joins Katseye to Sing 'Golden'

Coachella attendees got a "Golden" treat when the singers behind Huntr/x -- Ejae (Rumi), Audrey Nuna (Mira), and Rei Ami (Zoey) -- made a surprise appearance, joining the ladies of Katseye (Daniela Avanzini, Lara Raj, Megan Skiendiel, Sophia Laforteza and Yoonchae Jeung) on stage to perform their Oscar-winning hit from Kpop Demon Hunters.

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Mariners unveil broken Ichiro statue outside of T-Mobile Park

Awkward. On Friday, the Seattle Mariners unveiled a statue outside T-Mobile Park to honor Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki. Unfortunately, the bronze sculpture, which features Suzuki in a signature pose, was damaged upon being revealed to the public. When the tarp was pulled from the statue -- with some difficulty -- the figure's bat was bent backward at the handle. Womp womp.

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How Sheng Wang finds 'Purple' comedy in a stuck drawer and a toothbrush choice

For comedian Sheng Wang purple is more than a color, it’s a way of being. From his style... to the way he floats through the world writing jokes based on the small, fleeting moments of life, Weng's aura is maintaining a sense of tranquility and creating impact with his art by not trying so damn hard. It's no shock that his second Netflix special Purple is the most revealing of who he is at a time when folks are finally paying attention.

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‘Front Desk’ children’s author pivots with ‘The Take,’ a sharp critique of America’s antiaging obsession

In Kelly Yang’s latest novel, The Take, two women swap blood as part of an experimental antiaging therapy that's suddenly fashionable in California's high-income districts. A vibrant skewering of our youth-obsessed culture, it's quite the detour for a children's book author known for boldly blazing new trails.

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Q & A with cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim of upcoming series ROYALS

Acclaimed cartoonist Derek Kirk Kim talks about this latest comic book Royals, a mind-bending crime caper about telepathic twin brothers set in the shadowy back alleys of Seoul, South Korea.

Tune: Still Life by Derek Kirk Kim

The second installment of the Tune series is on shelves now.



I'm a huge fan of Derek Kirk Kim. The award-winning graphic novelist is the author of Same Difference, Good as Lily (with Jesse Hamm), The Eternal Smile (with Gene Luen Yang) and writer/director behind the webseries Mythomania. I highly recommend checking out all of his work, including his latest book Tune: Still Life, which is out on shelves this week from First Second.

The book is the long-awaited second installment of the Tune series, a weird, quirky tale following the misadventures of Andy Go, a slacker art school dropout who finds himself recruited as the main attraction in an alien zoo. Like I said, it's weird, but also hilarious, surreal and sweet, and something that could only come from the genius mind of Derek Kirk Kim (with art by Les McClaine).

what to read: derek kirk kim's tune: vanishing point

All right! At long last, award-winning comic artist Derek Kirk Kim's long-awaited sci-fi romantic comedy graphic novel Tune: Vanishing Point is now available on bookstore shelves. A book with a spine and pages and everything.

Several years in the making, Derek's been publishing his offbeat comic on the web for a looooong time. And now, the first volume has been collected on paperback by First Second. Here's the description: