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Level Up by Gene Luen Yang, art by Thien Pham (First Second, 2011).  Here’s what Gene Luen Yang says about Level Up himself: How do you decide what to do with your life? This question took up much of my head space when I was in my late teens, and it’s also the central question of this book. This is video games vs. med school– a tale inspired by my brother (a medical doctor) and illustrated by my brother-in-cartooning Thien Pham (not a medical doctor). (Source—Gene Yang’s site)

Level Up by Gene Luen Yang, art by Thien Pham (First Second, 2011). 

Here’s what Gene Luen Yang says about Level Up himself:

How do you decide what to do with your life? This question took up much of my head space when I was in my late teens, and it’s also the central question of this book. This is video games vs. med school– a tale inspired by my brother (a medical doctor) and illustrated by my brother-in-cartooning Thien Pham (not a medical doctor).

(Source—Gene Yang’s site)

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