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Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu? Bruce Lee

writ­ten by Tere­sa Robeson
illus­trat­ed by Ryan Inzana
graph­ic nov­el biography
ages 8 and up
Who HQ Graph­ic Novels
Pen­guin Workshop
ISBN: 978–0593384633

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Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu?

Bruce Lee

Fol­low Bruce Lee as he breaks ground and makes gung fu (also known as kung fu) pop­u­lar through the 1960s show The Green Hor­net — push­ing bound­aries as the first Asian Amer­i­can man in a major sup­port­ing tele­vi­sion role. A sto­ry of deter­mi­na­tion, ded­i­ca­tion, and inno­va­tion, this graph­ic nov­el immers­es read­ers in Bruce’s jour­ney to star­dom as he fights to authen­ti­cal­ly show­case his mar­tial-arts skills on screen. This pow­er­ful tale is brought to life by grip­ping nar­ra­tive and vivid full-col­or illus­tra­tions that jump off the page.

two-page spread from Who Smashed Hollywood Barriers with Gung Fu? Bruce Lee by Teresa Robeson and Ryan Inzana, published by Penguin HQ
illus­tra­tion copy­right © Ryan Inzana, from Who Smashed Hol­ly­wood Bar­ri­ers? Bruce Lee,
writ­ten by Tere­sa Robe­son, pub­lished by Pen­guin Work­shop, 2023

Photos

Bruce Lee display at the Wing Luke Museum
Bruce Lee dis­play at the Wing Luke Muse­um,
Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton (pho­to cour­tesy: Car­ren Jao)
Book found at the Wing Luke Museum Gift Shop
Book found at the Wing Luke Muse­um Gift Shop
Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton (pho­to cour­tesy: Car­ren Jao)