First Look at The Graphic Novel WE SERVED THE PEOPLE: MY MOTHER'S STORIES about Gowing Up in 1960s China

Emei Burell is a cartoonist and she’s going to share some stories from her mother about growing up in mid-1960s China. The stories will be told in a new graphic novel called We Served the People: My Mother’s Stories and it is being published by BOOM! Studios’ Archaia imprint. This sounds like a very interesting read, especially for people more into nonfiction.

“In China, an entire generation’s most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao’s mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, Emei’s mother, Yuan Ye Ping, recounts how she ended up as one of the few truck-driving women during the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside Movement, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth.

Burell’s stunning illustrations honor her mother’s courage, strength, and determination during a decade of tremendous political upheaval and introduces us to a young woman in a new era of self-discovery.”

We Served the People will be available in April 2020 and you can check out a first look below.