Marvel celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Greg Pak and Amadeus Cho

Last week, Marvel celebrated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a few articles featuring writer Greg Pak and comic book character Amadeus Cho, among others. Here are some links:
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Week on Marvel.com
First Look: Heroic Age: Prince of Power #2
Greg Pak on APA Heritage Month
Interview with Pak, Van Lente, and Parker about Amadeus Cho and Jimmy Woo
Unlimited Highlights: APA Heritage Month picks from Marvel Digital Comics

Amadeus Cho and “Heroic Age: Prince of Power” #1 get awesome reviews

“Heroic Age: Prince of Power” #1, starring Amadeus Cho, written by Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente, and pencilled by Reilly Brown, hit comic book stores last Wednesday and immediately garnered rave reviews. Here are some excerpts:
Comics Alliance:

It’s a great issue, and it’s striking to see how much Cho has grown into a full-fledged hero in his short time as part of the Marvel Universe. In an industry often criticized for only reusing the same characters over and over again, Amadeus Cho is the prime example of how to introduce and develop a brand new character in the right way, and how exciting that can be when it’s done so well.

Newsarama:

For fans and new readers alike, this is a fantastic first issue that hits the ground running and never stops. It’s funny, flippant, and runs circles around 95% of the books this week just on sheer character alone.
Seriously. Go get it. It’s far and away my pick of the week.

Collier Comics:

… it’s a fast, breezy read with enough backplot to hook new readers without boring the old hands. It doesn’t require encyclopedic knowledge of the Marvel Universe’s current status quo. The writing is fresh and funny, and the art’s appealing. I’ll be pretty happy if other creators take Pak and van Lente’s cue and make their Heroic Age titles as accessible to those of us who aren’t omniscient.

Hero Sandwich:

All the usual brilliant characterization, dialogue, humor, and action we’ve come to expect from Greg Pak and Fren van Lente. The battle against the Griffin is entirely excellent, but there are also some wonderful scenes that are very low-key and quiet — Amadeus’ monologue with the incarcerated and generally displeased Delphyne Gorgon, his snake-haired ex-girlfriend, is nice, and the scene with townspeople from Broxton, Oklahoma running a food drive for the recently wrecked Asgard (the entire realm had taken up residence over Oklahoma until the end of the “Siege” crossover) is both awesome and funny.

2010.05.14 – 05.15 – Greg Pak to attend Glyph Awards, East Coast Black Age of Comics Con ’10

“War Machine” writer Greg Pak will attend the Glyph Awards on May 14 and the East Coast Black Age of Comics Con on May 15 in Philadelphia. “War Machine” has been nominated in three Glyph Awards categories and Pak will sit on the Writers Panel at the ECBACC at 11 am on the 15th.
For more information, visit the ECBACC website.

2010.05.12 – Pak, Van Lente, and Brown sign “Prince of Power” in Plymouth Meeting, PA

“Heroic Age: Prince of Power” writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente and artist Reilly Brown will sign the first issue of the Amadeus Cho miniseries from 1 to 3 pm on May 12 at Comics and More Plymouth in King of Prussia, PA, 500 Germantown Pike #2015, Plymouth Meeting, PA.
The first 100 customers in the store will receive free copies of “Prince of Power” #1!
RSVP for the event on Facebook.