Saints

Gene Luen Yang's Saints (2013, First Second) is a standalone graphic novel that tells a fictionalized story of a young Chinese Catholic girl during the Boxer Rebellion, offering a nuanced perspective on faith and cultural conflict. Yang, both writer and artist, crafts a deeply personal narrative that complements his earlier work Boxers, together forming a diptych exploring the same historical moment from opposing viewpoints. This series matters for its thoughtful, humanizing portrayal of a lesser-known chapter in world history through the lens of a single, compelling character.