Robin Ha

Robin Ha is the author of the graphic novel memoir, 'Almost American Girl', and the New York Times bestseller, 'Cook Korean!: A Comic Book with Recipes'. Visit her Website. 

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I had a wonderful time visiting @middleschool51 virtually yesterday! Thank you so much, Melissa the #schoollibrarian for choosing #AlmostAmericsnGirl for your #OneBookOneSchool program! I’m honored to know that so many students had a chance to read my memoir and resonate with my story. They asked many great questions during the Q&A and It was extra special to know that their school is so close to where my studio used to be in #gowanusbrooklyn! I hope they all keep reading and drawing! #VirtualSchool #authorvisit Posted @withregram • @middleschool51 Students were so engaged during our author visit with @robinhaart Special thanks to our DUET Committee and Ms. Ahart for providing the opportunity. https://www.instagram.com/p/CddgyxbOq_Q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I’m so thrilled to be talking with this amazing #KoreanAmerican writer and my friend, @hannahbae. Thank you, @peterbulloughfoundation and @handleyregional for organizing it. This event is so special to me because this will be my first in person event since the pandemic started, and it is my first event in my new hometown, #winchesterva. Come join me @handleyregional on Friday, April 1st! Check out the detail via the link on my bio. Posted @withregram • @peterbulloughfoundation Are you interested in comics, illustration and storytelling? Want to learn some techniques on how you, too, could make a comic or start your creative journey in writing and illustrating? . Join us at Handley Library @handleyregional at 6pm on April 8 to learn about the creative processes of Almost American Girl author and Winchester local Robin Ha @robinhaart along with fellow author, journalist, and Peter Bullough Foundation writer-in-residence Hannah Bae @hannahbae . A discussion, audience Q&A, and book signing are also planned. Artwork from both authors will be available for purchase at the event. . Any questions? Let us know! Find out more information at the link in our bio. . . . #peterbulloughfoundation #handleyregionallibrary #robinha #hannahbae #almostamericangirl #cookkorean #illustration #comics #storytelling https://www.instagram.com/p/CbfnNGIuLFK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I can’t wait to talk about #AsianAmericans in #Comics with this brilliant professor, Dr. Jung Kim. Please check out my link on bio to join our conversation! @withregram • @ugamfecoe Please join us virtually March 28 from 4:30-6 p.m. for the IARGS annual Spring Speaker Series! Jung Kim and Robin Ha will lead the event and discuss how graphic novels can open the doors for us to think further about racial diversity. This event includes candid talk about lived experiences as Asian Americans, topics of cultural and racial diversity, and most importantly, is a space for solidarity, support, and healing. Register now through the 🔗 in our bio! https://www.instagram.com/p/CbbY67vNduD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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A sneak peek of my pages from an upcoming #AsianAmerican #comics #anthology #riseasianamerica. Thank you so much @riseaabook for inviting me to participate. I’m so proud to be among these super talented writers and artists! Posted @withregram • @riseaabook Today’s #SuperBowl #RISEreveal celebrates how Asian food ended up becoming mainstream American fare—for those of you who got takeout Chinese, Korean fried chicken or, hell, sushi as part of your tailgate spread! Brilliantly written by Agnes Chung and gorgeously drawn by Robin Ha! RISE hits shelves everywhere on March 1. Pre-order now! (Link in bio.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaC61sDOsmS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I stop making #newyearsresolutions a long time ago because I never end up keeping them. But I wonder if it was because I set wrong kinds of goals or they were all just too unrealistic goals. But I have do one resolution that I really want to work on this year. It is recognizing and savoring the journey of making an epic #graphicnovel and show myself just how much fun it can be. I still have a long way to go, but I’m beginning to see how much progress I’ve made so far and it gives me hope that the end is not too far. Everyday is a step forward. #latenightdrawing #characterdesign #sketch #koreantraditionaldress #hanbok https://www.instagram.com/p/CZGCovwNQg0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Thank you so much, @projectlitcomm for choosing my memoir as #projectlitbookclub 2021 selection! I hope many of you will resonate with my story. ❤️🙏🔥🇰🇷🇺🇸 Posted @withregram • @projectlitcomm Shout out to @robinhaart for sharing this video message with our #projectlitbookclub family! 📚💙 #AlmostAmericanGirl #JustReadIt https://www.instagram.com/p/CXpc0sjlKDy/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#AlmostAmericanGirl has been published in Korea by #Gilbutschool! This is the first time that my work has been translated in Korean. I’m both excited, and humbled that my #memoir can be read by people in my motherland now. In this book, I talk about some of the issues in #Koreansociety that I’ve experienced growing up there. I hope this book will give Korean people an opportunity to talk about these issues openly without fear or judgements. @withregram • @h_translator_sunhee 와, 작년 이맘때 송고한 #AlmostAmericanGirl 의 한국판 #내이름은로빈 이 드디어 나왔습니다. 우리 중 누구는 아무렇지도 않게 여겼을지 모를 우리의 모습을 새로운 시각으로 볼 수 있게 해주는 책이었어요. 이 작품이 한국사람들에게 어떻게 비칠까 살짝 걱정스럽기도 했답니다. 우리 엄마, 시엄마 모두에게 권하고 싶은 오랜만의 제 번역서인데, 두 분은 또 어떻게 보실까 잘 모르겠네요. 어쨌거나 모두에게 #강력추천도서 입니다. #김선희옮김 #로빈하 #길벗스쿨 https://www.instagram.com/p/CXSPM2jt6JE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The most beautiful #labrador #servicedog in training. Drawing him was one of many wonderful highlights during my week long residency in @highlightsfound so far. Miss him already. #drawing #procreate #sketch #animal https://www.instagram.com/p/CW_F1c-L5X5/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Looking forward to having a conversation with lovely @nicolesjchung next Wednesday November 10! I loved her memoir #AllYouCanEverKnow. #TheAsianAmericanDiasporicWritersSeries #centerforthestudyofethnicityandrace #koreanamericanwriters Come join us on Zoom @columbia via link on my bio. (at Columbia University in the City of New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVxqOr9r_yr/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Probably one of the best scene I’ve ever drawn in a comics so far. Haven’t had this much fun drawing in awhile. And I think it’s because I didn’t get so bogged down with the need to draw realistically and just went with the flow and see where my hand takes me. #inking #digitalart #comics #graphicnovel #drawing #workinprogressart #thefoxmaidens #koreanfolklore #gumiho #demon #happyoctober #spooky #horror #lightning https://www.instagram.com/p/CVUBwCslrC-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I got a haircut yesterday and realized I look so much like how I drew myself in my memoir, Almost American girl now 😅 (minus a few wrinkles, sun spots and grey in my hair of course)! The next photo is me when I was 14 in Alabama which I’ve used as reference to create my younger self as a character. I’ve gotten grey hairs since my early 20’s but it has significantly increased over the past couple years (the pandemic is no joke on our stress level). And I’ve decided to stop dying it and go naturally grey. I’ve always admired those fierce older ladies who flaunt their silver locks! https://www.instagram.com/p/CSINPEunKCv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I'm gonna be in a virtual #comiccon with a bunch of wonderful cartoonists next Saturday. Come join me at 1: 45 pm EST and ask me any questions. Hope to see you there! You can Find out more and register for the event via the link on my bio. This event is free, for all ages and open to the public. #DGPL #LibraryCon (at Downers Grove Public Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSAc90FnNK2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I had a wonderful time shooting an episode of a food documentary series yesterday. What a way to come back to my beloved city of #newyork after a year of pandemic! It was like a dream strolling my old hood of #eastvillagenyc and talking with chef Jenny Kwak of #doksuni about our shared #koreanamerican experiences and love for #art and #cooking. Her new spot in Brooklyn @heanyeobk looked gorgeous and I can’t wait to check out her food there. Thanks so much @alexandracuerdo for inviting me to do this! (at Haenyeo Restaurant) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjJHVFBzfP/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I drew the cover for #UnfetteredHexes published by @neonhemlock! For those of you who got to know my work though Cook Korean! and Almost American Girl may be surprised by this, but I’ve always been super into #witches and #gothic #Horror genre, so it definitely scratched my itch to draw these alluring trio. Thank you @slickhop for giving me the opportunity! 🔮🖤😈 You can preorder this #anthology at: https://www.neonhemlock.com/unfettered-hexes https://www.instagram.com/p/CNuw41qB-ga/?igshid=1fafxcw9s0o70

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Some late night #character #sketches for my next graphic novel. #proceate #digitalart #colorstudy #comics #korean #folklore https://www.instagram.com/p/CMOZzAThih3/?igshid=1dr93icp4fmuj

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This Friday at 1 pm EST, join me in the sixth annual Walter Dean Myers Award for outstanding Children’s literature symposium. Please check the link on my bio to RSVP. I am so honored to be among these great writers and I’ll cherish the conversation we had in this symposium as long as I’m living, breathing and writing. Posted @withregram • @weneeddiversebooks ONE WEEK! Join us and the @librarycongress in celebrating: ✨ @ibizoboi ✨ @dr.yusefsalaam ✨ @robinhaart ✨ @tracicheeauthor ✨ @victoriajamiesonbooks ✨ Omar Mohamed ✨@danielnayeri ✨ @kacen.callender — at the virtual Diversity in Children's Symposium and #WalterAwards21 ceremony on Friday, March 12 starting at 1pm ET! Event link here and in bio: https://bit.ly/WalterAwards21 https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNDK1nhDjJ/?igshid=11srabs1ooxox

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Getting so close to finishing the first draft of my next graphic novel. The total page count is 306, which makes it the longest graphic novel that I’ve worked on so far. This is my first long fiction and the story is EPIC- I still can’t believe all this came out of me! 😬 The ending of the story is really fantastical, and has a lot of spiritual elements which will be so fun to draw. ❤️🌕🔮Making fictional graphic novel was A LOT harder than I thought, but I’m already brimming with ideas for a prequel and sequel of this story. I know I’ve got to finish this book first but it’s hard to control when the inspirations are flowing in! Only if I could stop time while drawing them all out so I won’t be a 100 year old lady by the time I finish! 🤦🏽‍♀️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CL-6fotFywM/?igshid=la6fyguhwokf