{"id":245,"date":"2010-05-05T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ta100people.wpengine.com\/?p=245"},"modified":"2010-05-10T00:58:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T07:58:07","slug":"jerry-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/jerry-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerry Ma &#8211; Graphic Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplePullQuote right\"><p>I hope to inspire others to not be afraid to pursue their   dreams&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-246\" title=\"ma.jerry1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ma.jerry1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"ma.jerry1\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ma.jerry1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ma.jerry1.jpg 338w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/strong><strong>Who are you? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicprops.com\">Epic Proportions<\/a>, which is responsible for indie comics like BURN and SpaceRanger, as well as a new line of T-shirts. I am also the art director of Secret Identities, the Asian American Superhero Anthology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you do?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I try to convey stories through the images I create whether it is on a T-shirt or on a blank piece of paper. I hope to inspire others to not be afraid to pursue their dreams, and that through hard work, they give themselves the best chance to do so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are you proud to be of Taiwanese heritage?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I am a 2nd gen Taiwanese American.\u00a0 I am proud to be of Taiwanese heritage for the simple fact that I don&#8217;t think there is any reason for me not to be. We are our own people with our own voice, and I have been so happy recently to see so many others letting people know that we are here and we count.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the future of Taiwanese America look like to you? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Just recently from the Census, it was startling to me how many Taiwanese Americans wanted to be heard, and it made me feel so proud to be Taiwanese American. So I would say our future has never looked so bright.\u00a0 After attending my first Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association (ITASA) conference just a month or so ago, it made me realize that we do have a strong presence. There are so many talented and dedicated Taiwanese Americans, and there is a strong sense of family. This bond will only help us be heard more in the near future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any additional information you would like to share?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>I think TaiwaneseAmerican.org is a great site.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite Taiwanese food would be all of it. It is the best cuisine in the world. Just check how much weight I gain every time I go back.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-247\" title=\"ma.jerry3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ma.jerry3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"ma.jerry3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ma.jerry3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/ma.jerry3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York, NY Who are you? I&#8217;m the founder of Epic Proportions, which is responsible for indie comics like BURN and SpaceRanger, as well as a new line of T-shirts. I am also the art director of Secret Identities, the Asian American Superhero Anthology. What do you do? I try to convey stories through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taiwaneseamerican.org\/100people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}