{"id":19810,"date":"2025-04-06T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=19810"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:21:32","slug":"stefano-jun","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/stefano-jun\/","title":{"rendered":"Stefano Jun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stefano Jun was born in Korea and immigrated to Canada when he was an elementary school child. He is a cartoonist and engineer based in Calgary. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Non-fiction (Memoir \/ Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modern Asian Family: Grande Prairie with an E<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Canmore: Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Following the success of Straight Outta Busan, Stefano returns with more cartoons from his hit web comic series Modern Asian Family. This second collection of short cartoons from Stefano Jun chronicles his experiences as a Korean immigrant in Western Canada<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Non-fiction (Memoir \/ Graphic novel)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Canmore, Alberta: Renegade Arts Entertainment, 2025.
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Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A collection of short cartoons from Stefano Jun chronicling his experiences growing up a Korean immigrant in Western Canada. Having moved to Canada as an 8 year old with no knowledge of English, Stefano encounters culture shock, family love, friendship, and ultimately finding a place for himself in the vast country he has called home for 20 years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These slice of life stories are a keenly observed insight into the  experience of growing up in an unfamiliar place. Full of emotion, humour and surprise, Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan<\/em> is a delight to read.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Publisher Renegade Arts Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stefano Jun interview<\/a> with All Lit Up, posted May 12, 2026 as: “From Web Comics to Graphic Novels: An Interview with Stefano Jun.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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