We dropped by Bishop O'Down High School, where Pham teaches, to learn more about his art career and new book. Thien also treated us to hands-on lessons in how to draw four-panel comic strips, as well ...

Thien Pham is one of the funniest and most dedicated graphic artists in the Bay Area. His new book is about an aspiring Sumo wrestler. We talk to Pham to learn more about his art career and new book.

Thien Pham is an Oakland artist and educator. His book, Sumo, is a graphic novel about an aspiring Sumo wrestler. We dropped in for a lesson in constructing four-panel comic strips.

Thien Pham builds each chapter of his debut graphic memoir, ‘Family Style,’ around resonant food memories from his experience immigrating to the U.S. from Vietnam as a child.

Pham’s family escaped Vietnam to a refugee camp in Thailand in the late 1970s. On the boat there, Pham clung to a rice ball as pirates attacked the ship — one of his first memories.