If you are still around after the Rapture on Saturday, you should check in with acclaimed illustrator G.B. Tran, who will be talking about his amazing graphic family memoir VIETNAMERICA at Locust Moon Comics (4040 Locust St.) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A chronicle of Tran’s family’s journey from Vietnam to the United States during the war, VIETNAMERICA has been three years in the making.

The Library Journal writes of the book:

“This will be called the MAUS for the Vietnam War, and for good reason. Similar premise: clueless American-born son of immigrants confronts the legacy of family pain predating his birth. Similar outcome: a kick-in- the-gut graphic novel… he purposely fragments the plot, shifting points of view, narrative voices, and settings while the reader—as did Tran—must assemble the pieces to learn how his parents became the people he knew.”

Here’s an interview on ABC News with Tran (sorry about the commercial):