Secret Asian Man

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Secret Asian Man
Author(s) Tak Toyoshima
Website secretasianmancomics.blogspot.com
Current status/scheduleCurrent weekly strip
Launch date1999;26 years ago (1999)
Syndicate(s) United Feature Syndicate (July 16, 2007 – September 19, 2009)
Genre(s)Humor, Satire, Autobiography

Secret Asian Man is a discontinued weekly comic strip written and drawn by Tak Toyoshima. The strip covers the author's biography and Asian-American issues. Secret Asian Man often centers its discussion on what it means to be Asian American, as well as other race- and ethnic-related issues. Its title is a mondegreen referring to the song "Secret Agent Man".

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Publication history

The strip appeared weekly starting in 1999, and was published in Boston's Weekly Dig , Metro Silicon Valley , San Jose Mercury News , RedEye , Nichi Bei Times , AsianWeek , Georgia Asian Times , The Everett Herald , and on the internet.[ citation needed ]

Secret Asian Man was picked up for syndication by United Feature Syndicate (United Media) for its daily run on comics.com, which ran from July 16, 2007, to September 19, 2009. [1] [2]

On May 12, 2013, Toyoshima announced that the strip was going on hiatus. [3]

Characters and story

All episodes of Secret Asian Man feature Osamu "SAM (Secret Asian Man)" Takahashi, who is a Japanese-American artist modeled after the author. SAM has three major friends: Richie, a white man; Charlie, a black man; and Grace Patterson, an East Asian American who was adopted by White parents. Along with them, SAM also has a cynical and sarcastic spiky-haired cousin named Simon. SAM's wife Marie is Italian, and they have a son named Shintaro, and a newborn son, Bob.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "United Media to launch Secret Asian Man". The Daily Cartoonist. Jun 12, 2007. Retrieved Aug 20, 2021.
  2. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (Jun 13, 2007). "Syndicated Comics" . Retrieved Aug 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ Man, Secret Asian (May 12, 2013). "Secret Asian Man: Time for a break" . Retrieved Aug 20, 2021.

Interviews with Toyoshima

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