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Secret Asian Man in...
"Whiteface" Part Deux
Follow up to June's "Whiteface poll" strip, and what you the
readers said
By Tak Toyoshima, Village Artist-in-Residence
Ed. Note: This week's SAM refers to a
strip published in June that invited (provoked?) readers to write in with their
views about the practice of "whiteface" as in the recent film "White Chicks".
If you missed the strip, check it out in a
new browser window here
first.
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Tak Toyoshima, Asian American Village Artist-in-Residence
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Asian America's favorite cartoon satirist, Village
Artist-in-Residence Tak Toyoshima is Art Director at the Boston
Chinatown-based
Weekly Dig. A freelance illustrator and widely read comic
artist, Toyoshima has worked for New England Comics on The Tick, and
is creator of a self-published comic book, The Couch. Born and
raised in N.Y.C's Tribeca district, and now lives in Boston with his
beautiful wife Tracey and son Owen. S.A.M. now has his own apparel
and accessories line available for purchase
here. S.A.M.
also has his own home page @ Asian-American Village
here.
Starting July 2007, Secret Asian Man is syndicated by
United Features Syndicate.
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