Both the Daily Cartoonist and Editor and Publisher are reporting that United Media will launch the now-daily comic strip Secret Asian Man by Tak Toyoshima in newspapers on July 16. Here’s what acquisitions editor Ted Rall had to say:
Asian Americans have been an integral part of American society for centuries but have only recently begun making inroads into our popular culture,” said Ted Rall, Acquisitions and Development Editor for United Feature Syndicate. “What Margaret Cho did for stand-up comedy and ‘Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle’ did for the movies, Secret Asian Man-the first Asian-themed strip- does for the comics page. A brilliant artist and wonderfully succinct writer, Tak Toyoshima opens a window on topics that the comics have ignored until now. Most importantly, you don’t have to be Asian to love Secret Asian Man!
via Heidi
June 14th, 2007 at 11:03 am
“What… ‘Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle’ did for the movies…”
Battleshits?
June 14th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
What condescending tripe.
June 14th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
I really seriously can’t tell if Rall’s comment about Cho/Harold & Kumar is a joke or not.
Course, at the same time, I’m kinda drawing a blank on other examples that could be deemed postivive..