Seattle Samurai: A Cartoonist's Perspective of the Japanese American Experience

by Kelly Goto

Between 2012 and 2018, Sam Goto drew over 250 multi-paneled Seattle Tomodachi ("friend of Seattle") comic strips for The North American Post. These comics chronicled the lives and stories of early Japanese settlers and their American-born offspring. Through his work, he captured elements of culture, nostalgia, and history, while infusing his characters -- Shigeru Tomo and his alterego Samurai Shigeru -- with the samurai values of courage, respect,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1634050681
• ISBN13: 9781634050685
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Chin Music
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.2" x 9.6"