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They Called Us Enemy

The graphic novel They Called Us Enemy was written by actor George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott. Published by Top Shelf Productions in 2019, all illustrations are by comic book artist Harmony Becker. It should be noted that, while three are credited for the graphic novel’s writing, the story is based on a true retelling of Takei’s own experiences growing up in several Japanese Internment Camps located across the United States.

On December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor was bombed by Japanese war planes. Following the attack, American politicians rushed to pass laws labelling all Japanese Americans as “Enemy Aliens,” leading to racially motivated hate crimes, deep paranoia, and mass internment. George Takei (b. 1937), best known for this role as Star Trek’s lieutenant Sulu, spent years of his childhood being bounced between several of the Internment camps. His retelling is done through a lens of childhood naivety and innocence, interspliced with the anxiety his parents were experiencing as they cared for three children in the midst of losing everything.

Takei delves into what he experiences living in the camps, the racism he faced after leaving the camps, and seeing parallels in the mass deportations under Donald Trump’s first term. Seeing as we are now in the midst of his second term with more deportations happening, it seems even more appropriate to present this comic. What Takei retells and Becker depicts on the page is similar to what many are experiencing today; this unending fear of being grabbed off the street, of coming home to an empty house, of not knowing what happened to someone you love.

This is not the first instance of a comic book being used to tackle uncomfortable topics or themes. The horrors of the Hiroshima bombings are covered by the Japanese manga series Barefoot Gen, meanwhile Joe Sacco’s comic Palestine is a non-fictional retelling of Sacco’s experiences speaking with Palestinians under occupation while visiting the Gaza strip. They Called Us Enemy is one in a long line of comic book retellings of history, masking much of the horror through a veneer of entertainment.

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The Saint: The Man Who Liked Lions (5.8, ITC, 1966)

"As an enemy, Mr. Templar, I trust you'll prove an exciting opponent."

"I generally do."

#the saint #the man who liked lions #1966 #itc #leslie charteris #harry w. junkin #douglas enefer #jeremy summers #roger moore #peter wyngarde #suzanne lloyd #michael wynne #jeremy young #michael forrest #ed bishop #peter elliott #nike arrighi #robert russell #steven scott #phyllis montefiore #we open on Simon at the colosseum musing on the gladiators of old‚ in a cold open that's disconcertingly similar to that of 1.2 The Latin #Touch; and sure enough‚ Simon has a comic taxi driver assistant‚ only sadly it isn't old friend Marco (Warren Mitchell presumably less #easily booked now that Alf Garnett was a running success). we do get Ed Bishop tho! alas he doesn't make it through the titles.. Suzanne #Lloyd makes her 4th Saint appearance in an impressively expensive looking episode that is nevertheless slightly unhinged #i do feel like‚ after a few fairly standard adventures‚ this fifth series has just rocketed into madness now; first Nessie‚ now a Roman #emperor wannabe (a delightfully OTT Peter Wyngarde‚ who rather improbably complains about the effeminate men of today.. ahem.. and has a #scene where he's massaged by a very muscular and mostly nude man.. someone on the production team was doing him favours..)#the set dressing and costuming for the roman party finále is all very impressive and surely left overs from another production (altho the #series certainly wasn't a cheap one to produce). i had wondered if they were leftovers from Cleopatra‚ which had originally shot in England #before relocating‚ but that would have been Pinewood not Elstree. regardless this is a handsome if silly episode

Mike's phone broke after a... accident. So, I'm taking over while he is on a leave from work.

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Series of works from Australian illustrator Steven Scott

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Today's Clown is: Crazzy Steve from Impact Wrestling!

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Today! American treasure George Takei will be signing copies of his new graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy. It’s new from Top Shelf Productions, written with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott, with art by Harmony Becker.

Mr. Takei will be signing starting at 5:30PM.