Tak Toyoshima's guest appearances

Tak Toyoshima

MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing

Hyphen Podcast Group.

Cosplay Everyday with Everyday_Rogue

David Kelley

Kevin Young

Cameron Esposito

Jane McGonigal

Lynn Nottage

Toni Morrison

John Jennings

Chris Claremont

Scott McCloud

John Hodgman

Scott Nicholson

Denis Dyack

Aparna Nancherla

James Gleick

Jeff VanderMeer

OwlTail

Omar Holmon

Lyndsey Luther

Hey Sugahs! Everyday Rogue here on It’s Like a Podcast or Whatever. And we’re taking a look at Cancelled Convention Culture. With the coronavirus global pandemic, large gatherings are banned and conventions are cancelled. But convention-goers have a particular kind of resiliency so we are checking in on our fellow cosplayers and photographers to find out what they’ve been up to during this quarantine and beyond.

<p>Hey Sugahs! Everyday Rogue here on It’s Like a Podcast or Whatever. And we’re taking a look at Cancelled Convention Culture. With the coronavirus global pandemic, large gatherings are banned and conventions are cancelled. But convention-goers have a particular kind of resiliency so we are checking in on our fellow cosplayers and photographers to find out what they’ve been up to during this quarantine and beyond.</p>

5. Five (ft. Lyndsey Luther, Tak Toyoshima and Omar Holmon)

Tak Toyoshima’s comic strip Secret Asian Man has brought to light the challenges of being Asian American in America. Challenges like not being able to find his name on a key chain at souvenir shops, being asked where he was delivering the Chinese food that he just picked up and being his friend’s default camera technician. In 2007, SAM began syndication through United Features and has since become a daily strip featured in papers across the country. SAM’s focus has broadened beyond purely Asian-American race relations, and now discusses themes that involve dynamics between groups to which we all belong: race, gender, political, religious, left-handed, sexual orientation, dog people…etc. In this informal presentation, Toyoshima explores the relationship between his preferred content (the exploration of Asian-American identity), his medium (comics), and his mode of distribution (syndication primarily through independent newspapers). How does Secret Asian Man address the historical role of racial stereotypes in comics as a medium? What might his experiences as an independent comics producer tell us about the opportunities offered by alternative media?

Tak Toyoshima, "Tracking Secret Asian Man"