‘Secret Asian Man’ returns to weekly format

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1. Henry Clausner

   secret asian man…..what will he do next?

2. Garey Mckee

   Good for Tak! Secret Asian Man is probably one of the most smartly written strips out there. Always a rave fav.

3. Mike Peterson

   Do the characters still get health coverage?

4. Henry Clausner

   …it’s hidden in the new health care package. Ya gotta read the 1,000 pages and find it but don’t ask Obama because he doesn’t know where it is… I guess ask Pelosi or Reed…(I started twitching again)

5. Ted Rall

   I wish Tak all the best in this transition. I signed him for syndication with United and really thought tons of newspapers would jump at the chance to run a smart, unique and well-drawn strip like SAM. Indeed, there were some new papers, and that’s great, but it’s unfortunate that there weren’t more willing to pick up this important strip.

6. Mark_Tatulli

   Just curious…why is it an “important” strip?

7. Garey Mckee

   Smart writing exploring social and political class status is rare in a comic strip. Maybe Ted can correct me, but for myself, that’s what i see in SAM. Perhaps that’s why he said it was “important?”

   Unfortunately the majority of newspaper readers and casual browsers don’t seem to want to read anything challenging. Perhaps that’s why it didn’t sell as much as originally hoped.

8. Tak Toyoshima

   Thanks for the kind words. It really was a great experience going daily and I thank Ted for walking me through that door. No regrets. But now my eyes are affixed to the future and there’s a whole lot to be done.