Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » AsianAvenue.com http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 AsianAvenue.com Now Features Secret Asian Man Cartoon http://pulse2.com/2007/08/03/asianavenuecom-now-features-secret-asian-man-cartoon/ http://pulse2.com/2007/08/03/asianavenuecom-now-features-secret-asian-man-cartoon/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:06:49 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2007/08/03/asianavenuecom-now-features-secret-asian-man-cartoon/ Continue reading →]]> Secret Asian Man LogoSecret Asian Man is a cartoon now featured on AsianAvenue.com.  This is the first cartoon to feature an Asian-American character as the protagonist.  The cartoon is based on the life of Japanese American cartoonist, Tak Toyoshima. 

Secret Asian Man first appeared in 1998 in a Boston arts magazine.  Secret Asian Man is also published by United Media (owner of comics.com) at http://www.comics.com/comics/sam/.

Toyoshima’s comedic cartoon work seems to have a hint of stereotypes mixed with modernization.  Below is a sample comic:
Secret Asian Man July 29
AsianAvenue.com is a social network that caters to the Asian-American demographic.  The social network is owned by Community Connect, who also owns BlackPlanet.com, MiGente.com, and GLEE.com.

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