Metal Gods - Found Art Sale!

I recently realized I had some ready to hang original artwork sitting around waiting for a nice home. Here's one of them.

Metal Gods is my salute to my heavy metal years. Acrylic on wood, 6"x6". $20

SAMJAWS!

I got a request to do a commission piece on the Asian Americana theme. I'd certainly count JAWS as one of them. Had a lot of fun doing this and it has a lot of pop.

Which leads me to say that I will now be accepting commissions for paintings along the lines of the Asian Americana theme. There are so many more icons that need big black eyebrows thrown on them. Just drop me an e-mail and we'll iron out the details. I can work in many different sizes too. tak@secretasianman.com

Weigh your Agenda

Asian American Literary Review

Here's a cover I did for the latest AALR. If you're not familiar with the AALR it's a great biannual publication that features fiction, poetry, non fiction, book reviews, comic art ... all informed by an Asian American perspective. If you like my strip then you're really going to want to follow what these guys are up to. And consider becoming a member.

One year later

The resilience of the Japanese people never cease to amaze me. In the year since to 3.11 tragedy Japan has worked tirelessly to recover. But it's not too late to lend a hand.

Relaaax

Don't worry everyone, I'm not planning on driving off of any highways or anything. Just putting things in perspective.

The Default Race?

Try this test. Draw a smiley face. Now make it a black person. What did you add/do? How about an Asian person. What did you add/do to it? How about a woman?

High Speed Rail

I remember riding on the Japanese "Bullet Train" (or Shinkansen) when I was a kid and being thoroughly impressed by its speed and general niceness inside. I remember the beautiful box lunches you could buy too. More recently I've been on the Amtrak to and from Boston and NYC. Quite a different experience.

I realize there are many reasons preventing us from developing high speed rails in certain parts of the country. Some areas are just too densely populated to allow for stretches of rail long enough to let a train speed along at 200+ mph. Some people just think not enough people would use it, preferring to just fly longer distances. But I also get the feeling there's a very political reason for not investing in them. I'd love to see the day that I can ride a frictionless Maglev train from Boston to NYC in 2 hour.

Jappy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

And now a public service announcement