George Takei — best known for originating the role of helmsman Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek TV series and films — has signed a deal with IDW Publishing to tell the story of the World War II era Japanese-American internment camps in a new graphic novel focusing on Takei’s life.
Takei was five years old when he and his family were forced into an internment camp due to President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which relocated and imprisoned more than 120,000 Japanese-American citizens following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Takei’s graphic novel will tell the story of his family’s time in the camps, as well as the aftermath and effect of those events on his life and career.
Takei has spoken often about his family’s time in the...
April 03, 2017 at 11:21PM
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