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{{Short description|Weekly comic strip by Tak Toyoshima}}
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{{infobox comic strip 
|title = Secret Asian Man
| author =[[Tak Toyoshima]] 
| first = {{start date and age|1999}}
| last =
| syndicate = [[United Feature Syndicate]] (July 16, 2007 – September 19, 2009)
| publisher = 
| genre = Humor, Satire, Autobiography
| status = Current weekly strip
| website = {{URL|http://secretasianmancomics.blogspot.com}}
}}
'''''Secret Asian Man''''' is a discontinued weekly [[comic strip]] written and drawn by [[Tak Toyoshima]]. The strip covers the author's biography and [[Asian American|Asian-American]] issues. ''Secret Asian Man'' often centers its discussion on what it means to be Asian American, as well as other race- and ethnic-related issues. Its title is a [[mondegreen]] referring to the song "[[Secret Agent Man (Johnny Rivers song)|Secret Agent Man]]".

== Publication history ==
The strip appeared weekly starting in 1999, and was published in ''[[Boston's Weekly Dig]]'', ''[[Metro Silicon Valley]]'', ''[[San Jose Mercury News]]'', ''[[RedEye]]'', ''[[Nichi Bei Times]]'', ''[[AsianWeek]]'', ''[[Georgia Asian Times]]'', ''[[The Everett Herald]]'', and on the internet.{{citation needed|date=February 2013}}

''Secret Asian Man'' was picked up for syndication by [[United Feature Syndicate]] ([[United Media]]) for its daily run on comics.com, which ran from July 16, 2007, to September 19, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2007/06/12/united-media-to-launch-secret-asian-man/|title=United Media to launch Secret Asian Man|date=Jun 12, 2007|website=The Daily Cartoonist|accessdate=Aug 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/secret-asian-man-launches-at-uniter-media/|title=Syndicated Comics|first=Heidi|last=MacDonald|date=Jun 13, 2007|accessdate=Aug 20, 2021}}</ref>

On May 12, 2013, Toyoshima announced that the strip was going on hiatus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secretasianmancomics.blogspot.com/2013/05/time-for-break.html|title=Secret Asian Man: Time for a break|first=Secret Asian|last=Man|date=May 12, 2013|accessdate=Aug 20, 2021}}</ref>

==Characters and story==
All episodes of ''Secret Asian Man'' feature Osamu "SAM (Secret Asian Man)" Takahashi, who is a [[Japanese American|Japanese-American]] artist modeled after the author. SAM has three major friends: Richie, a white man; Charlie, a black man; and Grace Patterson, an East [[Asian American]] who was adopted by [[White American|White]] parents. Along with them, SAM also has a cynical and sarcastic spiky-haired cousin named Simon. SAM's wife Marie is Italian, and they have a son named Shintaro, and a newborn son, Bob.

==See also==
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* [[Badmash.org]]
* [[Angry Little Girls]]
* [[Single Asian Female]]
* [[Da Vinci's Notebook]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official|http://secretasianmancomics.blogspot.com}}

===Interviews with Toyoshima ===
* [[Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070824142118/http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/Secret_Asian_Man/sam_ufs_qannounce_0707.asp IMDiversity.com]
* [http://currentvine.com/2007/07/tak_toyoshima/ CurrentVine.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051222165914/http://aarising.com/aprofiler/tak.htm AARising.com]

{{United Media Comics}}

[[Category:1999 comics debuts]]
[[Category:2009 comics endings]]
[[Category:Male characters in comics]]
[[Category:Humor comics]]
[[Category:Satirical comics]]
[[Category:Autobiographical comics]]

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