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It rhymes with Takei / written by George Takei ; art by Harmony Becker ; adapted by Steven Scott & Justin Eisinger ; [colored by José Villarrubia ; designed and lettered by Nathan Widick].
Van Pelt Library HQ75.8.T35 A3 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Takei, George, 1937- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Takei, George, 1937---Comic books, strips, etc.
- Takei, George.
- Gay men--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Gay men.
- Gay activists--United States--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Gay activists.
- Asian American gay men--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Asian American gay men.
- Japanese Americans--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Japanese Americans.
- Television actors and actresses--United States--Biography.
- Television actors and actresses.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation).
- Gay culture--United States--History--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Gay culture.
- Comic books, strips, etc--United States.
- Comic books, strips, etc.
- LGBTQ+ actors.
- Coming out.
- Asian American actors.
- Gay actors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies
- Biographies.
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Autobiographical comics.
- Biographical comics.
- Gay comics.
- Queer comics.
- Graphic novels.
- Comics (Graphic works) -- United States.
- LGBTQ+ comics
- Physical Description:
- 332 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Sherman Oaks, CA : Top Shelf Productions, an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC, [2025]
- Summary:
- "Following the award-winning bestseller They Called Us Enemy, George Takei's new full-color graphic memoir reveals his most personal story of all--told in full for the first time anywhere! George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist, helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing--one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared . . . and it rhymes with Takei. Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the terrible fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes with Takei offers a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history. Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, It Rhymes with Takei shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly--and legally--before the whole world. Looking back on his astonishing life on both sides of the closet door, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid account of how far America has come . . . and how precious that progress is"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781603095747
- 1603095748
- OCLC:
- 1467186590
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000245002
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