SECRET ASIAN MAN OFFICIAL SITES:

Comics.com - home page for Secret Asian Man syndication through United Media. Want to run SAM in our paper? Start here!

SAM's Facebook - Gotta do it.

SAM's My Space - hell of a lot easier than maintaining my own message board.

YouTube - Secret Asian Man channel updated with the latest videos that catch my squinty little eyes.

www.IMDiversity.com - largest online archive of Secret Asian Man comic strips. Great content and opinion columns. Get a job while you're at it.

www.blacklava.net - official Secret Asian Man merchandise site.

Boston's Weekly Dig - post-alternative weekly newspaper where I work as the creative director.

PUBLICATIONS:

BeerAdvocate.com - the world's largest beer community site. I am also the creative director for the monthly print publication.

Asian Week - the Voice of Asian America. weekly publication focusing on national and international Asian community.

Nichi Bei Times - Northern California's most honored and respected Japanese American newspaper since 1946.

Sampan - Boston Chinatown's Only Chinese-English Newspaper since 1972.

Ricepaper Magazine - Asian Arts, Canadian Culture. Quarterly national arts and literary magazine.

Giant Robot - the best Asian/Asian American pop culture magazine and retail outlet. Period.

Hyphen Magazine - Asian America Unabridged. High quality nonprofit magazine focusing on arts, entertainment, politics and social awareness.

Bamboo Girl Zine - challenging racism, sexism, & homophobia from the Filipina/Asian Pacific Islander (API)/Asian mutt feminist point of view since 1995.

Pacific Citizen - established in 1929, the Pacific Citizen provides Japanese Americans with important news about the JA community. While you're at it, go and become a member of the JACL (Japanese American Citizen's League).

Theme Magazine - Very cool Asian-cenrtric site that's easy on the eyes. A lot of great arts related features as well as sports, travel, business and politics.

ONLINE:

Angry Asian Man - Hands down the best Asian American blogger on the net. He doesn't miss a beat. Don't piss this guy off.

Asian American Comics - Fantastic site "devoted to spreading the word about Asian American comic books, comic book characters, and comic book creators." Updated often and edited by Greg Pak.

Model Minority - a Guide to Asian American Empowerment. Forget the fluff, go straight to the core of the issues that effect Asian Americans the most.

Racial Slur Data Base - "Helping Make the World a Better Place" Amazing.

Goldsea - Asian America Daily. Kinda cheesy for my taste but a pretty damn extensive site.

AARisings - da Entertainment Resource About Asian Pacific Americans. Steady source for AA news and events as well as a large number of links to AA artists and resources.

Google Groups - when you're in the mood to read how completely retarded people can be.

Engrish - the fine art of mauling the English language.

Hanzi Smatter - people getting "I have explosive colon" tattooed in Chinese characters thinking it says "strong like the wind."

All Look Same - how well can you tell the difference between Chinese, Japanese and Korean faces? Great test despite the fact that the cartoon guy looks a little too close to Secret Asian Man for comfort.

Brand Fury - ass kicking apparel, action figures, urban vinyl toys and collectibles.

Bitter Asian Men - a site by bitter Asian men for bitter Asian men

Single Asian Male - The League of Asian Males grows with this in your face blog.

AZNLover - check out this site that features a robust community of people loving all things Asian.

Stuff White People Like - I think the name says it all.

wgwag - White Girls with Asian Guys. A tongue in cheek message forum focusing on Asian guys and the white girls who love them.

AsianNext - Full weekly coverage of Asian + Asian American athletes, sports + entertainment superstars. This is definitely a thorough site covering a wide range of personalities.

Secret Identities - The first ever graphic novel anthology of Asian American superhero stories! I'm in it drawing a story featuring SAM and Larry "GI Joe" Hama"!

COMMUNITY:

Asian Avenue - we're gonna rock down to ... sorry. Asian American community site over 1 million members strong.

AZINE - Asian American Movement Ezine. Progressive Radical & Revolutionary Asian American Perspectives.

Asian American Resource Workshop - working for the empowerment of the Asian Pacific American community to achieve its full participation in the U.S. society.

In The Fray - A highly political and intelligent non-profit site that focuses on issues of identity and community.

COMICS, ILLUSTRATION AND ART:

Angry Little Girls - Lela Lee's weekly comic strip.

James Jean - check it out, then cry about how inferior you feel about your own drawing skills.

Derek Kirk Kim - one of the country's best alternative comic artists working today.

Frank Cho - creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip Liberty Meadows.

Komikwerks.com - Fantastic collection of online comics in a wide range of styles.

Drunken Fist - My good friend Rob Larsen's site dedicated to illustration, kung-fu, graffiti, movies and comics. What more could you ever want?

Hayao Miyazaki - Disney ain't shit. Miyazaki is the real deal.

Adrian Tomine - Subtle and beautiful line work coupled with skillful storytelling.

Scott Murry - peruse the illustration stylings of the Smurderer.

DO SOMETHING NICE:

Kiva - Lets you connect with and loan money to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. By choosing a loan on Kiva, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world's working poor make great strides towards economic independence. Throughout the course of the loan (usually 6-12 months), you can receive email journal updates from the entrepreneur you've sponsored. As loans are repaid, you get your loan money back.

Life Straw - An amazingly simple personal water purifying system. Basically it's a plastic tube with a filter that kills/removes 99.9% of waterborne bacteria, 98.7% of waterborne viruses and removes particles down to 15 microns. For $15 you can buy one straw that can supply a family of five clean water for a year.

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