M.I.T. professor Henry Jenkins has posted an interview one of his graduate students, Lan Xuan Le, conducted with Tak Toyoshima, creator of the "Secret Asian Man" syndicated comic strip. An excerpt:

Toyoshima also considers very carefully the balance of social critique and humor in his strip, especially in light of his commitment to quality. He must because of the charged nature of his subject matter. "The key is to know how to get messages about touchy subjects like race across without scaring everyone away. If I ran in there screaming about racism and injustice I'd be canceled in a week. On the other hand I don't want to pander to their audience and just replace some other safe comic strip with my own."