For this Seattle samurai, cartoons were key to illustrating Japanese American perspectives
In 2018, The North American Post, Seattle’s oldest Japanese-language newspaper, printed the final strip of Seattle Tomodachi, a comic created by Sam Goto.
Goto was a second generation Japanese-American, born in the Seattle area in 1933. He raised two girls here, working for most of his life as a dental technician.
He passed away at the age of 84, just a few months before his final comic strip was printed.
For 5 years, Goto used his pen to illustrate the Japanese American experience in the Pacific Northwest.
The strips could be funny and whimsical. But his work could also be somber and…
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