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Did you know that there was a successful comic based right here in Seattle? Between 2012 and 2018, artist Sam Goto drew over 250 multi-paneled comic strips called Seattle Tomodachi (“friend of Seattle”) for The North American Post. Seattle Tomodachi chronicled the lives and stories of early Japanese settlers and their Japanese-American children and other descendants. From immigration, mass removal and incarceration, to the rebuilding of social connections, Goto sought to portray the memories and experiences of the Japanese community. Through his work, he captured…