{"id":50209,"date":"2019-02-22T13:09:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T21:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=50209"},"modified":"2019-02-22T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T21:09:59","slug":"takei-graphic-memoir-due-out-this-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2019\/02\/takei-graphic-memoir-due-out-this-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"Takei Graphic Memoir Due Out This Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First announced last summer, <em>They Called Us Enemy<\/em>, the graphic memoir by <strong>George Takei<\/strong>, will make its debut in May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in<em> Star Trek<\/em>, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father&#8217;s &#8211; and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of over one hundred thousand Japanese-Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon &#8211; and America itself &#8211; in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Written by Takei, <strong>Justin Eisinger<\/strong>, and <strong>Steven Scott<\/strong>, <em>They Called Us Enemy<\/em> will feature art and a cover by <strong>Harmony Becker<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The one hundred-and-ninety-two page black and white graphic memoir will cost $19.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First announced last summer, They Called Us Enemy, the graphic memoir by George Takei, will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2456,9624],"tags":[9772,2415,9593],"class_list":["post-50209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-comics","tag-graphic-memoir","tag-takei","tag-they-called-us-enemy"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"large":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/TakeiMemoirGettyAnimationMagazine022219.jpg",580,225,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"T&#39;Bonz","author_link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/author\/tbonz\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/books\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Books<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/categories\/comics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Comics<\/a>","tag_info":"Comics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50211,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50209\/revisions\/50211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}