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Be Takei and you know, do stuff!

It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger

July 28, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Cbr17bingo White  It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger took me over a week to read. This is not because it was a bad graphic novel, but for three main reasons. First, it is actually on the longer side. Second, because it has heavy subjects it deals with. And finally, the pages can be a bit crowded, making images and text blur together and/or making it hard to follow at times, so I just took my time with […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: activists, actor, arts, Asian-American, cbr17bingo, Cbr17bingo White, george takei, George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, LGBTQ, Social Themes, Steven Scott

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:334 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Non-Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: activists, actor, arts, Asian-American, cbr17bingo, Cbr17bingo White, george takei, George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, LGBTQ, Social Themes, Steven Scott ·
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When History Repeats itself

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

July 24, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

#crb11bingo #TrueStory I am going to write WOW 200 times and OMG for the other 50 words. I am also going to say this the second draft of my review. I found myself just going on about all the little, amazing details to the story. I was near 500 words and could have written another 500. They Called Us Enemy is George Takei’s story in a graphic novel format. Along with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott and Harmony Becker the reader sees the years from early/mid-1940s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: American History, Biography & Memoir, cbr11bingo, george takei, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, lgbt, Steven Scott, World War Two, ww2

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:283 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: American History, Biography & Memoir, cbr11bingo, george takei, Harmony Becker, japanese, Justin Eisinger, lgbt, Steven Scott, World War Two, ww2 ·
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