George Takei writing graphic novel

George Takei writing graphic novel
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ÒStar Trek\" icon George Takei is turning his family\'s painful past during World War Two into a graphic novel. The Japanese-American actor and his relatives were forced to leave their Los Angeles home and live in a

New York: ÒStar Trek" icon George Takei is turning his family's painful past during World War Two into a graphic novel. The Japanese-American actor and his relatives were forced to leave their Los Angeles home and live in a US internment camp in Arkansas following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 1941.

Takei was just five-years-old when his family was relocated, and now he is set to tell his story in the form of a child-friendly comic book as part of his "ongoing mission of spreading awareness of this disgraceful chapter of American history," reported the New York Times.

The 79-year-old actor plans to release the project next year.

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