Today, you'll find two new comic strips in the Fun & Games section, "Candorville" and "Secret Asian Man."
We are testing them on Sundays only to see how you like them, so we can consider that as we continue to adjust the comics we provide. We are using the space vacated by Berke Breathed when he ended "Opus."
You can comment on these comic strips at www.sacbee.com/forums. When you get to that page, scroll down and click on "Comics." You'll see a question to be answered: "Should The Bee keep 'Candorville' or 'Secret Asian Man?' " (By the way, did you know you can also start discussions on this forum? Give it a try.)
We will assess the number and type of comments you share when making any decisions.
"Candorville" and "Secret Asian Man" will run for at least four weeks on Sundays only. Here's how the syndicates describe them:
• "Candorville" by Darrin Bell is about an educated underachiever, Lemont Brown, who is an aspiring writer. Socially conscious, he wants to work at changing the world and infusing it with wisdom and justice – if only he could pay his rent.
Lemont's childhood friend Susan Garcia is a book-smart and street-savvy Mexican American woman who won't let bigotry or any glass ceiling keep her down.
And Lemont's friend Clyde (a.k.a. "C-Dog") is a streetwise thug and undiscovered rapper who'd rather mooch off his mother than get a job. Together they try to make their dreams come true in a Big City that sometimes seems to have other plans for them – and in a country gone wild, where illegal wiretapping, secret prisons, rigged voting machines and Tom Cruise are all considered normal, and the Declaration of Independence has become a "whiny Liberal conspiracy theory."
The strip appears in the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Washington Post, among other newspapers.
• "Secret Asian Man," created by Tak Toyoshima, features Osamu "SAM" Takahashi, an optimistic dreamer who is fascinated by what makes us the same as well as different.
Loosely based on the cartoonist's own life, the strip examines the life of a struggling comic strip artist who dreams of hitting the big time. A second-generation Japanese American who grew up in a big city surrounded by people from all walks of life, SAM is a laid-back guy who has a wife and young son. Although secure with his identity, he is a member of a frequently marginalized group and is therefore reminded by the world around him of the many unresolved issues regarding race, gender and orientation.
The strip appears in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the San Jose Mercury News, among other papers.
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