Originally published at: https://geektherapy.org/george-takei-announces-new-graphic-memoir-it-rhymes-with-takei/
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| LOS ANGELES, CA (October 30, 2024) – Top Shelf Productions is proud to announce IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI — a new full-color graphic memoir from the team behind George Takei’s award-winning bestseller THEY CALLED US ENEMY, telling the untold story of his journey from closeted actor to international gay icon. Scheduled for publication in June 2025, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI will offer an unprecedented view into the heart of this beloved star and a celebration of the warp-speed changes he has witnessed in one lifetime. |
George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist,
helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing — one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared… and it rhymes with Takei.
George Takei has shown the world many faces: actor, author, outspoken activist,
helmsman of the starship Enterprise, living witness to the internment of Japanese Americans, and king of social media. But until October 27, 2005, there was always one piece missing — one face he did not show the world. There was one very intimate fact about George that he never shared… and it rhymes with Takei.
Combining historical context with intimate subjectivity, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI shows how the personal and the political have always been intertwined. Its richly emotional words and images depict the terror of entrapment even in gay community spaces, the anguish of speaking up for so many issues while remaining silent on his most personal issue, the grief of losing friends to AIDS, the joy of finding true love with Brad Altman, and the determination to declare that love openly — and legally — before the whole world.
Looking back on his astonishing life on both sides of the closet, George Takei now presents a charismatic and candid witness to how far America has come…and how precious that progress is.
IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI
by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, and José Villarrubia
ISBN 9781603095747 | $29.99 (US)
Full-color hardcover, 6.5” x 9” | 328 pages
Coming June 2025
Now available for pre-order