Adventures of a Nikkei Fan Boy

17 Oct 2012 - 11 Dec 2013

An occasional cartoon series about a Sansei exploring Nikkei culture in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Stories from this series

Thomas Shoyama — A Great Canadian

Dec. 11, 2013 • Raymond Nakamura

Tom Shoyama (1915-2006), a great Canadian who happened to be of Japanese descent. * This comic was originally published in the Nikkei Voice in November 2013.

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My Mom's Powell Street

Jan. 9, 2013 • Raymond Nakamura

A thriving Japanese Canadian community in Vancouver before World War II. * This comic was originally published in the Nikkei Voice in December 2012.

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Powell St. Festival 2012

Oct. 17, 2012 • Raymond Nakamura

Familiar scenes from the 2012 Powell Street Festival in Vancouver, BC in Canada. * This was originally published in the Nikkei Voice on September 2012.

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Author in This Series

Raymond Nakamura

Raymond Nakamura lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When he is not personal assistant to his daughter, he writes Vogon poetry, draws cartoons rejected by the New Yorker and gives tours of Powell Street, the Japanese community where his mother grew up before World War II. He has a poem about being an ice hockey goalie in a children’s sport poetry anthology called And the Crowd Goes Wild. www.raymondsbrain.com.

Updated October 2012