These comics are written by George Takei, who played Sulu on TOS, or feature him as a character, or they document his life.
Star Trek Annual #1 1990
So near the touch
The Enterprise is assigned to assist a Federation medical team
led by Sulu's former lover. The team's job is to try and prevent
the extinction of a race whose planet is ecologically
devastated. A mere embrace between two individuals causes
spontaneous combustion. Religious fundamentalists oppose
Federation assistance and take the medical team hostage. Sulu
and Chekov defy orders and lead an assault to rescue the medical
team. Sulu's lover is contaminated by the planet's environment
and they can never touch one another again.
Stardate 8503.1
Writers: George Takei, Peter David
Artist: Gray Morrow
Cover artist: Jerome Moore
#6 Jan 2013
Kevin Keller
Archie Comics
George Takei makes a cameo appearance in this issue of the ongoing series.
Writer: Dan Parent
Artists: Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski
Cover artist: Dan Parent
#6 Jan 2013
Kevin Keller
Archie Comics
George Takei makes a cameo appearance in this issue of the ongoing series. Variant cover.
Writer: Dan Parent
Artists: Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski
Cover artist: Dan Parent
2013
Kevin Keller: Drive Me Crazy
Archie Comics
Trade paperback collection including issue #6 featuring George Takei.
Writer: Dan Parent
Artists: Dan Parent, Rich Koslowski
Cover artist: Dan Parent
2017
New Frontiers: The Many Worlds Of George Takei
Solicitation: This original graphic novel anthology is inspired by the life and legacy of George Takei and is the companion book to the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) exhibition of the same name. New Frontiers uses Takei's incredible journey as a launching pad for the imaginations of a breathtaking array of diverse creators -- Asian, black, Hispanic and Native American; lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans -- to tell original stories about incarceration and exclusion, representation and resistance, the digital world and the struggle in the streets.
Trade paperback. 176pp. Learn more about New Frontiers at JANM.
Editors: Jeff Yang, Keith Chow
Artists: Many
Cover artist:
2017
Excelsior: The Many Lives of George Takei
Solicitation: Fittingly for a super-hero like George Takei, his story is told in comic book form! In Excelsior we join present-day Takei in a nostalgic look back through his uniquely colorful and impactful personal journey, from a childhood behind barbed wire to the stars, the front lines of social change and the surreal world of social media.
Comic. 24pp. The contents of this comic is the framing story of the trade paperback, New Frontiers. Learn more about Excelsior at JANM.
Writer: Jeff Yang
Artist: Jamie Noguchi
Cover artist:
Jul 2019
They Called Us Enemy
Top Shelf Productions
Solicitation: In a stunning graphic memoir, actor/author/activist George Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.
George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But long before he braved new frontiers in Star Trek, he woke up as a four-year-old boy to find his own birth country at war with his father's -- and their entire family forced from their home into an uncertain future.
In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten relocation centers, hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard.
They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.
A teacher's guide developed by the Education Department at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) for grades 6-12, extensible to elementary and college students, is available from the publisher. Winner of the 2020 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Reality-Based Work. Nominated for the 2020 Ringo Award for Best Non-Fiction Comic Work.
Trade paperback with flaps, b&w interior art, 192 pages. ISBN 9781603094504
Writers: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
Artist: Harmony Becker
Cover artist: Harmony Becker
Jul 2019
They Called Us Enemy
Top Shelf Productions
Hardcover edition. This paper-over-board hardcover edition features exclusive endpapers not found in the regular softcover. b&w interior art, 208 pages, ISBN 9781603094702
Writers: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
Artist: Harmony Becker
Cover artist: Harmony Becker
Jul 2019
They Called Us Enemy
Top Shelf Productions
Turtleback Books, library binding edition, 208 pages, ISBN 9781663608031
Writers: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
Artist: Harmony Becker
Cover artist: Harmony Becker
Jul 2019
They Called Us Enemy
Top Shelf Productions
Signed and Numbered Hardcover Edition. This deluxe paper-over-board hardcover edition (limited to 1,000 copies worldwide) features an individually numbered, sewn-in, letterpress bookplate hand-signed by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker, plus exclusive endpapers not found in the regular softcover. b&w interior art, 208 pages, ISBN 9781603094726
Writers: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
Artist: Harmony Becker
Cover artist: Harmony Becker
Jun 2020
Nos Llamaron Enemigo
Top Shelf Productions
The Spanish language translation of They Called Us Enemy will be published in North America as part of a new Spanish language initiative from IDW Publishing. b&w interior art, 208 pages, ISBN 9781603094832
Writers: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
Artist: Harmony Becker
Cover artist: Harmony Becker
Aug 2020
They Called Us Enemy: Expanded Edition
Top Shelf Productions
Deluxe hardcover edition, expanded with 16 pages of bonus material. b&w interior art, 224 pages, ISBN 9781603094702
Writers: George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott
Artist: Harmony Becker
Cover artist: Harmony Becker
Dec 2022
More Awesome Asian Americans: 20 Citizens Who Energized America
Immedium
Learn about 20 more trailblazers who have enriched the USA. This diverse cast includes historic trailblazers (actor George Takei, author Amy Tan) to current celebrities (singer Bruno Mars, athlete Chloe Kim), from a spectrum of vocations and cultures (violinist Midori, inventor Amar Bose). Learn key chapters of U.S. history not covered in school, and the amazing deeds of these pioneers. Challenged by discrimination and bias, these stars pushed forward to impact society and motivated others to do likewise.
Trade paperback. Illustrated in color, 132 pages, ISBN 9781597021586
Writers: Phil Amara, Oliver Chin
Artist: Juan Calle
Cover artist: Juan Calle
Apr 2024
My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story
Crown Books
A moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II--from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist, and author of the New York Times bestselling graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy.
February 19, 1942. George Takei is four years old when his world changes forever. Two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares anyone of Japanese descent an enemy of the United States.
George and his family were American in every way. They had done nothing wrong. But because of their Japanese ancestry, they were removed from their home in California and forced into camps with thousands of other families who looked like theirs.
Over the next three years, George had three different "homes"": the Santa Anita racetrack, swampy Camp Rohwer, and infamous Tule Lake. But even though they were now living behind barbed wire fences and surrounded by armed soldiers, his mother and father did everything they could to keep the family safe.
In My Lost Freedom, George Takei looks back at his own memories to help children today understand what it feels like to be treated as an enemy by your own country. Featuring powerful meticulously researched watercolor paintings, this is a story of a family's courage, a young boy's resilience, and the importance of staying true to yourself in the face of injustice.
Hardcover, 48 pages. ISBN 9780593566350
Writer: George Takei
Artist: Michelle Lee
Jun 2025
It Rhymes With Takei
Top Shelf Productions
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.
Now, for the first time ever, George shares the full story of his life in the closet, his decision to come out as gay at the age of 68, and the way that moment transformed everything. Following the phenomenal success of his first graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy, George Takei reunites with the team of Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger, now joined by the award-winning colorist José Villarrubia, for a jaw-dropping new testament. From his earliest childhood crushes and youthful experiments in the rigidly conformist 1950s, to global fame as an actor and the terrible fear of exposure, to the watershed moment of speaking his truth and becoming one of the most high-profile gay men on the planet, It Rhymes with Takei offers a sweeping portrait of one iconic American navigating the tides of LGBTQ+ history.
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 door, George Takei presents a charismatic and candid account of how far America has come... and how precious that progress is.
Hardcover, 328 pages. ISBN 9781603095747
Writers: George Takei, Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger
Artists: Harmony Becker, José Villarrubia
