Last month, The Japan Times invited readers to send in their thoughts on "Charisma Man," originally a comic strip that ran from 1998 in The Alien, a Nagoya-based magazine, but lately something of a byword for the stereotypical nerdy Western guy with the beautiful Japanese girlfriend.
The 10 readers whose contributions were chosen for publication win a copy of the new book "Charisma Man — The Even More Complete Collection" (see www.charismaman.com for details).
I enjoyed reading your recent articles on Charisma Man ("One more time — with Charisma" by Charles Lewis and Barbara Bayer, Zeit Gist, July 13). I have fond memories of reading the comic strip back in the late '90s when I lived in Tokyo. I thought the artwork was always excellent and the insightful situations in the strip always seemed to strike close to home.
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