Talk:Minn Matsuda

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Work for Biro-Wood around 1949[edit]

Min Matsuda worked for comic book creators Biro-Wood in 1949.

Charles Biro and Bob Wood created comic books published by Lev Gleason. A 1949 Christmas Card includes a picture of Min Matsuda. It's included in the article about Irving Watanabe on Alex Jay's site "Tenth Letter of the Alphabet".

It's not immediately clear what work she did for Biro-Wood, but the 1950 census lists her as "Artist - Commercial Work". (As Shizu Matsuda, with husband Thomas and son Karl, on sheet 6 of ED 31-1072.)

Also included on the postcard were John Yakata (biography unknown) and Irving Watanabe (art director; and letterer for all of Biro-Wood comics). Among the artists who did story work for Biro-Wood were Fred Kida and Bob Fujitani. Roket (talk) 07:48, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Early life movement[edit]

Matsuda's connection to Utah predated World War 2. In the 1920 census, her father Kojiro Utsunomiya was listed as a proprietor of a restaurant in Salt Lake City.

In 1935 and 1936 Kojiro Utsunomiya is in the Santa Cruz city directory working at a restaurant. Roket (talk) 08:08, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Son and daughter-in-law[edit]

Minn Matsuda's first son was Karl Matsuda, who retired as a preparator at the American Museum of Natural History.

Karl married Fay Lai Chew, who became Fay Chew Matsuda, founder of the Museum of Chinese in the Americas. Roket (talk) 08:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]