1media/1F3F8579-E568-4A81-9903-A20A37773B2F.jpegmedia/233CA241-0BCF-4CCD-84AC-F91450005407.jpegmedia/47536009-C86D-4BD9-BC79-3DD1D2A25756.png2023-04-18T18:53:17+00:00Bennie Nobori16image_header2023-04-20T18:32:00+00:00Bennie Nobori was a Japanese American animator and comic artist active during the 1940s. Before being incarcerated Nobori worked as an animator for a “Hollywood film studio,” who many believe was Walt Disney Studios.
While incarcerated at The Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah, Nobori drew a weekly comic strip called “Jankee Reporter” for the camp newspaper, The Topaz Times. In 1943, Norbori moved to the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in California and created a new comic strip "Zootsuo" for the pages of the Heart Mountain Sentinel. Like many Japanese American comic artists, Nobori used humor to critique the absurdity of camp life.
