His style reminds me of Moebius in some ways and of Miyazaki in others, minimalist yet simultaneously intricate. It's amazing how much emotion he's able to convey with so little. Stan Sakai uses clean lines and great composition to put his stories together. The straight-forward, minimalist style grabbed my attention right away. The first story was a little rocky, a team-up with the Ninja Turtles to save a rat. Did I mention all the characters are animals? The violence is tame and there's no blood. I have no idea why I enjoyed this as much as I did. I was vaguely aware there was a Usagi Yojimbo comic but I didn't imagine the rabbit could carry his own book. I first encountered Usagi on an episode of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon where he was yanked from his own time period and teamed up with the aforementioned turtles. He's also a rabbit in a world of anthropomorphic animals. Miyamoto Usagi is a ronin, a masterless samurai, wandering feudal Japan in search of peace. His favorite movie is Satomi Hakkenden (1959). He also made a futuristic spin-off series Space Usagi. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole artist (Tom Luth serves as the main colorist on the series, and Sergio Aragonés has made two small contributions to the series: the story "Broken Ritual" is based on an idea by Aragonés, and he served as a guest inker for the black and white version of the story "Return to Adachi Plain" that is featured in the Volume 11 trade paper-back edition of Usagi Yojimbo). He began his career by lettering comic books (notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier) and became famous with the production of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan. He and his wife, Sharon, presently reside and work in Pasadena. He later attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Original graphic novels feature stories that have never been published previously.Stan Sakai (Japanese: 坂井 スタンSakai Sutan born May 25, 1953) is an artist who became known as an Eisner Award-winning comic book originator.īorn in Kyoto, Sakai grew up in Hawaii and studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo WhereWhen No.The five issue mini-series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen has been collected into a single volume. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen The six issue mini-series Usagi Yojimbo: Senso has been collected into a single hardcover volume. Unlike the main line of Usagi Yojimbo collections the covers differ between the two formats. 6 (Lone Goat and Kid)Ī single collection, available in both trade paperback and hardcover, collects all published Space Usagi stories. Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Volume 4: Lone Goat and Kid Usagi Yojimbo Dragon Bellow Conspiracy No.Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Volume 3: Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Volume 2: Wanderer's Road The Goblin of Adachigahara (Expanded Version).Chibi Usagi and the Goblin of Adachi Plain.The Treasure of the Mother of Mountains.A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Tournament.IDW published books are larger and match the industry standard. The dimensions of the trade paperbacks published first by Fantagraphics Books and continued by Dark Horse Comics are smaller than what has become the industry standard. Hardcover versions of the trade paperbacks are also available and are generally identical in content except where noted. Trade Paperbacks and Hardcover Trades Usagi YojimboĬollecting all four volumes of Usagi Yojimbo and other stories published elsewhere, trade paperbacks are published after enough uncollected material has been released. 1.5 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen.1 Trade Paperbacks and Hardcover Trades.
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