He received a fine arts degree from the University of Hawaii and did further studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now lives in California with his children, Hannah and Matthew. Stan Sakai's emotive artwork and masterful storytelling combine to create a stunning and engrossing comic adventure that readers won't want to put down! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #76-#93, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1-#3, and more! The retainer Tomoe Ame also returns in the epic-length 'Mother of Mountains,' 'Tomoe's Story,' and the poignant tea ceremony tale, 'Chanoyu.' Inspector Ishida, the sneaky thief Kitsune, and the fearsome bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog all make appearances. Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition: 2 Volume Hardcover Box Set is part of the Usagi Yojimbo series.The adventures of Miyamoto Usagi, the rabbit ronin, continue! This fifth definitive Usagi Yojimbo collection sees the return of many of Usagi's friends.

Just a few of the goodies are a complete full-color gallery of the more than 50 Usagi covers from that period (never-before-collected) many preparatory sketches, including Sakai's original first draft of the 'Samurai' story two 'non-canon' Usagi stories by Sakai co-starring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with whom Usagi also shared screen time in the TMNTs' TV series) and an updated and expanded, long out-of-print and feature-length, career-spanning interview with Sakai from the pages of The Comics Journal. But that's not all! This Special Edition will also be brimming with extra material, some from the long-out-of-print hardcover editions of those first seven volumes, some brand new. With over 1000 pages of story, this is the complete, definitive, early Usagi. In honor of his 25th anniversary, Fantagraphics is releasing a deluxe slipcase set collecting the first seven Usagi books, including the earliest stories the origin story, 'Samurai' 'The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy,' a full graphic novel and literally dozens more. (If Pixar and the late Akira Kurosawa were to collaborate on a movie, it might very well look like this.)įor the first ten years of his career, the battling bunny was published by Fantagraphics Books.

Stuffed with engaging supporting characters, villains, and even a romantic interest or two, Usagi Yojimbo chronicles the action-packed wanderings of a masterless samurai (a 'ronin') in feudal Japan - as told with funny-animals. A deluxe, comprehensive reissue: the first seven books of the Rabbit Ronin's adventures in two elegantly slipcased hardcover volumes.Ĭreated in 1984 as a supporting character for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo has vaulted to the very forefront of iconic modern comics characters and is a perennial favorite amongst both children and adult fans.

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