Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #20


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Stan Sakai's original series starring the rabbit _ronin_ is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse's complete digital presentation of _Usagi Yojimbo_! In one of his most celebrated tales, A Kite Story,� Sakai instills a village kite festival with danger and drama in a _Rashomon_-like approach to the day's proceedings, told from the points of view of a kite maker, a gambler, and a (rabbit) _ronin_. Alongside tense clashes between Usagi and a crooked gambling ring, Sakai creates a lesson in traditional Japanese kite making, and both plots intersect in the unpredictable climax! It's the quality of Stan's scripting and artwork that really impresses me the most. In his writing, with an economy of dialogue, he manages to capture subtle and dramatic emotions as well to convey the sense of honor and tradition embodied in the centuries-old code of the Samurai.� Stan Lee




Usagi Yojimbo Book 2


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The bunny's back! Originally printed in the long out-of-print Usagi Yojimbo #1 through 4, this volume features Usagi's origins as a wandering rabbit warrior in feudal Japan, and introduces many members of the cast of characters. Brimming with exciting swordfights, authentic locales and costumes, drama and humor, this is some of Stan Sakai's finest work. If you're unfamiliar with this multiple Harvey and Eisner winning comic for all ages, then what rock have you been living under?! Get your history lesson right here.




Usagi Yojimbo


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Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is a popular all-ages graphic novel series that chronicles the action-packed wanderings of a ronin in feudal Japan ― as told with anthropomorphic animals. For the first ten years of his career, the battling bunny was published by Fantagraphics Books. This slipcase set collects that entire run (previously published as seven trade paperbacks). With over 1000 pages of story, this is the complete, definitive, early Usagi with plenty of extras for fans and collectors.




Usagi Yojimbo


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Usagi Yojimbo Volume 20


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Wandering ronin Usagi Yojimbo is alone once again, having emerged from his travels with young Jotaro. His brief respite from danger was not destined to last long, for adventure in feudal Japan waits for no one! In this volume of the internationally acclaimed series, master storyteller Stan Sakai treats readers to intriguing tales of Usagi on his own and catches up with a bevy of fan-favorite characters - "whodunit" maestro Inspector Ishida has another puzzling mystery to solve, bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog are each on the tail of the possessed swordswoman Inazuma, bodyguard Tomoe has a new political rival in Lord Noriyuki's court, and Priest Sanshobo's temple is plagued by a vile demon! Throughout these stories we follow Usagi as he is roped into a covert smuggling operation, escorts a cantankerous old woman through dangerous territory, assists an inventor with a visionary flying machine, and once again encounters a vengeful young samurai. • Featuring a rare short story starring Katsuichi and young Usagi which has never seen print in the Usagi comics series!




Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #28


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Stan Sakai's original series starring the rabbit _ronin_ is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse's complete digital presentation of _Usagi Yojimbo_! Miyamoto Usagi's most personal battle begins in part one of Circles,� as he at last returns home! On the way to his village, Usagi encounters a fellow student of the hermit _sensei_ Katsuichi, and learns the great teacher's true fate. Meanwhile, the greatest threat the rabbit _ronin_ has ever known threatens his loved ones in the village! As a storyteller, Stan Sakai is one of the few artists working in comics who completely understands the medium. Stan writes each installment of _Usagi Yojimbo_ as a tapestry that moves the characters and their relationships forward.� Jeff Smith




Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #15


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Stan Sakai's original series starring the rabbit _ronin_ is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse's complete digital presentation of _Usagi Yojimbo_! The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy� continues! In part three, Usagi infiltrates the castle of the lord who has kidnapped Tomoe Ame. Learning from her of the conspiracy against the Shogun, Usagi rushes to share the news, but is he too late to prevent civil war? Rendered with a grace that verges on the miraculous, _Usagi Yojimbo_ is a delicate echo of a Japan that is vanishing forever.� Alejandro Jodorowsky




Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition Volume 1: Samurai and Other Stories


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"This Gallery Edition reproduces Stan Sakai's artwork for Usagi Yojimbo in full color and at original size. This first volume comprises the first ten years of Sakai and Usagi's evolution, spanning from the earliest, unpublished Usagi story in the early eighties to the second Usagi Yojimbo series [in] the early nineties."--About this edition (CIP galley)




Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #24


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Stan Sakai's original series starring the rabbit _ronin_ is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse's complete digital presentation of _Usagi Yojimbo_! Framed as a traitor to his clan and ousted in disgrace, bodyguard Yagi was forced to take up assassination for hire, walking the road to Hell with his son Gorogoro. Sakai homages the classic manga _Lone Wolf and Cub_ when Yagi is hired to slay the rabbit _ronin_, in Lone Goat and Kid�! It's the quality of Stan's scripting and artwork that really impresses me the most. In his writing, with an economy of dialogue, he manages to capture subtle and dramatic emotions as well to convey the sense of honor and tradition embodied in the centuries-old code of the Samurai.� Stan Lee




Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #16


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Stan Sakai's original series starring the rabbit _ronin_ is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse's complete digital presentation of _Usagi Yojimbo_! Just as Tomoe Ame escapes the treacherous lord whose plot she's discovered, the rabbit _ronin_ finds himself prisoner of the Neko Ninja! Meanwhile, bounty hunter Gen at last catches up with the fugitive Zato-Ino, and the ensuing battle will leave him forever scarred. But all of these differences must be put aside when the true scope of the plot against the Shogun is revealed in part four of The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy�! Rendered with a grace that verges on the miraculous, _Usagi Yojimbo_ is a delicate echo of a Japan that is vanishing forever.� Alejandro Jodorowsky