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Brief Description:
Originally published in Albedo, Critters and Usagi Yojimbo summer special.
Marc Notes:
Miyamoto Usagi is no Bugs Bunny. He's a rabbit bodyguard, a samurai who wanders the mountains, plains and villages of a 17th-century Japan populated almost exclusively by anthropomorphic animals. Cats, snakes, rhinos and ninja moles plot and fight their way across a land ravaged by civil war, in this collection of ten stories.
Review Quotes:
One of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found.--Stan Lee
Review Quotes:
These bittersweet adventure stories offer entertaining reading, especially for young Asian-Americans who feel excluded from mainstream juvenile literature.-- "Los Angeles Times"
Review Quotes:
I don't think I'm exaggerating at all when I say that Stan Sakai is arguably the greatest living comic book creator in the world, and
Usagi Yojimbo is a thirty-year masterpiece that has a consistency and craftsmanship that other comics only touch when they're at their peak.--Chris Sims "ComicsAlliance"
Review Quotes:
As a fan of samurai fiction (to the point of having a
Seven Samurai tattoo) and comics, I can't recommend Stan Sakai's beautifully drawn, note-perfect reinvention of the genre highly enough.--Kevin Church "BeaucoupKevin.com"
Publisher Marketing:
With over fifty graphic novels in print, the samurai rabbit is more popular than ever! This is the seminal Usagi book collecting all the classic original Usagi stories from
Albedo,
Critters,
Doomsday Squad, and the
Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special. This is one of Fantagraphics' very best sellers, and is also where Usagi started--don't miss out! The setting is 17th century Japan, when the age of civil wars has barely ended and the Shogun has established power. The samurai is the ruling class throughout the land, following a warrior's code of honor known as Bushido.
Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 chronicles this time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi, aka Usagi Yojimbo! One of the great classics of the last 20 years, perfect for all ages.
Review Citations:
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Wilson Graphic Novels Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780930193355, Paperback)
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Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780930193355, Paperback)
Contributor Bio:Sakai, Stan
Stan Sakai is a Japanese-born American artist and comic book creator. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in 1984. Usagi has been on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as toys, on clothing, in comics, and in a series of trade paperback collections. He is a multiple Eisner-Award-winning cartoonist and the recipient of numerous national awards including an American Library Association Award and a Cultural Ambassador Award from the Japanese American National Museum. In 2020, Sakai was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame. He currently is an executive producer on the Netflix original CGI animated series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, which is based on Usagi Yojimbo. He lives in Pasadena, CA.
Contributor Bio:Lee, Stan
Stan Lee is the co-creator of many of the Marvel Comics iconic heroes, including Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Daredevil, Thor, Doctor Strange, Nick Fury, and the X-Men. His movie and television work includes cameo roles in most of the Marvel Comics movies, co-creating and hosting the TV reality show
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, and voice work on many of the Marvel animated series, including
Spider-Man,
The Incredible Hulk,
X-Men, and
Super Hero Squad Show.
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