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Stan Sakai Gives the Samurai Rabbit a Cousin in New Usagi Yojimbo
Stan Sakai, his own studio Dogu Publishing and Dark Horse Comics are publishing a new Usagi Yojimbo comic book in September.
Stan Sakai, his own studio Dogu Publishing and Dark Horse Comics are publishing a new Usagi Yojimbo comic book in September. And this time the legendary rabbit rōnin who got some Netflix time as Samurai Rabbit is bringing his cousin for Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow.
The new series features Usagi's new-found cousin Yukichi, as well as the return of fan-favorite villain, Jei. Along with writing, art, and lettering by Sakai, the series also features colors by HiFi Colour Design.
Usagi and Yukichi are still in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan, following Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo story arc, "The Green Dragon." They are led to the hut of a strange hermit who allows them to spend the night at her home to shelter from the snow storm. Meanwhile, the maniacal Jei and his familiar, Keiko, are on Usagi's trail when they stumble upon a bandit lair and subdue a band of cutthroats and thieves.
Along with the main cover A by Stan Sakai, fans can also collect two other variant covers for issue #1. Variant cover B is provided by artist Skottie Young, available for standard order (UPC 7 61568 01096 1). Artist Paolo Rivera provides a third cover C (UPC 7 61568 01096 1), which comics retailers can order one copy for every 25 copies ordered of Cover A or B.
Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow #1 (of 5) will be in comic shops September 27, 2023. All three of the listed variant cover options are available for pre-order now at your local comic shop for $4.99.
Usagi Yojimbo is set at the beginning of the Edo period of Japan, just stuffed full of anthropomorphic animals. The lead, Miyamoto Usagi, partially based on the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi as he wanders the land on his warrior's pilgrimage, and occasional bodyguard. Usagi Yojimbo first appeared in Albedo Anthropomorphics #2, published by Thoughts and Images in 1984, before publication from Fantagraphics Books, before moving to Dark Horse, the IDW and then Dark Horse again.
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