The same goes for artist Stan Sakai, who deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Jack Kirby, John Romita, and others as one of the giants of the industry Any chance you can get to meet the man, take it—one of the nicest in this crazy industry Up for auction right now is[...]
Netflix and Usagi Yojimbo creator, writer, and illustrator Stan Sakai are teaming up to bring the long-running comic book series to life with Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles The series hails from Sakai, who is set to executive produce the series along with Gaumont, Dark Horse Entertainment, and Atomic Monster, with Candie and Doug Langdale[...]
47 Ronin, by Richardson and Stan Sakai, and The Atomic Legion, by Richardson and Bruce Zick, will be available in paperback next Summer The Atomic Legion will hit stores on July 22nd while 47 Ronin will hit stores on August 12th.Check out the press release below for more info.
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Titled Legends Vol 1, this volume includes previously published art, new art or unseen-until-now art from the likes of John Bolton, Gary Gianni, Aaron Lopresti, Art Baltazar, Val Mayerik, Steve Rude, Shawn McManus, Stan Sakai, William Stout, Dan Parent, Rich Tommaso, the late Mike Wieringo, Topper Helmers Jerry Bingham and more A total of 34[...]
I own 31 Artist Edition style books, and 23 of those have been produced by IDW, with my latest book being the Stan Sakai Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter Artist’s Select Edition that I picked up at SDCC this last week So clearly I am biased towards these books and towards the work and care the Dunbier[...]
A press release describes the experience:
Upping the ante on an annual SDCC tradition, IDW Publishing will host TWO industry legends – Stan Sakai (creator of the critically acclaimed Usagi Yojimbo) and Walter Simonson (legendary writer/artist of The Mighty Thor, Manhunter, and Ragnarök) for one very special dinner to which YOU are invited!Mingle with both Sakai[...]
Dark Horse comics, in celebration of 35 years of Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, will publish a hardcover collecting over 300 covers from the long-running comic Called Usagi Yojimbo: 35 Years of Covers, the collection is billed as "a complete compendium of Stan Sakai's greatest covers." The book is set to hit stores on November 13th,[...]
And as part of a new event this Summer, the Infinity Warps will return for a story running across six Marvel annuals (old school style), written by Al Ewing, with art by Carloses Villa and Gomez, and maybe more, called Secret Warps.We've previously joked that the Infinity Warps were actually invented by legendary X-Men scribe[...]
In a serious blow to Dark Horse's martial arts skilled anthropomorphic animal output, Stan Sakai is moving his beloved samurai rabbit comic Usagi Yojimbo to rival publisher IDW beginning in June For IDW, which already publishes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics in three different continuities, the move pretty much allows them to corner the market[...]
The answer, sadly is no, but that didn't stop a full room of people from having grand old time listening to Groo The Wanderer artist Sergio Aragones, writer Mark Evanier, and letterer Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) be in classic form for this SDCC panel They started the panel sharing what was coming up for Groo[...]
Stan Sakai's new seven-part Usagi Yojimbo series continues with issue #4 due out on June 20th Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden follows our hero on his way to see Inspector Ishida, Usagi is confronted by Shogunate guards.. a sign of the times While unraveling a pair of murders in town later, Usagi and Ishida become wary[...]
Atomic Crush Events, the company behind Comic Con Revolution whose exploits have been reported here on Bleeding Cool, have launched a new award called the Joe Kubert Distinguished Storyteller Award, named for the titular legendary comic book artist and patriarch of the Kubert dynasty, and another comics legend, Stan Sakai, is the inaugural recipient The award[...]
Dark Horse announced today that they will release a collection of all of Stan Sakai's crossovers between Usagi Yojimbo and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles And they really mean all of them!A press release reveals the finer details:
Throughout the last three decades, comics master Stan Sakai has penned many crossover stories full of action-packed adventures[...]
The inspector believes this is related to the arrival of a religious group called “Kirishitans” that have spread throughout the land.[caption id="attachment_818427" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #1 cover by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth[/caption]This issue of Usagi Yojimbo, which opens the Hidden miniseries, is interesting in how historically driven it is, but it’s[...]
Woods (Ladycastle, Niobe), continue Lara’s story after Rise of the Tomb Raider and the previous Dark Horse series! This volume collects issues #1–#4 of the 2017 Dark Horse Comics series Tomb Raider: Survivor’s Crusade.Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #2 (of 7)
Stan Sakai (W/A/Cover)
On sale Apr 18
b&w, 28 pages
$3.99
Miniseries
Usagi and Inspector Ishida identify the recent murder victims[...]
While Nezumi shows no malice towards the town or its protectors, he does not want to be caught, and he even poses a challenge for the great samurai.In the background, the Black Goblin Gang is making some dangerous moves.[caption id="attachment_738972" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Usagi Yojimbo #163 cover by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth[/caption]Usagi Yojimbo #163 is[...]
We've got quite a treat here today, an exclusive early look at pages from Usagi Yojimbo #161, the first issue from Stan Sakai after his hiatus that started last December I believe this is the 220th issue since he created the character and world back in 1984. Usagi Yojimbo is set in the early days of[...]
Bleeding Cool's Christine Marquet reports from The Mark, Sergio, Stan, and Tom Show Panel: This Thursday afternoon,The Mark, Sergio, Stan, and Tom Show panel took place at San Diego Comic-Con 2017. From Sergio's flavorful reminiscing of life early in his career to Mark's spilling his water (which needed attention before the conversation could continue), the trio shared a warm […]
[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Rocketeer: High Flying Adventures doesn't waste any time in dropping the reader right into the action. We open with Betty rightfully scolding Cliff for being late to rescue her, and Cliff doing what he does best: winging it. The Rocketeer is one of my personal favorite comic book characters. The old-school, beat-'em-up […]
Joshua Stone lets us know from Wondercon at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles panel...Bobby Curnow announced that there will a TMNT and Usagi Yojimbo crossover in July, with Stan Sakai doing everything but coloring They will be fighting Jei, a Usagi villain This is going to be a crossover between the Usagi who knew the[...]
