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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[...]

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. Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #1 cover by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth This issue of Usagi Yojimbo, which opens the Hidden miniseries, is interesting in how historically driven it is, but it's weighed down by a[...]

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. Usagi Yojimbo #163 cover by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth Usagi Yojimbo #163 is a fun read thanks[...]

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[...]

On Thursday afternoon, The Mark, Sergio, Stan, and Tom Show panel took place at San Diego Comic-Con, announcing "fancy volumes" coming for the Groo series.

The Rocketeer: High Flying Adventures collection is a beautiful book filled with stunning art and compelling stories for all ages!

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[...]

Starting with Mark Evanier, writer, Sergio Aragones, artist, Stan Sakai, letterer, and Tom Luth, colorist As it turned out the Sometimes Tom portion of the panel title was expanded to be Sometimes Tom and Sometimes Stan, because neither Sakai or Luth were in attendance, Sakai is currently on vacation in Japan and Luth was not[...]

We start off with Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo #159 and then we have Sergio Aragones' Groo: Fray of the Gods #3 Both of these books will hit comic shops on November 23rd. USAGI YOJIMBO #159 Writer: Stan Sakai Artist: Stan Sakai Cover Artist: Stan Sakai During his travels, the rabbit ronin comes across a little girl cowering behind[...]

We've got some exclusive previews for four titles coming up from Dark Horse to share over the weekend. We're going to kick it off with a comic by one of

Garrity, Melanie Gillman, Zac Gorman, Jimmy Gownley, Matt Groening, Dan Hipp, Keith Knight, Mike Kunkel, Roger Langridge, Jeff Lemire, Jonathan Lemon, Patrick McDonnell, Tony Millionaire, Caleb Monroe, Terry Moore, Dustin Nguyen, Molly Ostertag, Lincoln Peirce, Paul Pope, Hilary Price, Liz Prince, Stan Sakai, Chris Schweizer, Ryan Sook, Jeremy Sorese, Raina Telgemeier, Richard Thompson, Tom Tomorrow,[...]

Comic Fusion is auctioning Comic Book Themed Sketches to raise money and awareness for CASA of Somerset, Hunterdon, and Warren Counties (CASA SHaW), a charitable organization which provides advocates in court for children living in the foster care system. Sketches include pieces from Mike Lilly, Stan Sakai, Don Rosa, Bob Camp and pages from Sinestro by[...]

It doesn't seem like it. But not to worry, because Stan Sakai has been a part of this panel for so long, it is to be renamed the Mark, Sergio And Stan Show And bevause it's alphabetical, Mark Evanier gets top billing. In 2013's panel they teased the possibility of an upcoming Groo/Tarzan comic[...]

Stan Sakai is one of the nicest people in the comic industry And after a 3-year hiatus, his creation Usagi Yojimbo is back The series picked up with issue #145 and #148 has just been solicited along with the cover image to the left. A one-armed samurai tells Usagi of his losing duel with an invincible[...]

Written, illustrated, and with cover art by the great Stan Sakai, this storyline follows the hunt for a stolen scroll with Kitsune under fire. Dark Horse describe #146 thus: Everyone seems to want Kitsune dead tonight as the secret of merchant Inouye's stolen scroll is revealed! And Usagi's allies and enemies change by the minute when he[...]

There is quite simply nothing like it that lampoons so effectively whatever aspect of human life strikes Sergio's fancy at any time as well as the tropes of the fantasy warrior genre in fiction or comics. Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragones, and Stan Sakai (cover art) have put together the fresh series Friends and Foes to follow[...]

The fantastic next chapter in the long-running series by Stan Sakai will focus on a new story about Usagi caught in a fight between his friend Kitsune and a ninja The catch is that the ninja is determined to acquire the scroll Kitsune has stolen One of NPR's best books of 2014, the long-running series[...]

Have fun if you are! SPECIAL SIGNING: Anaheim's Beach Ball Comics presents Stan Sakai, creator of Usagi Yojimbo and the new Star Wars series from Marvel Sakai drew an exclusive cover for the comic book shop RSVP on Facebook for this signing being held on Saturday, January 17 starting at 2 PM! City of Industry's Fran and[...]

Greetings from the coal face of the direct comics market. Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale. Where supply and

every comic store] or NY Toy Fair DYNAMIC FORCES Exclusives #40 Greg Land Variant ($10.00) #41 Greg Land Black & White NEWBURY COMICS (MA, USA) #42 David Petersen Variant ($10.00) Rebel Base Comics & Toys (NC, USA) #43 Stephanie Hans Variant ($15.00) Buy Me Toys (IA, USA) #44 Jenny Frison Variant ($4.99) Heroes Haven #45 Mike Perkins Variant Beach Ball/Corner Stone #46 Stan Sakai  Variant #47  Stan Sakai B&W Variant (limited to 2000) …and lets[...]

Frazer Brown writes: Stan Sakai's beloved and iconic Samuarai Leporidae Usagi Yojimbo has been making his stage debut last Friday at London's Southwark Playhouse. The same venue that brought "Howl's Moving Castle" to Magical life in 2011. The Eisner award winning adventures have been freshly adapted for the stage by
 Stewart Melton and are directed by Amy Draper The cast includes: Joji Hirota
, Amy Ip
, Haruka Kuroda,
 Siu Hun Li
, Jonathan[...]

Dark Horse have announced today, in the lead up to New York Comic Con, that Sergio Aragones, Mark Evanier, Stan Sakai, and Tom Luth are set to bring us a full year of  Groo: Friends and Foes, arriving January 21st, 2015. They say: Each month of this year-long series, Groo and his faithful pooch, Rufferto, encounter a[...]

The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2014, supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, is publishing by Image Comics on the 8th October –  with the Final Order Cut-Off date set for Monday. The writers on the comic are Jeff Parker, Stan Sakai, Marc Guggenheim & Tara Butters, Jonathan Hickman, Brian Wood, Amy Chu, Al Ewing, Robin Furth, Luke[...]

CAPS, the Comic Arts Professional Society was the initial group to start putting together fundraising to help artist Stan Sakai and his wife Sharon The response from the call to help grew and grew until Dark Horse took on publishing The Sakai Project Now Caps is organizing a signing at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles[...]

This is Bill Sienkiewicz's painting of Usagi Yojimbo, being sold on eBay (currently on $888) to raise money for the family of Usaji's creator Stan Sakai. But there's plenty more to buy Here are a few examples, sold and unsold… [...]

Stan Sakai'sUsagi Jojimbo, the tale of a samurai rabbit, has been charming audiences for thirty years And in August, the comic get a new six-issue mini-series, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso #1 set in the character's far future And then in October, the debut of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga collection. Twenty years in his future, Miyamoto Usagi fights as a[...]

Earlier this year, Dark Horse announced The Sakai Project, the publisher's planned Usagi Yojimbo tribute book to benefit comic book creator Stan Sakai, who's family have been beset by healthcare issues. Well, at last week's Comics PRO retailer event in Altanta, Georgia, they revealed that the book is increasing in size to 160 pages at a[...]