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November 1, 2011 Johanna Art 2 comments

Congratulations, Stan Sakai, on 200 Issues of Usagi Yojimbo!

The latest Usagi Yojimbo, #141, marks the 200th issue of the series overall. Issue #141, out now, is a stand-alone story, “200 Buddhas”, about a village terrorized by a gang and a kindly stonecutter who takes in the rabbit ronin. The stonecutter looks a bit familiar to fans of Mr. Sakai, and here, in the final page of the issue (which doesn’t spoil anything about the story), we get a wonderful message to readers and a lovely celebration of the […]

October 4, 2011 Johanna Dark Horse One comment

Usagi Yojimbo: Fox Hunt

I’ve enjoyed the recent issues of the Usagi Yojimbo series I’ve sampled, so I was eager to try the latest collection. Fox Hunt is the nearly unbelievable 25th in the series, although it’s smartly not numbered as such — that way, it doesn’t turn off new readers like me, and it stands alone just fine. The volume reprints issues #110-116 of the comic series by Stan Sakai along with the Usagi piece from MySpace Dark Horse Presents #18. The stories […]

August 31, 2011 Johanna Dark Horse One comment

Usagi Yojimbo #140

There aren’t enough mysteries in comics — I’m talking about actual whodunnits, not violent crime sprees or suspense thrillers — so it was a pleasure to stumble across this small gem. “Murder at the Inn” is part two of two, revealing the killer of a traveling paper dealer knocked off at the end of #139, but it’s not essential to have read the previous issue to enjoy this one. You’re given the cast of characters at the beginning of this […]

March 30, 2011 Johanna Dark Horse One comment

Usagi Yojimbo #136

A new three-part storyline pits the samurai rabbit against the Red Scorpion Gang of thieves. The color covers (by Tom Luth) are so pretty that I sometimes wish the interior wasn’t black and white, although it does show off the skill of Stan Sakai’s storytelling. There’s something universally attractive about the story of a lone fighter, always traveling, who stands by his own code of what’s right. An early scene, where Usagi, defeated enemies splayed around him, faces off with […]

Strip by Stan Sakai about 47 Ronin and Usagi Yojimbo

December 4, 2012 Johanna Art Leave a comment

Usagi on Hiatus, Explained in a Comic

I love it when creators share news in comic format. Stan Sakai is taking a break from his Usagi Yojimbo series to draw 47 Ronin, written by Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson. In this comic strip, Usagi gets a little mad at his author for the delay. There are four pages in total, with an unexpectedly hilarious punchline about art styles.

August 9, 2020 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

IDW Has Leadership Challenges

Last month, Chris Ryall announced that he was leaving IDW. He had been some combination of President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of the comic publisher for most of the last 15 years. There was a hiatus during some of that, as IDW has had a lot of turnover in their executive staff for the last two years, since founder Ted Adams was replaced. Shortly thereafter, new executives were announced. Ezra Rosensaft become CEO of the holding company (formerly the […]

February 6, 2015 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

Dark Horse Graphic Novels Now Available on Sequential

The Sequential iPad app has some of the best-known graphic novel publishers in their catalog, and now they’ve added another: Dark Horse. Not all of the publisher’s titles will be available, but the first round of additions include The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story, Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, Will Eisner’s Fagin the Jew, Bryan Talbot’s Grandville Noël, and Canales and Guarnido’s Blacksad with “many more titles” to follow. Dark Horse also publishes Usagi Yojimbo and Sin City, which would be […]

November 8, 2013 Johanna Comic News Leave a comment

Two 47 Ronin Graphic Novels Due to Movie

Coming this Christmas is an action-adventure fantasy movie called 47 Ronin, starring Keanu Reeves as a hero leading 47 “leaderless samurai” (“ronin”) to avenge their dead master in “a savage world of mythic beasts, shape-shifting witchcraft, and wondrous terrors”. It’s based on an historical Japanese tale, but with various liberties taken and a mystical overlay. (The release has been delayed almost a year for effects work and reshoots, which doesn’t bode well.) Here’s the trailer: Because it’s based on a […]

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