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The Usagi Yojimbo Saga, Book 1 [Signed, Numbered]
by Sakai, Stan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1616556714
- ISBN 13
- 9781616556716
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The first volume in the most avidly collected Usagi Yojimbo graphic novel format, the signed, numbered issue of the Dark Horse omnibus series.
"This volume collects issues #1-#16 of the Mirage Publishing, Inc., comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two and issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three." With an introduction by Jamie S. Rich. This includes the story sequences Origin Tale, Daisho, and The Brink of Life and Death.
Usagi Yojimbo, an anthropomorphic samurai saga with a rabbit as the main character, is one of the longest-running independent comic series, with more than 200 comic issues published, collected into some 40 graphic novel volumes. The author-illustrator Stan Sakai was born in Japan and emigrated to the US as a young boy. He is one of the most successful Asian American comic artists. A Netflix CGI series, Samurai Rabbit, based on Usagi Yojimbo characters, premiered on Netflix in April 2022. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy, with virtually no wear or bumping. This is copy 146 of 900 signed by Sakai with a small drawing on a special inserted color plate issued only in the signed version.
"This volume collects issues #1-#16 of the Mirage Publishing, Inc., comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Two and issues #1-#6 of the Dark Horse comic book series Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three." With an introduction by Jamie S. Rich. This includes the story sequences Origin Tale, Daisho, and The Brink of Life and Death.
Usagi Yojimbo, an anthropomorphic samurai saga with a rabbit as the main character, is one of the longest-running independent comic series, with more than 200 comic issues published, collected into some 40 graphic novel volumes. The author-illustrator Stan Sakai was born in Japan and emigrated to the US as a young boy. He is one of the most successful Asian American comic artists. A Netflix CGI series, Samurai Rabbit, based on Usagi Yojimbo characters, premiered on Netflix in April 2022. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy, with virtually no wear or bumping. This is copy 146 of 900 signed by Sakai with a small drawing on a special inserted color plate issued only in the signed version.
Synopsis
Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now lives in California with his wife, Sharon, and children, Hannah and Matthew. He received a Fine Arts degree from the University of Hawaii, and did further studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo , is the story of a samurai rabbit living in a feudal Japan populated by anthropomorphic animals. It first appeared in Albedo Comics in 1984. Since then, Usagi has been on television as a guest of the T eenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and as toys, on clothing, in comic books, and in a series of trade paperback collections. In 1991, Stan created Space Usagi , the adventures of a descendant of the original Usagi, dealing with the samurai in a futuristic setting. Stan is also an award-winning letterer for his work on Sergio Aragonés' Groo the Wanderer , the Spider-Man Sunday newspaper strips as well as Usagi Yojimbo . He is the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, multiple Eisner Awards, two Spanish Haxturs, an American Library Association Award, and a National Cartoonists' Society Division Award. Usagi Yojimbo Book 12: Grasscutter was used as a textbook in Japanese history classes at the University of Portland. The author lives in Los Angeles, CA..
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Brown Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 361622
- Title
- The Usagi Yojimbo Saga, Book 1 [Signed, Numbered]
- Author
- Sakai, Stan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1616556714
- ISBN 13
- 9781616556716
- Publisher
- Dark Horse Books
- Place of Publication
- Milwaukie, OR
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Illus01 ABAA-NY-2022x
- Bookseller catalogs
- Japanese American;
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