Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo 137 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next chapter in an exciting tale of the Red Scorpion Gang! When the bunny bodyguard Usagi discovers the body of a magistrate's kidnapped son, a bloody showdown with the Red Scorpions ensues. How will the lone samuraia noble follower of _bushido_fare against this gang of unscrupulous crooks? Stan Sakai's tales of Usagi's feudal adventures are both enduring and endearingconsistently in the cream of today's comics! "Sakai handles comedy, action, and even the expository scenes with energy and charm."Steven M. Bari, Comics Bulletin

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 7 Second Edition written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most critically acclaimed, longest running, and beloved adventure comics! This seventh volume includes the stories "Traitors of the Earth," in which Miyamoto Usagi faces the undead; "A Town Called Hell," which sees Usagi caught in the crossfire between two competing lords; "Those Who Tread on the Scorpion's Tail," where Usagi takes on the notorious Red Scorpions—and more! 600 pages of emotive and thrilling samurai action! Stan Sakai’s evocative artwork and gripping tales continue to enthrall readers of all ages. Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #117–#138, the Free Comic Book Day 2009 short story "One Dark and Stormy Night," and the color short story “Cut the Plum.”

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Vol 1 10 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Sakai's original series starring the rabbit _ronin_ is available online for the first time as part of Dark Horse's complete digital presentation of _Usagi Yojimbo_! Usagi's most fearsome enemy, Jei the Black Soul, debuts, in Blade of the Gods�! Claiming to be on a mission from the gods to purge evil from the world, Jei turns his pitch-black spear on those within whom he sees wickedness. In this issue, his gaze falls upon the rabbit _ronin_! Stan Sakai has successfully brought to American comics a collection of Japanese fables well told in the American style. _Usagi Yojimbo_ is an enduring work. _Bravo_.� Will Eisner

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo 35 Years of Covers written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honoring the 35th anniversary of Stan Sakai's award-winning series Usagi Yojimbo, this deluxe art collection includes hundreds of full-page cover pieces illustrated by Stan Sakai! From clashing swords with Lord Hikiji to standing alongside the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Usagi's lively history is fully represented in this compendium of Stan's greatest covers.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 25 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The warrior’s path is fraught with peril as Miyamoto Usagi takes to the road with his bounty-hunter friend Gen. Traveling the countryside, the samurai odd couple must put bickering over money and shortcuts aside as they encounter a series of dangers, including trickster foxes, a gambler who is master of the bullwhip, and several factions of treacherous ninja. The stakes are raised even higher when the pair go their separate ways, as Usagi falls in with a clan on a suicide mission and Gen pursues a killer who isn’t what he appears, in adventures that will test each friend’s honor-and bravery! * Introduction by award-winning animator and official “Disney Legend” Floyd Norman! * The tales in this volume were nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 23 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wandering life of a ronin is often a lonely one, and Usagi has been on that path a long time. A temporary peace, staying with the merchant Endo and his daughter Hanaka, is interrupted by the deadly League of Assassins, setting Usagi back on the road, but with the uncomfortable sensation that he is being followed. * Collects issues #94-#102. This volume also includes the landmark Usagi Yojimbo #100, a celebratory roast issue featuring contributions from several of the best writers and artists in comics including Frank Miller, Matt Wagner, Jeff Smith, Sergio Aragonés, and more! Introduction by Brian K. Vaughan! “Matching the writing, Stan Sakai's cartooning remains a lesson to anyone wanting to learn the craft. Well-researched details ground each scene in reality, while the carefully chosen angles and zooms maximize the humor or drama of each story beat . . . Long story short, Usagi Yojimbo continues to be the best adventure comic in the world today, and Bridge of Tears is simply more evidence.” -Newsarma

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Book 3 written by Stan Sakai and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps the best samurai rabbit story ever told, Usagi Yojimbo Book 3 collects full-length Usagi stories from issues #7 through #12 of the original Fantagraphics series, including "The Tower" (which introduces Usagi's travelling companion Spot the Wonder Lizard), "Return of the Blind Swordspig," "A Mother's Love," "Blade of the Gods," "The Shogun's Gift," and the hilarious Groo tribute "The Tea Cup," co-starring the amoral mercenary rhino Gen. ("Gen does what Gen does best!") PLUS, the little-seen Usagi team-up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew," written and drawn by Sakai. A must-have for adventure lovers of all ages!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 26 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rabbit ronin faces a horde of the undead when a harmless-looking but powerful charm brings a betrayed army back to life. With hundreds of zombies and an evil wizard to contend with, Usagi finds himself far out of his depth! Fortunately, he has the aid of fan-favorite character Sasuké the Demon Queller, most recently seen in the Yokai graphic novel. This volume also features several action-packed short stories, including the Eisner-nominated “Death of Lord Hikiji”! Collects Usagi Yojimbo #117–#123 and stories from Dark Horse Maverick 2001 and MySpace Dark Horse Presents #35.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Book 7 written by Stan Sakai and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh volume in this legendary series about a wandering rabbit samurai in feudal Japan is now available in a newly redesigned edition! This dense tome collects issues 32 through 38 of the original Usagi series as well as the Usagi strip from Critters #38. In addition to the novel-length "Gen's Story," which forms the centerpiece of this volume, and which relates the heretofore untold story of the mercenary swordsrhino Gennosuke, Usagi Yojimbo Book 7 includes "Kitsune" (introducing a new romantic interest for Usagi), "The Last Ino Story" (the final fate of the Blind Swordspig Zato-Ino), "The Return of Kitsune," and "Broken Ritual," a tale of hara-kiri based on an idea by Sergio Aragonés, who also contributes this volume's introduction. This perennial favorite features dragons, ghosts, demons, bats and more, all in set in Sakai's warrior landscape. A classic!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 24 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For years, as Miyamoto Usagi has wandered the countryside, an unseen, malevolent entity has been tracing his steps. Thought dead since the events of Grasscutter, the demon Jei-the Black Soul-has been inhabiting the body of the swordswoman Inazuma, intent on destroying the evil he claims to see in Usagi! Meanwhile, Boss Bakuchi, shamed by his inability to avenge his son's death, doubles the bounty on the killer-Inazuma. The money brings out scores of bounty hunters, unaware that they are merely a flock of sparrows intent on bringing down an eagle. The hunt for Inazuma also draws Usagi, hunters Gen and Stray Dog, and a mysterious stranger named Isamu, each with his own motive. As the threat of the Black Soul reemerges, this epic storyline reveals at last the true origin of Jei! * Collecting "Sparrows," the dramatic return of the demon Jei, and "The Darkness and the Soul," Jei's long-awaited origin, plus the Usagi short from Free Comic Book Day 2009. * Introduction by Charles Solomon of the Los Angeles Times.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 20 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-04-13 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wandering ronin Usagi Yojimbo is alone once again, having emerged from his travels with young Jotaro. His brief respite from danger was not destined to last long, for adventure in feudal Japan waits for no one! In this volume of the internationally acclaimed series, master storyteller Stan Sakai treats readers to intriguing tales of Usagi on his own and catches up with a bevy of fan-favorite characters - "whodunit" maestro Inspector Ishida has another puzzling mystery to solve, bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog are each on the tail of the possessed swordswoman Inazuma, bodyguard Tomoe has a new political rival in Lord Noriyuki's court, and Priest Sanshobo's temple is plagued by a vile demon! Throughout these stories we follow Usagi as he is roped into a covert smuggling operation, escorts a cantankerous old woman through dangerous territory, assists an inventor with a visionary flying machine, and once again encounters a vengeful young samurai. • Featuring a rare short story starring Katsuichi and young Usagi which has never seen print in the Usagi comics series!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Book 6 written by Stan Sakai and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Circles features the graphic-novel-length epic title story, in which Usagi returns to his native village only to find everything very different indeed. (The discovery that his mentor, whom he thought dead, is actually alive and kicking is only the first of the shocks that await him.) "Circles" is an epic adventure, a love story, and one of the most affecting Usagi stories ever. In addition to the 80-page "Circles," this volume includes "The Bridge," "The Duel," and the hard-to-find "The Tangled Skein" from Critters #38. Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense and slapstick, this beautifully crafted and exciting volume (with an introduction by Jeff Smith) is both an excellent starting point for new readers, and an absolute necessity for Usagi completists.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Saga Vol 7 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seventh volume includes “Traitors of the Earth,” in which Usagi faces the undead, “A Town Called Hell,” wherein Usagi is caught between two competing gang lords, “Those Who Tread on the Scorpion’s Tail,” which pits Usagi against the notorious Red Scorpions, and more! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #117–#138 and the Free Comic Book Day 2009 story “One Dark and Stormy Night.” “One of the longest running series in comics, the quality of the narrative still remains undeniably high.”—Paste Magazine

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 9 Daisho written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 1998-02-10 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published by Mirage, Stan Sakai's rabbit ronin continues his journey through a lawless land. Usagi meets a mysterious assassin disguised as a priest, encounters dishonest gamblers, and comes to the aid of the unfortunate. Introduction by James Robinson (Starman, Leave It to Chance).

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 1 Second Edition Limited Edition written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow Miyamoto Usagi in his epic trek along the warrior's path, beginning with over 600 pages of Usagi's essential adventures. In this first volume, Usagi protects a village from a band of assassins, reluctantly engages in a duel for blood money, hunts a gangster who has stolen his swords, and more!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 11 Seasons written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 1999-03-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring breezes stirring the memories of lost battles. Summer fields burning with fires of treachery. Chill autumn nights echoing with demonic screams. Winter snows stained red with the blood of honor. Follow Stan Sakai's Eisner award-winning Usagi Yojimbo through a cycle of short stories continuing the ronin rabbit's journeys through feudal Japan. Ten tales in all, an essential collection for all seasons!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 12 Grasscutter written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 1999-08-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forged in heaven, it is called Kusanagi, the Grasscutter—the lost sword of the Gods. This legendary blade could potentially tip the scales of power for the shadowy Conspiracy of Eight in their quest to overthrow the Shogunate and reinstate the Emperor. With the help of a witch and the souls of dead warriors, they plan to recover the lost sword and bring the Shogun down. But when the fates place the Grasscutter in the hands of masterless samurai Usagi Yojimbo, the ronin rabbit becomes the focus of a deadly struggle for possession of the dread blade. And this crisis pales beside the dark possibilities should the sword come to the demonic warrior, Jei! Grasscutter collects Dark Horse Usagi Yojimbo issues 13-22, Stan Sakai's longest and most ambitious Usagi tale to date: a sweeping epic showcasing one of comics' most individual artistic voices at the peak of his creative skills.