Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Vol 1 30 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2012-04-25 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_! The epic Circles� storyline becomes deadly in part three, as Usagi leads a search party for the missing child Jotaro. At the end of the trail is the most deadly foe the rabbit _ronin_ has ever faced, the demon Jei, who has come to the village to claim Usagi's soul! As a storyteller, Stan Sakai is one of the few artists working in comics who completely understands the medium. Stan writes each installment of _Usagi Yojimbo_ as a tapestry that moves the characters and their relationships forward.� Jeff Smith

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Book 2 written by Stan Sakai and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bunny's back! Originally printed in the long out-of-print Usagi Yojimbo #1 through 4, this volume features Usagi's origins as a wandering rabbit warrior in feudal Japan, and introduces many members of the cast of characters. Brimming with exciting swordfights, authentic locales and costumes, drama and humor, this is some of Stan Sakai's finest work. If you're unfamiliar with this multiple Harvey and Eisner winning comic for all ages, then what rock have you been living under?! Get your history lesson right here.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Vol 31 Hell Screen Limited written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collects issues #152-#158 of the Dark Horse comic book series Usagi Yojimbo, volume three, originally published from February 2016 through October 2016"--Copyright page.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Origins Vol 1 Samurai written by Stan Sakai and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting the complete saga of rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi from the very beginning, in new, definitive color editions! Before his journey as a wandering, masterless samurai (ronin) began, Usagi underwent intense training under a mountain hermit, Katsuichi-Sensei, taking his first steps down the path of the warrior. Eventually, that path leads him to the pivotal battle of Adachigahara, which serves as the impetus for the host of amazing tales to come. Collected in full color as never before, discover--or rediscover--the critical origin of Stan Sakai's most beloved character as he tells his story, setting the stage for the decades-long epic that follows. Collects IDW's Usagi Yojimbo Color Classics #1-7, which presents 1987's "Samurai" storyline in color for the first time. Also collects "Kappa," "A Quiet Meal," "Blind Swords-Pig," and "Lone Rabbit and Child!"

Download or read book The Sakai Project written by Bill Morrison and published by Dark Horse Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 30 Thieves and Spies written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stan Sakai’s samurai masterpiece returns! In this volume, Miyamoto Usagi joins forces with a thief and a samurai to thwart a black-market ginseng trade, meets a ronin who lost his arm in a duel yet still has a trick up his sleeve, and more! Collects Usagi Yojimbo #145–#151. * Also available in a limited edition, signed and numbered hardcover! “In an ideal world, everyone would read Usagi Yojimbo. This is as good a place as any to start making that happen.”—Comic Book Resources

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 326 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 Book 1 written by Stan Sakai and published by Fantagraphics Books. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over fifty graphic novels in print, the samurai rabbit is more popular than ever! This is the seminal Usagi book collecting all the classic original Usagi stories from Albedo, Critters, Doomsday Squad, and the Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special. This is one of our very best sellers, and is also where Usagi started — don't miss out! The setting is 17th century Japan, when the age of civil wars has barely ended and the Shogun has established power. The samurai is the ruling class throughout the land, following a warrior's code of honor known as Bushido. Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 chronicles this time of settling unrest and political intrigue, told through the story of a wandering and masterless samurai named Miyamoto Usagi, aka Usagi Yojimbo!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 13 Grey Shadows written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2000-03-21 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fresh from winning the Best Serialized Story 1999 Eisner Award for Grasscutter, Stan Sakai returns with a new Usagi Yojimbo collection featuring six tales of the ronin rabbit's journeys and adventures in feudal Japan. "My Father's Swords" retells an encounter with a young samurai who follows in-and is followed by-the footsteps of his father's warrior heritage. In "The Demon Flute," a village is plagued by a music-playing supernatural killer. Usagi recounts a classic Japanese folk tale in "Momo-Usagi-Taro." Two Tokugawa-era whodunits play out in "The Hair Pin Murders" and Taméshigiri," a pair of Inspector Ishida mysteries. Usagi becomes entangled in a conspiracy to overthrow a lord's throne in "The Courtesan." Memory, mystery, and treachery intermingle to form Grey Shadows.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Edition Volume 1 Samurai and Other Stories written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2015 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This Gallery Edition reproduces Stan Sakai's artwork for Usagi Yojimbo in full color and at original size. This first volume comprises the first ten years of Sakai and Usagi's evolution, spanning from the earliest, unpublished Usagi story in the early eighties to the second Usagi Yojimbo series [in] the early nineties."--About this edition (CIP galley)

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 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 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.

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Volume 15 Grasscutter II Journey to Atsuta Shrine written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2002-02-19 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: created, written, & illustrated by STAN SAKAI Forged in the clouds by the elemental gods of feudal Japan, the legendary sword Kusanagi — also known as "Grasscutter" — holds such power that it is sought after by mighty forces of good and evil. Multiple award winner Stan Sakai continues the epic adventures of his signature samurai rabbit, Usagi Yojimbo, in this second book centering on the mystical sword. Starting with a prologue that unveils the history of the sword, Grasscutter II rejoins Usagi with his samurai travelling companion, Gen, as they journey to the sacred shrine of Atsuta to return the powerful sword to its final resting place. But two ninja clans will fight the honorable samurai as well as each other in order to capture the sword and gain control of the empire with it. An enthralling book for all ages to enjoy, Grasscutter II will amaze readers with its narrative depth and poetic storytelling.

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 Saga Volume 5 Second Edition written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of Miyamoto Usagi, the rabbit ronin, continue! This fifth definitive Usagi Yojimbo collection sees the return of many of Usagi’s friends. Inspector Ishida, the sneaky thief Kitsune, and the fearsome bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog all make appearances. The retainer Tomoe Ame also returns in the epic-length “Mother of Mountains,” “Tomoe’s Story,” and the poignant tea ceremony tale, “Chanoyu.” Stan Sakai’s emotive artwork and masterful storytelling combine to create a stunning and engrossing comic adventure that readers won’t want to put down! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #76–#93, Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #1–#3, and more!

Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo 142 written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rabbit _ronin_ becomes an unsuspecting participant as two lords engage in a dangerous, high-stakes gamble. With a state visit from Lord Hikiji nearing, the lords engage in a game of death and honor in which the whole countryside is the playing field. What a time for Usagi to be in the area_ A tale involving Lord Hikiji, the murderer of Usagi's master! �"Humbly presented but a paragon of its art."_Booklist_