{"product_id":"9781506744506","title":"Usagi Yojimbo Volume 40: The Crow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Usagi and his cousin Yukichi meet up with old friends to take on a dangerous bounty\"--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e: \"Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai's tales of Miyamoto Usagi.\"--NPR's Best Books of 2014 \"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 \"I think Usagi Yojimbo is one of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found. Stan's style of artwork, his crisp incisive writing, and his thoroughly professional pacing, all done in a relaxed and absorbed manner, have provided comics with something so rarely seen in this field--a new literary and artistic approach to illustrated storytelling.\"--Stan Lee \"Sakai is a total pro and a consummate craftsman.\"-- Rolling Stone Biographical Note : Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now lives in California with his 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 appeared on television as a guest of the Teenage 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's Groo: The Wanderer , the Spider-Man Sunday newspaper strips, as well as for 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. Publisher Marketing : The adventures continue for the rabbit ronin Usagi and his cousin Yukichi! Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to discover much later that he is really a criminal with a huge bounty on his head! Of course, wherever there is a huge reward you will find bounty hunters Gen and Stray Dog...and other unscrupulous trackers! Stan Sakai's evocative artwork with award-winning hand lettering features wonderful colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025-01-21\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46492416737411,"sku":"9781506744506","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781506744506.jpg?v=1770345697","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/9781506744506","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}