Dark Horse Books Usagi yojimbo saga volume 2 (second edition), paperback/stan sakai

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The rabbit ronin's adventures hit an early peak in this second volume featuring brand new original cover art by Stan Sakai ! This collection includes Usagi's first encounters with the Lord of Owls, Inspector Ishida, and more, and is highlighted by the Eisner Award-winning Grasscutter, a grand tale assembling nearly all the series' characters in a struggle over the grasscutting sword of Japanese legend, with the fate of the nation in the balance! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume 3 #7-#30 and Usagi Yojimbo: Green Persimmon! About author(s): 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.