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."
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 600 pages
ISBN-10: 1506724973
Item Weight: 2.95 lbs
Dimensions: 7.0 x 2.1 x 9.9 inches
"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
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.
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