Best Selling Books by Stan Sakai

One of the Shogun''s samurai strongmen becomes immediately suspicious when Usagi, Yukichi, and Gen are found wandering in a huge field of the Shogun’s prized plum trees... With a series of strange events gripping the local village with fear, can their appearance be a mere coincidence? • An all-new color Usagi story from Stan Sakai! • Features the return of fan-favorite character, Gen! • Five issue series.

Usagi Yojimbo is considered key in the world of comics, and an important link between the manga comics of Japan and the superhero comics of the U.S. The series'' creator, Stan Sakai, first started drawing Usagi in the early eighties. Roaming an anthropomorphic version of feudal Japan, the rabbit samurai has no master, but takes on tasks from any aggrieved animals he encounters, always ensuring he sticks to the noble way of the samurai.

SERIES FINALE! Our heroes fight a battle on two fronts! With Lord Noriyuki’s forces facing an endless onslaught of samuroids, General Usagi and the TMNT storm Dr. WhereWhen’s castle for a final showdown. It’s a race against the clock to save the past and future!

"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.

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.

The rabbit _ronin_ becomes further entangled in a rivalry between soy-sauce merchants when they declare all-out war on each other! Double-dealings and mayhem escalate to a deadly magnitude as Usagi''s foray into the treacherous worlds of soy sauce and espionage concludes! Concluding a two-part story!

Usagi escorts a merchants daughter to the town where she is betrothed to a merchants son. While the parents are thrilled that the union will unite the two businesses, Usagi has his work cut out for him when Koroshi, the league of assassins, is hired to see she never arrives at her destination! Sakai puts on a Master Class in storytelling with each issue.� -Comic Book Resources

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!

"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.

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!

During his travels, the rabbit ronin comes across a little girl cowering behind a tree. At first thinking she is alone, Usagi swiftly takes her under his protection after finding her father lying dead nearby. Unbeknownst to him, there are killers after her that will stop at nothing to obtain the information her father bestowed upon her prior to his death. New self-contained issue! Beautiful and exciting in every possible way. Highest possible recommendation.u009dSciFiPulse

A new story begins here! On his way to see Inspector Ishida, Usagi is confronted by Shogunate guards . . . a sign of the times. While unraveling a pair of murders in town later, Usagi and Ishida become wary as they find the corpses stripped of all identificationÑexcept for a talisman that leads to a startling discovery! Part one of sevenÑthe perfect place to start! ''''Long story short, Usagi Yojimbo continues to be the best adventure comic in the world today.''''ÑNewsarama

AMBUSH! The TMNT, Usagi, and Lord Noriyuki’s forces have been set upon by the deadly Mogura Ninja clan! With Dr. WhereWhen’s location still unknown and a conflict with Lord Hikiji on the horizon, the Turtles and their new allies will need to work together to reach their next battles. No matter what it may cost them…

A one-armed samurai tells Usagi of his losing duel with an invincible warrior who severs the sword arm of his victims and wears their finger bones on a necklace. When the skilled, sadistic samurai comes to town, can the rabbit _ronin_ defeat an unbeatable swordsman? * Self-contained story! Sakai puts on a master class in storytelling with each issue.�Comic Book Resources

One leading an army to war for the fate of a nation. Four chasing a villain through time. When Usagi and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles meet, things are never simple! Revisit the first issue of another instant classic written, drawn, and lettered by comics legend Stan Sakai. This time, follow Stan’s rarely-seen creative process yourself with layouts and preliminary illustrations!

Usagi Yojimbo is one of the longest running and best-loved comic adventures of all time. Running from 1984 to the present day, and showing no sign of diminishing in popularity, the rabbit ronin is now seen as a figurehead of the comic book scene, and crucial to bringing the ideas of feudal Japan to a wider western audience. Roaming an anthropomorphic version of feudal Japan, the rabbit samurai has no master, but takes on tasks from any aggrieved animals he encounters - always ensuring he sticks to the noble way of the samurai.

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

Usagi Yojimbo is one of the longest running and best-loved comic adventures of all time. Running from 1984 to the present day, and showing no sign of diminishing in popularity, the rabbit ronin is now seen as a figurehead of the comic book scene, and crucial to bringing the ideas of feudal Japan to a wider western audience. Roaming an anthropomorphic version of feudal Japan, the rabbit samurai has no master, but takes on tasks from any aggrieved animals he encounters - always ensuring he sticks to the noble way of the samurai .

¡Casi mil páginas entre los dos tomos de cómics clásicos presentados en su formato original! Segundo tomo (de dos) donde se recopilan los primeros siete volúmenes de Usagi Yojimbo. Usagi Yojimbo es una serie creada en 1984 por Stan Sakai, ganador del premio Eisner, que narra las aventuras de Miyamoto Usagi, un conejo samurái que, tras la muerte de su señor, decide emprender un viaje de aprendizaje como ronin. Edición cronológica, completa y definitiva de Usagi Yojimbo. Con nueva traducción, rotulación y formato. Editor original: Dark Horse.

Sent back in time to feudal Japan, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles immediately face a fight for their lives against…Yukichi and Jotaro! Mistaking the Turtles for the violent kappa terrorizing a nearby village, the long-eared samurai descend upon the Turtles with swords brandished. Can the TMNT convince Usagi’s allies to aid in their mission to stop Dr. WhereWhen from changing the future? Or will the larger threat prevail while Lord Noriyuki’s forces march into the final battle with the Dark Lord Hikiji?

A story of murder, double-crosses, unexpected allies, and the mystery of the one known as ''''The Master'''' . . . it all ends here! Usagi and Ishida are hot on the trail of the stolen silver when they run into the Black Goblin Gang. Will justice ultimately be servedÑor is all hope lost for the daring duo? The latest installment of a new Ishida mystery!

One of the great epics in the comic book field stars a rabbit? That''s right, Stan Sakai''s enormous dramatic saga of death and treachery, of ambition and honor, is the comics equivalent of Akira Kurosawa''s classics such as Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. This volume of the Usagi series features the novel-length "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy," which originally ran in six consecutive issues of the Usagi comics series. Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense, and slapstick, this beautifully crafted and exciting volume features all of the most popular supporting characters from the series, including Tomoe Ame, Gen the rhino, and Zato-Ino the blind swordspig. Both an excellent starting point for new readers, and an absolute necessity for Usagi completists!

Usagi and his cousin Yukichi must face their honorable host—a mysterious woman, pale as fresh snow—when she reveals herself to be a monster! Meanwhile, Jei and Keiko now have a group of bandits at their disposal. Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse comics with this new series!

Lord Noriyuki’s army recuperates from a fight with the Mogura Ninja clan. Meanwhile, General Usagi, the TMNT, and the Neko Ninja clan encounter dangerous clockwork spiders as they near Dr. WhereWhen’s fortress! But are the mechanical foes the only ones prowling the forest?

Stan Sakai, el creador de Miyamoto Uagi en la galardonada Usagi Yojimbo, presenta el futuro lejano de la saga de los Usagi: un descendiente de Miyamoto se ha convertido en un guerrero espacial que combina la tecnología más futurista con el antiguo código samurai. Pero la vida en el espacio abierto no es tan sencilla como la del Japón del siglo XVII, y Usagi se las verá contra secuestradores espaciales, sistemas estelares a punto de implosionar y bandas de samuráis dispuestas a todo para lograr sus fines.

After narrowly escaping the Kajitori, Usagi and Kiyoshi find themselves crashing onto a planet in the Mino system. In a fortuitous turn of events, the duo makes contact with Princess Masaya of the Mino clan and her entourage. With more fighters—but twice the royalty to protect—Usagi will need to be on the top of his game if the Shirohoshi and Mino clans have a chance to rebuild. The rabbit ronin''s classic adventure in space—now in color!

With the computer codes in the hands of the Kajitori, the clock is ticking for Usagi and team! Who will gain access to the Shirohoshi clan secrets first? This miniseries will be newly colored by longtime collaborator Emi Fujii! Each issue will also include a new eight-page short story by Julie Sakai and Stan Sakai, featuring Space Usagi’s Akemi character! • Features an original “Akemi” short story from Julie Sakai and Stan Sakai! • Series finale!

As a general of the Shirohoshi Clan''s space fleet, it''s Usagi''s responsibility to keep the lord and his family safe. Now tasked with the education and protection of the lord''s heir, Usagi must remain vigilant at all times to protect the heir from a murderous plot and an unexpected betrayal. The rabbit ronin''s classic adventure in space—now in color!

In the wake of their lord''s death, the Shirohioshi clan attempts to put itself back together. Facing down the might of the Kajitori and with the traitorous Lord Matabe hunting them down, Usagi will need to find allies—fast—to keep Prince Kiyoshi, now Lord Shirohoshi, and the clan''s secrets safe. The rabbit ronin''s classic adventure in space—now in color!

Usagis travels take him to a village plagued by rainstorms threatening to destroy it. While the rabbit ronin organizes the men to build a levee, the defenseless town is ransacked by bandits. Now Usagi and his companions must choose: chase after the brigands and risk a flood or finish the dike and face starvation! From a story idea by Sergio Aragoní©s! Reading Usagi Yojimbo is like curling up by a fire in a cozy blanket on a cold day. Its a comfortable, safe place that is fun to fully immerse yourself into and Sakai makes it easy to do that.ðComicosity This is a must read for any comic book fan.ðGraphic Policy

**GET KITSUNE!** Everyone seems to want Kitsune dead tonight as the secret of merchant Inouye''s stolen scroll is revealed! And Usagi''s allies and enemies change by the minute when he learns of an old enemy''s role in the intrigue! Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai''s tales of Miyamoto Usagi.�NPR''s Best Books of 2014

Join everyone''s favorite rabbit ronin as he continues his gripping exploits on the warrior''s path! In this volume, Usagi teams up with fan-favorite guest star Inspector Ishida to solve a double murder at a roadside inn, then helps an allied clan protect its honor, and discovers that the soy sauce business can be as deadly as it is tasty! Featured in this collection is the story "Two Hundred Jizo," which celebrates Usagi''s two hundredth consecutive appearance under the masterful pen of creator Stan Sakai! Collects Usagi Yojimbo #139-#144, plus three additional, previously uncollected short stories: "Buntori," "The Artist," and "Sukanku"!

Investigating the deaths of two samurai, Usagi and Ishida stumble upon shogunate officials, smuggled contraband, foreign acquisition merchants, and insolent thieves! On the heels of unraveling exactly what everyone is after, however, the duo is stopped in their tracks—as assassins are afoot!

The conclusion of The Secret of the Hell Screenð! After acting as bait to lure a killer out of hiding, Usagi is attacked! With the darkness pressing in on him, he must survive an arduous fight with this mysterious assailant. Will he live to discover the secret of the ghastly Hell Screen?

Agent Bishop’s long-gestating hunt for mutants begins in earnest and no one is safe! The Mutanimals are the first targets, but the Turtles’ turn will come soon enough, and they’ll be hounded like never before. Alopex and Nobody are looking for a little rest and relaxation but get more than they ask for when they become the unwilling guests of a never-ending party thrown by the hedonistic Toad Baron! Plus, Karai has always embodied the Foot Clan. With the Clan under the control of Splinter, what path will she take during her travels in Japan? Danger and intrigue await her, Koya, and Bludgeon! Collects issues #67-72 of the ongoing TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES series, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES UNIVERSE issues #9-15, and the TMNT/USAGI YOJIMBO crossover.

The shadow lord Hikiji''s latest conspiracy pits the rabbit _ronin_''s friends against one another, as The Thief and the _Kunoichi_� concludes! One of them may die tonight, unless Usagi, Chizu, and Kitsune can stop a secret treaty! *_The Usagi Yojimbo Saga_ and _Usagi Yojimbo: Senso_ both made best-of-2014 lists!