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Preview: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

(W) Stan Sakai (A/CA) Stan Sakai
In Shops: Apr 03, 2024
SRP: $4.99

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!

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Preview: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

(W) Stan Sakai (A/CA) Stan Sakai
In Shops: Apr 03, 2024
SRP: $4.99

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!

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Preview: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

(W) Stan Sakai (A/CA) Stan Sakai
In Shops: Apr 03, 2024
SRP: $4.99

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!

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Celebrate 40 years of Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo with the Usagi Yojimbo 40th Anniversary Reader

The year 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo, Stan Sakai’s award-winning artistic and storytelling epic featuring everyone’s favorite rabbit ronin! Dark Horse Comics and Dogu Publishing invite readers on a journey through the series in the Usagi Yojimbo 40th Anniversary Reader. This new collection of stories presents a selection of hand-picked Usagi tales in color for the first time from Emi Fujii, Tom Luth, and Ronda Pattison. The new cover art is painted by Stan Sakai himself, adding to the appeal for collectors.

This new paperback collection presents eight fan-favorite and Stan-Sakai-selected short stories, including the fan-favorite short story “Chanoyu,” which is appearing for the first time in color! Other stories include “A Mother’s Love,” “Blade of the Gods,” “The Way of the Samurai,” “Cut the Plum,” “The Artist,” “Buntori,” and “Adachi”. Readers are invited to follow Miyamoto Usagi through four decades of comic creativity and adventure. Relive the essential moments of Usagi Yojimbo or invite a new love of Sakai’s worldbuilding into your life or the life of someone you love.

Wish Sakai and Usagi Yojimbo a wonderful anniversary when Usagi Yojimbo 40th Anniversary Reader arrives in trade paperback on bookstore shelves on June 18, 2024, and comic shops on June 19, 2024. Pre-order at your local comic shop, bookstore, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble for $14.99. 

Usagi Yojimbo 40th Anniversary Reader

Dark Horse presents Space Usagi: Death and Honor

Stan Sakai’s beloved rabbit ronin‘s complete classic adventure in space is now presented in color for the first time, along with a bonus issue-long story, in the upcoming Space Usagi: Death and Honor collection. Written and illustrated by Usagi Yojimbo creator Sakai with colors by Emi Fujii, the collection will be presented in both a standard trade paperback edition as well as a Limited-Edition hardcover. The Limited Edition sports a dust jacket and features a tip-in bonus page signed by Sakai. It also contains a cover gallery featuring variant cover artwork by Peach Momoko, Agnes Garbowska, Jennifer L. Meyer, and more.

As the general of Lord Shirohoshi’s space fleet, it’s Usagi’s responsibility to keep the lord and his heir 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.

These editions include the new never-before-collected “Yokai Hunter” one-shot as well!

The Space Usagi: Death and Honor TPB and Limited-Edition HC will arrive in bookstores July 2, 2024 and in comic shops July 3, 2024. The Trade-Paperback is available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local comic shop and bookstore. Pre-order the Limited-Edition HC here on Amazon and Barnes and Noble! Both editions of the book spans 104 pages and measures at 6.625 by 10.1875”, with the paperback retailing for $19.99 and the Limited-Edition HC retailing for $59.99.

Space Usagi: Death and Honor

Dark Horse presents Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 39: Ice and Snow

Picking up where The Green Dragon saga left off comes the next adventure of the beloved rabbit ronin in Usagi Yojimbo Volume 39: Ice and Snow, soon to be available in collected editions. Written and illustrated by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai with colors by Emi Fujii and HiFi Colour Design, the collection of the five-issue comic series will be presented in both a standard trade paperback edition as well as a Limited Edition hardcover. The Limited Edition comes with a dust jacket and features a tip-in bonus page signed by Sakai along with a ribbon bookmark.

Usagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse in the new series, Ice and Snow. Usagi and Yukichi are still in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan, where they are led to the hut of a strange woman hermit who allows them to spend the night. Meanwhile, the maniacal Jei and his familiar, Keiko, are on Usagi’s trail when they stumble upon a bandit lair and subdue a band of cutthroats and thieves.

The Usagi Yojimbo Volume 39: Ice and Snow TPB and Limited Edition HC will arrive in bookstores September 10, 2024 and in comic shops September 11, 2024. Pre-order the TPB here on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble and the Limited Edition HC here on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Both versions are also available for pre-order now at your local comic shop and bookstore. Both editions of the book span 136 pages and measure 6.625 by 10.1875”, with the paperback retailing for $19.99 and the Limited Edition HC retailing for $59.99.

Usagi Yojimbo Volume 39: Ice and Snow

Gen and Stray Dog are back in Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow

Usagi returns for a 40th Anniversary celebration in a new comic story arc featuring fan-favorite characters Gen and Stray Dog in Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow. Dogu Publishing and Dark Horse Comics presents Stan Sakai’s continuing adventures of Miyamoto Usagi as the rabbit ronin travels through 17th century Japan with his cousin. The five-issue series features art and story by Sakai, with colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design. 

This newest Usagi adventure sees Usagi and Yukichi finally making it out of the frozen mountains, where they come across a merchant being attacked by 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.

Main cover art for the series is provided by Sakai, with colors by Emi Fujii, and variant covers by Arita Mitsuhiro. A second variant cover for issue #1 will be revealed soon–stay tuned!

Usagi and his cousin fight for survival when Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1 (of 5) arrives in comic shops April 4, 2024. Pre-order the first issue today for $4.99. 

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1

Exclusive Preview: Star Wars: Visions #1

Star Wars: Visions #1

(W) Peach Momoko (A) Peach Momoko
(CA) Peach Momoko (VCA) Giuseppe Camuncoli and Richard Isanove, Stan Sakai and Emi Fujii
Rated T
In Shops: Nov 15, 2023
SRP: $5.99

PEACH MOMOKO BRINGS HER UNIQUE STORYTELLING TO A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY!
CENTURIES after the death of a GREAT DARK SITH LORD, a cult has grown worshipping this SITH LORD and the DARK SIDE. ANKOK believes she is the successor to the LEGACY of THE SITH with her DARK SIDE POWERS! But is she truly in tune with THE FORCE? Or is she just exploiting the people in her village? KAKO and GEL are about to come face-to-face with the truth…even if it kills them!

Star Wars: Visions #1

Preview: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1 Director’s Cut

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1 Director’s Cut

(W) Stan Sakai (A/CA) Stan Sakai
In Shops: Oct 11, 2023
SRP: $5.99

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!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #1 Director's Cut

Space Usagi returns in Space Usagi: Death and Honor kicking off in November

The legendary rabbit ronin ventures into space once again in Space Usagi: Death and Honor #1 from Dark Horse Comics and Dogu Publishing! Explore Stan Sakai’s classic space-themed Usagi Yojimbo adventure like never before with new colors and cover art! Written, drawn, and lettered by Sakai, the series also features brand new colors by Emi Fuji and cover art by Sweeney Boo.

As a general of the Shirohoshi Clan’s space fleet, it’s Usagi’s responsibility to keep the lord and his heir 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!

Fans of the series can also collect two new variant covers for issue #1 by Agnes Garbowska and Jennifer L. Meyer.

Space Usagi: Death and Honor #1 (of 3) will be in comic shops November 15, 2023. All three of the listed variant cover options are available for pre-order now at your local comic shop for $4.99. 

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