Usagi Yojimbo

The cover: Usagi frantically fights three men on the streets of the city. In the foreground, a hand reveals that someone is watching the fray from a distance. Will this individual jump in and assist the...

The cover: Atop a galloping horse, Usagi uses both hands to raise his katana high with a scream as several arrows speed towards him. This is an expected image for the samurai genre, but artist Stan...

The cover: Outside a building at night, Usagi and Inspector Ishida have come upon a dead body. Using a lamp, the inspector looks at the corpse while Usagi stands watch. The samurai gets the feeling that...

The cover: A dead man lies on the ground, holding a silver ingot with the shogunate crest. Above him, Usagi Yojimbo tries to fend off four men from doing the same to him. Good action illustration...

The cover: A solemn Usagi takes to one knee, though he has one of his swords out of its sheathe. Four Japanese cranes fly in the background as if eager to avoid the violence that is...

The cover: Using a torch like a flashlight, Inspector Ishida follows the path of blood on the ground. Behind him is Usagi, his hand to his sword, ready to pull it loose should they encounter danger....

The cover: A man has just died, his death rattle coming out of him. A pool of blood is on the floor that even the thief Kitsune cannot avoid. Behind her a screen has opened with...

A “Can’t Miss” panel at any comic book convention is one that has Mark Evanier, Sergio Aragonés, Stan Sakai, and Tom Luth attending. Such a panel occurred on Thursday, July 20 in Room 8 at the...

The Cost The year’s been over for a few days, but let’s see how much you would have had to spend to read the books that I reviewed last in the last twelve months. 2016 had...

The cover: Inspector Ishida stoops to examine the body of the dead man before him, while Usagi takes note of the unusual object hanging from the ceiling: a fugu — a puffer fish. This is a...

The cover: In a rainstorm, Usagi pulls his kasa up so that he may see the figure before him more clearly. It’s a doll made of straw, wearing clothes similar to his own, and it’s hanging...

Stan Sakai, creator of Usagi Yojimbo, took some time to speak with me at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. This interview took place at the Dark Horse Comics booth on Friday, July 22. SciFiPulse: You have...