New challenges await the rabbit ronin in the fourth volume of this enduring saga, featuring new original cover art by Stan Sakai!
Miyamoto Usagi's past returns as he fights alongside his former teacher and struggles with the knowledge that his traveling companion Jotaro is his son! The Neko ninja and fan-favorite character Sasuké the Demon Queller reappear, and a manga classic is paid tribute in
Lone Goat and Kid!
Collects
Usagi Yojimbo Volume Three #53-#75, a color cover gallery, and the color short story "A Lesson in Courtesy."
Author: Stan Sakai
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 616
Weight: 3.05lbs
Size: 10.10h x 6.60w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9781506724942
About the AuthorStan 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.