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Fantagraphics will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of Usagi Yojimbo this May with the 1,200 page black and white Usagi Yojimbo – Special Edition. The rabbit ronin was created in 1984 by Stan Sakai as a suppoting character for a different comic, but Usagi quickly became his most iconic character. During the first 10 years of Usagi Yojimbo the series was published by Fantagraphics, and this two-volume hardcover slipcase edition will collect the original seven Usagi books. Included will be classic story-lines such as “Samurai” and “The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy”, as well as 50 issue full-color cover gallery, two stories co-staring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and a feature-length, career-spanning interview with creator Sakai collected from The Comics Journal.

My first memory is of Usagi Yojimbo was his appearance in the TMNT cartoon from the early 90s. This youtube video really jogged my memory, and thankfully it comes complete with German subtitles:

I even had the Usagi Yojimbo toy from the TMNT line, but never knew until I was a teenager that his character was from one of the most acclaimed all ages comics of all time. I’m excited to pick up this awesome Special Edition because the regular editions always seem to be going in and out of print. For more on Usagi Yojimbo check out Stan Sakai’s webstie.

-Jon

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