Not to the extent that I'm doing now, as far as the amount of research.
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I know that you do a lot of research now, but when you started the series did you know how much research would be involved? Did you have a sense of what you were you doing at the beginning? Most of the primary and secondary and tertiary characters have very deliberate designs. Some characters I just a draw a generic figure and put ears on it. Most of my characters I draw just because they look good. Gen is big and burly so a rhino fits him perfectly. I'll draw an animal that compliments a character. He's very heroic but he's also soft-spoken and a very diminutive character in stature. As I was drawing the character, it didn't seem right so I made him the opposite. In the case of Inspector Ishida, who is a police inspector, at first I thought of him as being a very heroic character and on the cover of the comic book, which is made three months ahead of the story, I had the inspector as a rugged hero. I make sure to choose an animal that compliments the character's personality. Well in some cases, it's very deliberate. I've always wondered - how do you chose which animals a character will be? Diana said, "What do you think?" I said, "Sure, I'll need at least three months to write and draw and paint everything." She said, "I'll give you two months and it better be in by then." I got it in two days ahead of deadline and I was so proud of myself. In the case of "Yokai," it was the 25th anniversary of Usagi and my editor, Diana Schutz, and my designer, Cary Grazzini, got together and Cary had suggested that I do a complete story in watercolor. Watercolors are something that I'm self-taught in but something I really enjoy. I've been posting watercolor sketches on my Facebook account - mainly character sketches and commissions. I've been doing a lot more watercolor painting now. I was a fine arts major so I studied oil painting and acrylics but those take a long time. People may remember "Yokai," the story you made a few years ago which was in watercolor. You've got bamboo forests mixed with pine forests and I was surprised by the types of foliage in one area.
When I go to Japan I'm always surprised by the diversity of landscapes there. I try to do as much research as possible about the buildings and temples but also the landscapes. I'm interested in the serenity of the piece as well as the warfare so I try to put a lot of time into the landscapes and seascapes. I like to have Usagi walk around in landscapes because it gives more of an epic feel. Japan is a mountainous country and the countryside is so beautiful. “Usagi Yojimbo is a genuine pleasure for readers of all ages.I've read many of your books in recent weeks and you really seem to enjoy drawing landscapes. “Humbly presented but a paragon of its art.” -Booklist “Stan Sakai has successfully brought to American comics a collection of Japanese fables well told in the American style. “One of the most original, innovative, well-executed comicbooks anywhere to be found.” -Stan Lee The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 1 will be available in both limited hardcover and softcover omnibus editions in comic shops on October 15!
3 #1–#6, and featuring over six hundred pages of samurai action and adventure, The Usagi Yojimbo Saga is the ultimate introduction to Sakai’s enduring samurai masterpiece! In the first volume, Usagi protects a village from a band of assassins, reluctantly engages in a duel for blood money, hunts a gangster who has stolen his swords, and more.Ĭollecting Usagi Yojimbo Vol. To celebrate the rabbit ronin’s thirtieth anniversary, Dark Horse proudly presents Miyamoto Usagi’s epic trek along the warrior’s path in a new series of deluxe compilations: The Usagi Yojimbo Saga. Usagi Yojimbo: Senso #1 is on sale in comic shops everywhere August 6! In the fury of the final battle, a metal rocket crashes to earth-and inside is an enemy that neither side could have ever imagined! Witness the final fates of your favorite Usagi characters, in this all-new samurai epic with a startling science fiction twist! Twenty years in his future, Miyamoto Usagi fights as a general for Lord Noriyuki, against the treacherous Lord Hikiji. In celebration of thirty years of the marvelous samurai rabbit saga, Usagi Yojimbo is set to return in an all-new six-issue miniseries, Usagi Yojimbo: Senso, followed by the debut of the Usagi Yojimbo Saga collection! With more than two hundred issues and counting, Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo is among comics’ most monumental achievements.
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PLUS NEW SOFTCOVER AND LIMITED HARDCOVER OMNIBUS EDITIONS! SAKAI’S USAGI YOJIMBO RETURNS WITH NEW SERIES
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