Usagi Yojimbo, Book 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy - Softcover

Stan Sakai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560970634 ISBN 13: 9781560970637

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books, 2022

Synopsis

This highly demanded reprint from the Usagi Yojimbo series features the novel-length tale, "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy." Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense, and slapstick, this beautifully crafted and exciting volume is both an excellent starting point for new readers, and an absolute necessity for Usagi completists! Now with a fresh new redesigned cover.

About this title

About the Author:

Stan Sakai is a third-generation Japanese American and multiple Eisner-Award-winning cartoonist, creator of the popular and long-running Usagi Yojimbo comic book. (Usagi Yojimbo is a recurring "guest star" in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle universe.) Born in Japan, he grew up in Hawaii and lives in Pasadena, CA.

Review:

“These bittersweet adventure stories offer entertaining reading, especially for young Asian-Americans who feel excluded from mainstream juvenile literature.”
- Los Angeles Times

“I don’t think I’m exaggerating at all when I say that Stan Sakai is arguably the greatest living comic book creator in the world, and Usagi Yojimbo is a thirty-year masterpiece that has a consistency and craftsmanship that other comics only touch when they’re at their peak.”
- Chris Sims, ComicsAlliance

“One of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found.”
- Stan Lee

“I’ve just finished the fourth Usagi Yojimbo trade and the fifth is sitting next to me... If you’re like me, throw away your preconceptions about anthropomorphic comics and get on board. As a fan of samurai fiction (to the point of having a Seven Samurai tattoo) and comics, I can’t recommend Stan Sakai’s beautifully drawn, note-perfect reinvention of the genre highly enough.”
- Kevin Church, BeaucoupKevin.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 1560970634
• ISBN 13: 9781560970637
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 180