How to Start Reading USAGI YOJIMBO - 3 Strategies to Pick From
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- Usagi Yojimbo is a classic, but it can be confusing figuring out how to start. In this episode, we offer three different and distinct strategies (or approaches) to the over-thirty years worth of Usagi Yojimbo stories out there.
Half about Usagi Yojimbo and half about you, this video navigates both Usagi Yojimbo's storytelling and publishing history, finding the best match to the type of reader you are!
We undertake our first 'all advice' video, which also happens to be our first viewer request (woo-hoo, we've arrived!) We'd love to hear from you if you have any others!
Where to buy these books (in India):
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 27 - 'A Town Called Hell': amzn.to/2GBL7SD
Usagi Yojimbo Volume 29: 'Two Hundred Jizo'
amzn.to/2GzylQt
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/ Usagi Yojimbo 2017: amzn.to/2Ji2SEi
The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Book 1: amzn.to/2q6HSrg
The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Legends: amzn.to/2q8949c
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Wonderful! Thank you so much. This is Stan Sakai, btw, the creator of Usagi Yojimbo. Good news for the completionist--the Fantagraphics volumes, the first 7 trade collections, are in print and they have scheduled the reprinting of the two-volume omnibus Special Edition for this summer (June or July, I believe). Again, thank you for this video. I try to make my stories as accessible as possible to all readers, but I never thought to divide up reader types as you have done.
I'm seldom lost for words, but to have Mr Sakai comment on my video...thank you so much for your monumental and magical works! Also, great news about the reprint of the slipcase edition - I'm going to go look those up right now. Thanks so much for taking the time!
Volumes 6/7 seems to be out of print too, which is weird being the last ones published. I hope DH will reprint them all.
Hi @BMFMProject - yes, I believe that's right. If you're able to get The Special Edition, that does it, except for non-Sakai Usagi (which I don't care about). The Special Edition is hard to get; I was able to get the original issues, but I'd still love to have that set.
Here in India a number of the first seven trades, even the later DH trades, can only be imported (not kept in stock in-country) and the prices are quite high. The Saga volumes, however, are well priced and more easily available, the last I checked.
I think I was talking mainly from the price/availability point of view, and they may as well be out of print, as far as we're concerned =(
Oh I totally agree with your suggestion, the saga volumes are clearly the best options for new reader, they're huge and the price is really affordable. Almost everything goes out of print once in a while, i have faith in Dark Horse, they really seem to support Yojimbo.
Apologies for my bloodshot eyes! I thought I'd say Usagi Yojimbo brought me to tears, but it was just a bad dust allergy...
I’m glad usagi yojimbo is getting some attention
Me too!
Thank you so much for your comprehensive reviews and understanding of new readers. i just stumbled across your videos and I love the way you talk about the story, characterisation, and other facets of comics that are hugely important to me as a reader. Usagi Yojimbo sounds so fantastic I'm surprised it slipped past me for so long! I feel like I'm a mix of reader number 2 and 3 so I'll have to figure out where to start!
Thank you much, it is so gratifying to hear that because that is definitely the attempt - to approach it from a reader's point of view. With Usagi, books are being reprinted right now which makes a lot of different things possible re: introducing yourself to this excellent series. Usagi Yojimbo Origins from IDW next month will be reprinting the first trade in colour (they were originally black and white) so there's that as a new possibility! 😁
@@ftloc Thanks for the information! I'll definitely check it out :D
Thanks for posting this! I picked up the volume 1 saga and thought the art was fucking beautiful and the story was awesome and I wanted to see how it continued! Thanks a lot man :)
So glad it helped! It's a wonderful series and any volumes you pick up will be gold! 😁 Happy reading!
Thank you for introduction of Usagi Yojimbo, I just getting started, Nice to see Stan Sakai comment below. I look forward to your other videos
Welcome aboard! So glad you liked this and I hope more of that follows! 😁
Great video, I love how you separated the different approaches, was super useful. Thank you so much.
So glad you enjoyed it! Which one are you? 😁
I know this is an older video. This video made me order my first Usagi Yojimbo collected edition. I grabbed the reprint of the Fantagraphics and also the tpb of the TMNT Usagi Yojimbo crossover. I'm very excited to get into Usagi being a samurai film fan for many years. Also Im coming off a tmnt kick so I think the stars aligned for this one. Thank you for the content.
How lovely to hear, and how thrilling! Once you've had a chance to sink your teeth into it, I'd love to knows yu think of it!
Usagi Yojimbo was my entry to comics as a child. Now my son, who is very young, has become interested in comics. Thanks so much for this video. I plan on buying UY for my son’s bday. This really helped. Thank you sir 🙏
That is so wonderful to hear - thank YOU for sharing! It's a lovely comic and every new and returning reader makes me happy, knowing that this quality of storytelling is getting its due! What are you going to start your son with, do you think?
Awesome mate. Never had too much of an interest on this specific series but have found at least the dabbling appreciation from here-on-out. Great stuff.
Thank you!
If you give it a shot, I'd love to know what you think - do put your take into a comment here!
Had never heard of Usagi Yojimbo prior to this video. Just ordered the paperback Saga 1 as you make it sound interesting. Also you have a relaxing voice
Haha thank you so much, and I'm glad you decided to give the series a shot! I'd love to know what you think, of course I am a big fan. If interested, check out my other Usagi videos in this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLf2B7UoR9NKUr6U1OYHyUIwBarLkRU5ek.html
Cheers!
Thank you very much for this video. I'm from Spain, and Usagi Yojimbo Saga was published here last January. I was always interested on this comic, and after watching this, today I finally made up my mind and bought the first volume. Keep up the good work, youtube needs more comic oriented channels like yours ;)
Terrific! That just makes my day =). Did you get the first Book of the Usagi Saga? Or did you get Volume 1 - Samurai?
Usagi Saga =) If I´d happen to like it (something tells me that I will) will go back to the first volumes that are also newly edited here in the same "omnibus" format as in the US. After a long wait, this year we spanish comic fans will be able to have the whole series available!
That's great, everyone should at least try this series; and let me know what you think!
So the early issues are in a two-volume slipcase as well? Or is this one volume? And are these translated into Spanish, or in English? Are they Dark Horse/ Fantagraphics publications, or has a different publisher licensed them for Spain? As you can tell, I'm very interested in how Usagi is being introduced to new readers =)
Yes, as soon as I finish reading it I will let you know :) It is the exact same edition you mention in 3:34 published by the spanish publisher "Planeta Comic" who has bought the publication rights directly from Dark Horse (in the back cover you can even see the Dark Horse logo) and of course, it is translated to spanish.
Usagi has been published in Spain since the year 2000 by the same publisher with great success, because the same comics are also exported to México and Latin American countries, where I believe Usagi is quite popular as well :) but the early numbers are hard to find, that´s why last year Planeta published the 2 Fantagraphics issues, and now is going on with the "Saga" volumes.
This month they just published the second volume, so I hope that during 2018-2019 the remaining volumes will also be available (I think there are 7 in total?)
Yes, 7 'Books' of the Saga so far, plus one 'Legends', so 8 total.
I know this is unlikely to be seen since this video is a couple years old but this is a great video. I have been very interested in reading this series for a while and your videos are great. This video helped me to decide where to start. I luckily found an affordable copy of the Special Edition in hardcover and should arrive any day. Can’t wait to start reading this series. Keep up the great videos!
Thank you and I'm thrilled you found this useful! And congratulations on locating a hardcover set of the special edition!
Your video was shared on the official Facebook page, that's how I came across it. Good video!
I have yet to start on Usagi Yojimbo myself, so I will likely start with the darkhorse book 1 collection you mentioned
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, and that you're starting Usagi Yojimbo! The Dark Horse 'Saga' books are an excellent place to start, and you can always go back to the earlier volumes, which Mr Sakai himself has verified are all in print/back in print soon!
Very very useful video! Thanks. I recently started as a dabbler, but I'm quickly falling into one of the other two categories, not sure which yet haha
So thrilled to hear this, thank you so much, and I hope you find plenty to enjoy here! Welcome!
I bought Saga Volume 1 today thanks to your video. Thanks for making it.
I'd love to know what you think of it once you are done!
I’m late to the party but finally started reading this series. I got the origin vol 1 recent release and the saga second print vol 1. That way I can get the new second editions as they release. Thank you for this video, as I was going to pass on something that really interested me because it looked daunting but I finally took the plunge!
No such thing as late to the party when its still raging! 😁
Actually it's a great time to get into Usagi Yojimbo with all the reprints and the attention thanks to a TV show etc. I really hope everyone is able to get their hands on as many books as they want - they are ALL, as I keep saying, excellent! 😁
Started off as a "Dabbler" with the storyline 'The Hell Screen', after watching this video. I loved it. It has all the things that I like about a Japanese story. Thanks for making such a detailed videos about the series.
Ab P That’s great to hear! I hope you got some new reading lined up! 😀
For the Love of Comics - Yes! I just got done with 'Thieves and Spies'. Enjoyed it, throughly. I'll be reading 'Two Hundred Jizo' next. :-)
Ab P terrific! So you’re reading them all in the individual trades? Two Hundred Jizo is one of my favourites of the ‘new’ stories!
For the Love of Comics Yes, Sir! I'll be reading the individual trades in whichever format I can get my hands on (physical copies/ digital editions). I'm also thinking of buying a couple of the Saga Volumes.
Excellent advice for the dabbler: any issue, any time, an excellent choice. Likewise for the connoisseur, although I guess a lot of people start with Grasscutter. Completionists...heh... ah well. And then, you know, there are the very lucky group: those who actually were able to start with the Albedo issues when they came out, and just...never...stopped buying Usagi. Excellent video on an excellent comic book, and wow: excellent comments by Stan himself!
Yeah, Grasscutter is often declared the perfect starting point for dabblers, although - naturally - I think that could just as easily be Circles, or the Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, and others. I thought the 'connoisseur' may want to immediately continue with a lengthier read if they enjoy it, therefore three volumes sequentially seemed the perfect option! =)
Great video, I just bought the slipcase hardcover edition and saga vol 3-4 limited edtion :) looking forward to that. Completionist it is.
Thanks so much, and that's great to know! Also, fantastic find on the HC slipcase; I'm jealous! =)
Just curious though, is there a reason you didn't get Usagi Yojimbo Saga Books 1 and 2?
For the Love of Comics want them in hc too loll but ill get them in paperback for now when I finish reading the slipcase set.
Actually the fantagraphic issues are being republished as volumes, U can find them pretty easily and cheaply on Amazon
Ironic name. Yes, it’s been noted that the earlier trades are being reprinted, but unfortunately they are not as freely available all over the world (for example, in India, where I am) as they are in the US. The later volumes , and especially the Saga omnibuses, seem to be easier to get globally. The Special Edition slipcase being reprinted is good news though!
Awesome!! This actually was percisely what I was looking for! You've made my week mate! You've earned yourself a new subscriber! Seems like I'll be starting as a Dabbler and then treking my way up to Connesquer xD
I'm thrilled to hear it! Do let me know how you're finding the series as you discover the expansive history of stories it contains!
I started my journey of Usagi with the Legends TP I'm exited for this
That's a very exciting way to start! I'd love to hear back on what you think of the 'canonical' series! 🙂
@@ftloc well i did order vol.1 of the canon series so I'll let you know soon sir
Ideally I'd be the completionist, and back in the day was collecting when it was published by Fantagraphics. But then life got in the way and I had to drop comic collecting in general. But now I'm somewhere between the dabbler and connoisseur, picking up some of the stand-alone stories. (I ADORE Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai.)
Everyone used to be a dabbler at some point of time, no matter what they say! 🙂
The great thing with Usagi Yojimbo is how you really can't go wrong, whatever you do!
As a fan of the TMNT, it was obvious to know about usagi, I have decided now to purchased the comics, in a couple of weeks I´ll be receiving the 2 pantagraphics volumen, little bu littke, I´ll be adding the others volumens. Thanks for this and other videos related to Usagi.
Thank you, I'm so glad to hear you like them! Usagi is, as you can tell, a comic I absolutely love and I am always thrilled to think of new people discovering and growing to love this series.
And now that the series has moved to IDW, I hear they will be reprinting the whole series in colour, so that is something interesting to look forward to, although I don't know exactly how those plans have been affected by the current situations.
Ever since watching him with the TMNT, I've been looking for some great Usagi comics! *Thanks!* 😉
So glad you liked it! Do check out the rest of my Usagi Yojimbo playlist if you haven't (th-cam.com/play/PLf2B7UoR9NKUr6U1OYHyUIwBarLkRU5ek.html )
I love this series and there's aa loot of wonderful stories out there!
@@ftloc Thanks!
Love these videos- thank you👏🏽👍🏽
Thank you - so glad to hear that! Which are your favourites? 😁
For the Love of Comics actually your video got me inspired to buy the ‘special edition’ which is about 10 yrs worth - getting back into comics, usagi was always a constant at any comic bookstore I went into - knew about it but never really picked one up- until your video! Thanks so much👍🏽
@@europoodle So glad I could assist - excellent pick!
i just ordered a town called hell !
thanks for the advice, u earned urself a new sub ! :)
Welcome! And thank you! Let me know what you think of the book once you’ve got a chance to read it.
Just started collecting Usagi comics and appreciate this video
Glad you liked it! And welcome to Usagi Yojimbo, one of the greatest comics series of all time! 😁
@@ftloc Thank you and looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.
happy 4/20 love Usagi Yo
It deserves all the love in the world! 😁
I'd love to hear what you have to say about the new IDW content. I'd like to see a video about that.
I have yet to read more than the first two issues of the IDW stories - I can't wait to get my hands on the first volume!
@@ftloc Bunraku is the first tpb from them. I enjoyed it and may use it as an entry point for my 10yo nephew who is an avid reader.
Because of your recommandations i did some research on this series. Although the series has a rather episodical nature, it's not i need to read 'everything from scratch' but i at least wanted to start somewhere relevant, like the start of the Mirage- and DH-run. That's because i am intrested in some larger arcs and overarching story development as well. I would have thought that maybe a number of the hardcovers and special editions were out of print. Because i am basically a TP-guy i though i would be fine with getting the first omnibus /volume of the Mirage-run. Very soon i discovered a lot of the books that are proposed in your videos of some years back are completely out of print. Maybe in some cases they could still be obtainable within the US itself. I generally don't like to order directly in the US, because of the high export takses (i live in Europe). For the moment it seems like the Fantagraphics original run special edition HC and TP are out of print, from the Mirage original HC and TP most of the books are out of print as well. I only discovered volume 5 and 7 (hardcover), but i really wanted to start with volume 1 TP, so it's a disappointment. There are some indications the Fantagraphics original run special would be in reprint for a nearby date, but i haven't found any real confirmation of this. I rather not pursue second hand highly priced volumes (unless i can check them out muself fe in local comic book store) because of the high risk of getting copies that are damaged or in inproper conditions. I also found there is a quite expensive special editon (Grascutters saga) available, but it's really too expensive (or better stated: its price is not the amount of money i am prepared to spend for it), the books costs 150 dollars and again distribution point America. You have some very intresting videos concerning where to start. But: the availability is currently somehow dated, a lot of what was available in 2018 no longer is. If you know of reprints that are scheduled close by (and available in countries outside US), it would be very intresting to hear so. It would be nice if some basics of this series were at least constantly available in TP worldwide. It doesn't help as a promoter for the series to gain more reputation wordwide if it's rather difficult to access. And that's a pitty if it's really a great series, which i tend to believe even without having read it. Concerning the future: maybe it's not a bad thing it's owned by IDW now (the good thing is they are internationally better distributed than Fantagraphics or Dark Horse, the bad thing is: IDW can be rather expensive, their Grascutters-special editon and Turtles-run fe aren't very lightly priced), i however hope they reprint the whole series in color some day, but that will take time and the IDW-run at this point is not a valable anchor-point yet IMO because of the limited content. They have only just started printing.
Yes, it's really unfortunate - being outside the US myself, I completely sympathize with how hard it is to get some of these comics, especially once they become out of print.
IDW are going to reprint the entire series in colour and the first volume is scheduled for December 2020. This is Samurai, the first seven issues, and from what I could see the ISBN is 9781684057405. Let's see about price and availability outside of the US, eh?
In the meantime, if you can get your hands on Dark Horse's Usagi Saga Book 1 in paperback, you will get the stories from the start of the Mirage run, so just missing the first 7 trades/Fantagraphics box set, but maybe you've already checked for that?
@@ftloc Nope i'd understand the early Fantagraphics runs is no longer available, i would be completely satisfied with the start of the Mirage run, but it's no longer available as well, not even in TP. Full color is no defintive way to have those comics, i could live with BW, as this is the original form as they were presented, it's just frustrating at this moment so few volumes are available. I could start at volume 5, bit i'd rather have an archor point earlier on. The question i pose myself: if the series if they are republished and are sold out so fast, there is a commercially intresting reason to reprint them, isn't there? So why doesn't it simply happen, as there is a substantial demand? We can wait for IDW, but it will take a long time to see the whole run, and, as i have already stated, i'm afraid for the prices IDW will demand for them. I honestly love, really love, a physical copy of a book, but i'm considering going digital if prices keep on going up that much for paper.
Yes, digital definitely sounds like the way to go here, but being an almost exclusively print reader myself, I can see it not being the ideal. And as to why such popular books are not always in print is something I find very hard to understand myself. The stocks-distribution system in print publishing must be even more messed up that I imagine?
I finally managed to track down trade paperback books 1 to 7, and also the saga volume 1 😎 i found them for about £10 each online.
Also ive picked up all the new IDW issues and TPB’s released so far!
Trying to track down the rest of the sagas 😎
Good luck; I can see you're off to a great start!
Thank you sir.
In 2000 i picked up grasscutter, it was a great first story, before i went back and got them all
What a great start! 😁
Thanx for this video! Where i live it was hard to get a copy of Usagi and english was not so widly spoken yet, but i played the C64 game a lot. In fact i returned to the game recently again and love to play it so thought i finally dellwe in to the world of Usagi. This video helps because wow, theres a lot to dig in to. I just happen to find Book 1 from Fantagraphics (The Ronin) to start this journey, but here comes my question. Is these books from Fantagrapics earler stories of Usagi compared to the thicker books, as example nr 1 of Dark Horse?
Edit: Aha, re-watched the video again and my question got an answer, i was lucky to find Book one of the older series then i guess. Got it for 5 dollars \0/
What a lucky break that you got the very first volume by pure chance! 😀 The Dark Horse ‘Usagi Saga’ books start from the Mirage Comics run, so you’ll have to get the Fantagraphics stories in either the volumes 1-8 or the slipcase box set, the paperback edition of which has been reprinted and you may get lucky enough to find! Good luck and happy reading! If you like the series, check out my other Usagi videos too! 😀
Hello !!! I’ve decided to go for the limited deluxe edition of grasscutter. What do you think? Will I understand it as a new reader?
Thanks
Absolutely. It is a terrific standalone read and a great introduction to the world of Usagi Yojimbo. It does bring together a number of characters previously featured but you won't be lost or confused at all!
I just met Stan Sakai at Charlotte Comic Con. I even got a sketch of Usagi Yojimbo from him!
Peter Wulf I am very jealous! 😀 Perhaps one day I too will get to meet him and tell him face to face what his work has meant to me. What kind of a sketch did you get?
I started w/ the 1st 7 tpbs for 40 bucks off ebay as a taste. Then the DH early trades were hard to find so I had to wait til the Usagi Yojimbo Saga mega trade collections to fill my void. Now, I have the 2 volume set from Fantagraphics, the UY Saga 1-7 collections & the last few tpbs as the Dark Horse era comes to an end. I'm a Usagi junkie.
That's such a great journey, and quite similar to mine - what was seven trades of ebay for you was three big ebay lots of singles for me but otherwise it's almost verbatim - and now we have a new IDW chapter in front of us! 😀
@@ftloc I'm preordering the IDW comic to help it get off the ground. I'm curious what it is like w/ color in 2 months from IDW.
I watched all your Usagi Yojimbo videos today with great interest.
I was given a copy of the first Dark Horse big fatty Saga volume as a Christmas present about 3 or 4 years ago from one of my oldest school (and comic book) friends. I'm ashamed to say I let out a silent sigh... and turned my nose up at what I thought looked like a rather naff "funny animals" comic in the vein of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles partly because my friend Ian has given me quite a few comic book stinkers over the years. I know I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth but...Anyway, the volume sat on my shelf until I decided to have a clear out of all the stuff I no longer wanted via eBay. Luckily I also decided to at least give this obvious clunker a go and read the first story or so. What happened? I was immediately hooked of course! Trying not to feel like a silly dummy for the error of my ways, I spent the rest of the day avidly reading what I realised was a really, really great comic with absolutely excellent writing and stories. I then ordered all of the rest of the volumes in the Saga series and the Fantagraphics boxset plus the Legends volume. I confess that I'm yet to read them all as I no doubt got distracted by other comics, films and the such. Your videos will no doubt help correct that rather unsatisfactory state of affairs.
I have a couple of questions. Does the Fantagraphics boxset contain all of the pre-Dark Horse stuff? If not what else do I need to buy? Also, Saga book 8 finishes with the story The Hell Screen, is there one of those nice signed hardbacks following on from that story? I really like the look of them. And finally, are there any other volumes I need to get?
Thanks in advance and please feel free to invoice me with your consultancy fee.
We've already dealt with the Fantagraphics box set question luckily! 😁
As for the remaining stories, I know there are two more Dark Horse volumes - Mysteries (Vol 32) and The Hidden (Vol 33) that followed the Hell Screen and are out as slender volumes both in paperback as well as limited hardcover editions.
That wouldn't be enough for another Saga volume, so I'm guessing that is all we will see out of Dark Horse now that Usagi has moved to IDW.
I am not very abreast of what kind of editions and reprints IDW has planned for Usagi, especially of the recent past, so that sounds like a research project for me if I want to be worthy of any kind of consultancy fee!
Oh I completely forgot to say that's a great Usagi discovery story. I can definitely see people dismissing it on superficial reasons (specially if one groups it together with other comics they think less of) but you also demonstrate how the quality of the series can overcome the strongest of (incorrect) assumptions. Very glad you decided to go through the volume before selling it off, as I sure you are as well~!
@@ftloc Can you believe that I can only find 32 in plush hardback and 33 in softback. What shall I do? It would be nice to have them in the same format if there aren't going to be any more Dark Horse saga books. I'm having a comics crisis!
@@pysarlis haha now there's the kind of conundrum I can truly relate to. The two hardcovers would have been way too expensive for me to try and grab, so I've decided to wait and see what IDW decide to do. Given that there are eight Saga volumes out there, they may do a ninth themselves and I know from the Artist/Gallery editions they can match quality of what came before. Think that's a crazy long shot I'm playing?
@@ftloc Good points. Maybe I'll sit on my hands too as I already have more than enough to read plus I need to think of my bank balance as well as my literary comic education.
I think The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy is the perfect arc for casual readers.
I've always felt Dragon Bellow is the true precursor to Grasscutter in so many ways. But like Grasscutter, someone pointed out to me that the frission of joy one feels in seeing various characters from the past come together would be 'wasted' on someone encountering Usagi for the first time. I don't agree 100%, but i see the point.
Ahh, I think I'm the second type and I was literally thinking about buying the Usagi Yojimbo saga 1 even before watching this video! This was pretty helpful though, thank you for making this video😄
teeholisti-hippi Thank *you* for watching and for your kind words! Yes, UY Saga 1 is a great starting point. Although -and I’ve never been so glad to be obsolete - Mr Sakai himself confirmed in these comments that the earlier volumes are in print and easily available (at least in the USA) and the two volume omnibus set of those stories is being reprinted summer of 2018. The unavailability of those was a factor in me picking the Saga as a starting point. I’d be equally enthusiastic about The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy, Circles, and of course Grasscutter as earlier starting points, if easily available! 😀
For the Love of Comics Yes, I saw Mr Sakai's comment, it's so cool that he commented on your video!😄I live in Finland and I saw some of the earlier issues on sale in an online bookstore but I think I'd still prefer the UY saga because I'd get more stories to read in one book!
You just can't go wrong there - terrific 'value for money'!
Ahh, I feel like I have to tell you, I got the UY saga 1 and it was sooo great!! I already want to get more :D
Excellent news (although a fan like me expects it to a certain degree)! You'll love how it continues too - one of the main reasons I love this series as much as I do is its consistent high standard of storytelling, story after story after story. I really can't think of anything I haven't enjoyed. Have fun!
Also , there is a rumour that the special edition by Fantagraphics is coming out again this year!
That would be excellent! There's a real desire among new readers to read it from the start and that just makes it so convenient, in such a great format!
@@ftloc yeah i get that, although Yojimbo can be picked up at any point. But I have been reading the recent IDW issues and it turns out Usagi has a son, which I never knew about, so I would definitely like to read them in order so that things like that dont take me by surprise
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Haha, I knew it was only a matter of time. I guess I should consider myself lucky it took a few years!
Do any of the books include Usagi Yojimbo's 1st appearance?
CVNTGETENOUGH For the first appearance of Miyamoto Usagi you can get any of the following 1. The first TPB, Samurai; 2. The two volume slipcased Special Edition from Fantagraphics 3. The single issue Summer Special.
Of course, now IDW has announced their plans to reprint the entire backlist of Usagi in colour, so that will be another option in a few months!
@@ftloc Thank you so much, I wish all these books/sets said what issues it collected in the product descriptions but again thank you so much!
@@ftloc The Samurai TPB is vol. 2, I believe "the ronin" is vol. 1 is that the one you meant?
CVNTGETENOUGH Yes, of course you’re right - Vol 1 is Ronin which contains The Goblin of Adachigahara, the first Usagi story.. I guess I got confused because he was a samurai before he was a ronin in his life? 😀
@@ftloc I thought Albedo 2 was his first appearance...?
Усаги ёдзибо с тобой и с тобой на согласование в срок
Спасибо!😁
@@ftloc😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🐇🐰🐢