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Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #5: The Artist After an absence to work on the series 47 Ronin, writer, artist and creator Stan Sakai has returned to the adventures of Usagi Yojimbo just in time to celebrate the character's 30th anniversary.

They're celebrating in style with this Color Special (the fifth in the series), and it should come as no surprise that it's a real treat.

It features four stories: a brief confrontation between two samurai; a student learns an important lesson; a meeting with some restless ghosts; and an encounter with a man whose life is dedicated to his art.

The art is, of course, wonderful and expressive - made all the more delightful by Tom Luth's colors.

The stories are delightful in their economy - not a line or moment is wasted - and the stories are both entertaining and moving.

Sakai has built an amazing body of work here, and there's plenty of time to get on board - each storyline stands on its own - as his iconic tales of a samurai searching for his place in the world continues.

Highly recommended!

Grade: A


Posted by Chuck at 11:59 PM Labels: Usagi Yojimbo


 
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