Stan Sakai is a Japanese-born American artist and comic book creator. His creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in 1984. Usagi has been on television as a guest of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as toys, on clothing, in comics, and in a series of trade paperback collections. He is a multiple Eisner-Award-winning cartoonist and the recipient of numerous national awards including an American Library Association Award and a Cultural Ambassador Award from the Japanese American National Museum. In 2020, Sakai was inducted into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame. He currently is an executive producer on the Netflix original CGI animated series Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles, which is based on Usagi Yojimbo. He lives in Pasadena, CA.
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"
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"
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