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.
Mark Evanier is an American comic book and television writer, known
for his work on the animated TV series Garfield and Friends and on
the comic book Groo the Wanderer. He is also known for his columns
and blog News from ME, and for his work as a historian and
biographer of the comics industry, such as his award-winning Jack
Kirby biography, Kirby: King of Comics.
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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