As 2023 winds down, the Beat hopes everybody studying that is protected and heat…however there’s nonetheless some snow and ice on the market, and right here’s a take a look at a frosty Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai journey to go together with the temper of the season.
In the fourth concern of this 5 concern mini sequence, Usagi and Yukichi are in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan, fleeing the villainous Jei. There’s a frozen lake concerned and far more hazard and suspense.
Sakai has been creating the adventures of Usagi Yojimbo since 1984 – that’s proper, 2024 would be the fortieth anniversary of this samurai rabbit, and Dark Horse has just a few celebrations deliberate.
For all these years, and a plethora of publishers, Usagi has remained the definition of a comic book ebook…lengthy vary storytelling offering the inspiration for particular person tales, all captured by Sakai’s evocative artwork. He’s additionally been a multi media star over time, from the wild days of co-starring with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to a current CGI animated adaptation on Netflix.
Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow #4
CREATORS
Writer: Stan Sakai
Artist: Stan Sakai
Colorist: HiFi Colour Design
Cover Artist: Stan Sakai (line artwork) with Emi Fujii (colours)
Variant CVR B – Jared Cullum
Variant CVR C – David Petersen
Publication Date: January 10, 2024
Format: FC, 32 pages; Miniseries
Price: $4.99
UPC: 7 61568 01096 1 00411
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