{"product_id":"usagi-yojimbo-volume-39-ice-and-snow-limited-edition-isbn-9781506740973","title":"Usagi Yojimbo Volume 39: Ice and Snow Limited Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eUsagi Yojimbo returns to Dark Horse with this graphic novel!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the events of “The Green Dragon,” Usagi and Yukichi are still in the snowy mountaintops of Northern Japan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey are led to the hut of a strange woman hermit who allows them to spend the night.  Meanwhile, the maniacal Jei and his familiar, Keiko, are on Usagi’s trail, and they stumble upon a bandit lair and subdue the band of cutthroats and thieves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStan Sakai brings his beloved rabbit ronin series back to Dark Horse—featuring full color by colorist team HiFi! This limited-edition hardcover with dust jacket also includes a tip-in sheet with a unique image signed by Stan Sakai!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow\u003c\/i\u003e #1–#5. | “Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai’s tales of Miyamoto Usagi.”—NPR’s Best Books of 2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Stan Sakai has successfully brought to American comics a collection of Japanese fables well told in the American style. \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is an enduring work. Bravo.”—Will Eisner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I think \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found. Stan's style of artwork, his crisp incisive writing, and his thoroughly professional pacing, all done in a relaxed and absorbed manner, have provided comics with something so rarely seen in this field—a new literary and artistic approach to illustrated storytelling.”—Stan Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sakai is a total pro and a consummate craftsman.”—\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003cb\u003eStan Sakai \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Kyoto, Japan, grew up in Hawaii, and now lives in California with his children, Hannah and Matthew. He received a fine arts degree from the University of Hawaii and did further studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His creation, \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e, is the story of a samurai rabbit living in a feudal Japan populated by anthropomorphic animals. It first appeared in Albedo Comics in 1984. Since then, Usagi has appeared on television as a guest of the \u003ci\u003eTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u003c\/i\u003e; and as toys, on clothing, in comic books, and in a series of trade paperback collections. In 1991, Stan created \u003ci\u003eSpace Usagi\u003c\/i\u003e, the adventures of a descendant of the original Usagi, dealing with the samurai in a futuristic setting. Stan is also an award-winning letterer for his work on Sergio Aragonés's \u003ci\u003eGroo: The Wanderer\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSpider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e Sunday newspaper strips, as well as for \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the recipient of a Parents' Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, multiple Eisner Awards, two Spanish Haxturs, an American Library Association Award, and a National Cartoonists' Society Division Award. \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo Book 12: Grasscutter \u003c\/i\u003ewas used as a textbook in Japanese history classes at the University of Portland.","brand":"Dark Horse Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300896002277,"sku":"NP9781506740973","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781506740973.jpg?v=1767743342","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/usagi-yojimbo-volume-39-ice-and-snow-limited-edition-isbn-9781506740973","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}