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Stan Sakai

Born

in Kyoto, Japan

May 25, 1953

Website

http://usagiyojimbo.com/

Genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction

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Stan Sakai (Japanese: 坂井スタンSakai Sutan; born May 25, 1953) is an artist who became known as an Eisner Award-winning comic book originator.

Born in Kyoto, Sakai grew up in Hawaii and studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii. He later attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He and his wife, Sharon, presently reside and work in Pasadena.

He began his career by lettering comic books (notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier) and became famous with the production of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in late-sixteenth and early-seventeenth-century Japan. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole a ...more

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Average rating: 4.31 · 50,946 ratings · 4,088 reviews · 932 distinct works • Similar authors

	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 1: The Ronin (Usagi Yojimbo, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 4,707 ratings — published 1987 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 2: Samurai (Usagi Yojimbo, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 2,105 ratings — published 1989 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 3: The Wanderer's Road (Usagi Yojimbo, #3) by Stan Sakai, Robert Asprin 4.34 avg rating — 1,664 ratings — published 1989 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo Saga, Vol. 1 4.57 avg rating — 1,564 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy 4.51 avg rating — 1,443 ratings — published 1997 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 5: Lone Goat and Kid (Usagi Yojimbo, #5) by Stan Sakai, Stan Lee (Introduction) 4.38 avg rating — 1,265 ratings — published 1992 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 6: Circles (Usagi Yojimbo, #6) 4.48 avg rating — 1,147 ratings — published 1994 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 7: Gen's Story (Usagi Yojimbo, #7) 4.48 avg rating — 1,058 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 9: Daisho (Usagi Yojimbo, #9) 4.37 avg rating — 1,063 ratings — published 1998 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 12: Grasscutter by Stan Sakai, Will Eisner (Introduction) 4.52 avg rating — 1,026 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Usagi Yojimbo [兎用心棒] (41 books)
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Usagi Yojimbo (2019) (17 books)
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Usagi Yojimbo Origins (4 books)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen (5 books)
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“I contemplate the bones for a while then turn away. I have work to do. Next year I will have an odako that is bigger, grander, more beautiful than anyone has ever seen. Next year.”
― Stan Sakai

tags: dedication, hard-work, inspirational

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by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday

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