When will this be available through Diamond?Īny thoughts you’d like to add about this work? Simple, the complete Grasscutter saga is a massive story, enough for three Artist’s Editions, so I thought it made sense to do this in Artist Select format. Why Artist Select for this material and not Artist’s Edition? I had finished up the John Byrne Fantastic Four one, but all the heavy lifting on that book was done before it came to me. ![]() Was this your first work with the Artist Select line? The only one I can think of was on one of the covers, at the artist’s request, and that was just to fill in some areas in black because, without the color added, it looked a bit sparse. I think it made for a more consistent package. When I was putting together the book the stark black and white was jarring next to the original art, so I had my designer sample the color from one of the interior pages and add to each cover. Dark Horse was kind enough to supply B/W files for them. Stan keeps all of his story pages but sells his covers. Scott Dunbier was kind enough to answer a few questions that arose as I worked on this review. We see “Stan Sakai”, “Stan Sakai’s”, and no Sakai. The name of the book appears in three different ways: the colophon, the UPC insert, and the company website. A silk ribbon! Why doesn’t every book over $50 include a silk ribbon? A dust jacket, which I’m not a fan of in general, with a new painting by Sakai in a design to match the Dark Horse Usagi Yojimbo Saga signed and numbered hardcovers. Heavy matte paper stock in a sewn binding. Clothbound book and slipcase with silver foil lettering. Lots of great small details such as arrows for borders and other unique text dividers or frames. Chapter dividers use character illustrations pulled from the art, along with a page number in a word balloon. Interestingly Lee decided to use almost no colour you will only see blue used for Sakai’s name and page numbers. With any book that contains black and white images only, it’s left to the designer to bring colour and life. It must come from his lettering experience. Even the very detailed issue number, story name and page number line atop each page give it a completed feel. Sakai’s art is notoriously clean, and judging from the original pages here it’s basically print-ready. All interior pages are scans of the original art, with edited art for the covers and chapter dividers. The art is offwhite to light tan and is clearly discernible from the book’s white borders. From past exposure to Sakai’s original art, he rarely uses correction fluid. ![]() All pages are clear and remarkably clean. And since this covers material not previously published in the two Dark Horse Usagi Yojimbo Gallery Editions, it’s a must-have. Yes, the pages have been reduced from their original art size, but not that much. The Art of Usagi Yojimbo HC was nominated for Eisner Awards in the categories of Best Publication Design and Best Comics-Related Book while selling out in less than six months!Ĭheck out the "special" preview of the Art of Usagi Yojimbo TPB by clicking here.Possibly the best combination I’ve seen this year: Scott Dunbier’s approach to original comic art and IDW’s Artist Select format.Additionally, some of the biggest names in comics pay tribute to their favorite rabbit ronin in a fantastic gallery section, with pinups by Frank Miller, Geof Darrow, Jeff Smith, Sergio Aragonés, and Matt Wagner, among others! This softcover edition will be printed on the same high-quality paper stock and will feature scores of never-before-seen pieces, a long out-of-print twelve-page primer illustrating how Stan creates each of his Usagi stories, forty-eight full-color pages of Stan's beautiful painted artwork, and more. The sold-out hardcover edition, timed to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of the creation of Sakai's signature character, Usagi Yojimbo, was met with an overwhelming response from thousands of fans around the world. In the tradition of the celebrated collections The Art of Sin City and The Art of Hellboy, Dark Horse is proud to showcase the work of multi award-winning creator Stan Sakai in The Art of Usagi Yojimbo, offered in a softcover format for the first time.
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