Usagi Yojimbo Is Awesome!

**TwinPistols** · 03-17-2010, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Ben Akers

I buy the series monthly.

But to really post about them would require me to catch up on my reading of those issues.

Originally Posted by dupont2005

Yeah I got it on the pull list but it's pretty near the bottom of my current reading pile until I get a nice stack of consecutive issues.

Oh, what's up with you people??

Get on it!!

Take some initiative already!!

-Pistols

**Ben Akers** · 03-18-2010, 08:20 AM

Well, real life tends to get in the way, AND I generally keep Usagi at the back (faves in back, others at the beginning) of my "to-read" pile which has become my "to-read" boxes and so about each month I file another issue and think to myself that I'll eventually get around to reading it.

I did read a slew of issues a few months ago, but I've fallen behind again....

**Gryphon** · 03-25-2010, 09:10 AM

so does anyone know when the complete fantagraphics usagi is coming out?

**Firebringer27** · 03-25-2010, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by gryhpon

so does anyone know when the complete fantagraphics usagi is coming out?

According to Amazon.com, sometimes in September. Totally honked me off because I was all set to get it for Christmas then they shoved the release date 9 months later for some unknown reason.

Not buying Usagi Yojimbo until I get that danged edition!

**Ben Akers** · 03-25-2010, 01:22 PM

Yes, don't buy the series because of problems that the ex-publisher of the series is having.

**Gryphon** · 03-25-2010, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by Ben Akers

Yes, don't buy the series because of problems that the ex-publisher of the series is having.

i asked stan sakai on his livejournal and he said the delays are because they havent finsihed some stuff such as the interview with him that will be a section in the booj becuase his scheduled is busy

**Firebringer27** · 03-25-2010, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by Ben Akers

Yes, don't buy the series because of problems that the ex-publisher of the series is having.

Ouch. Ok, I'll admit I came on bit strong, but I've been wanting to follow the story for awhile now. I even went as far as to add some of the books on my amazon.com wishlist only to delete them when I heard about this collection being release a year or two back only to find that it hasn't come out.

So yeah, I came on bit strong, but this was the result of year or 2 of annoying delays compressed in 3 sentences post.

**dupont2005** · 03-25-2010, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Firebringer27

Ouch. Ok, I'll admit I came on bit strong, but I've been wanting to follow the story for awhile now. I even went as far as to add some of the books on my amazon.com wishlist only to delete them when I heard about this collection being release a year or two back only to find that it hasn't come out.

So yeah, I came on bit strong, but this was the result of year or 2 of annoying delays compressed in 3 sentences post.

All that stuff is available affordably in different formats. The floppies go for about a dollar each, I get the trades free on paperbackswap.com. If you wanted to read it you could read it. This isn't just another Superman rag pumped out on a regular schedule by a periodicals company, sometimes you have to wait for something truly great.

**Ben Akers** · 03-25-2010, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by Firebringer27

Ouch. Ok, I'll admit I came on bit strong, but I've been wanting to follow the story for awhile now. I even went as far as to add some of the books on my amazon.com wishlist only to delete them when I heard about this collection being release a year or two back only to find that it hasn't come out.

So yeah, I came on bit strong, but this was the result of year or 2 of annoying delays compressed in 3 sentences post.

I would suggest just starting with The Brink of Life & Death, which is marketed as Volume 10. While Usagi has a deep and storied past, it's still a good jumping on point for the character.

**Gryphon** · 03-28-2010, 07:44 PM

im planning on starting with volume 8 ( the new edition that is coming out this year) while i wait for the complete fantagraphics collection

**hayabusa** · 03-29-2010, 06:36 AM

Went to a comic convention and brought a couple of Usagi stuff back with me. I got Fantagraphics #30, 32 & 37, giving me all of the 30s. I also bought the second and third color specials, as well as the Summer Special. I also bought Book 22.

I was kind of disappointed, as not all that many dealers had Usagi Yojimbo comics, and those that did were kind of pricey. The numbered Fantagraphics were $6.00 and all from one dealer. The others weren't that bad, as I got the color specials were $2.00 for both and the TPB was 50% off cover price. The coolest price was the summer special, where I asked the guy how much it was (wasn't marked) and he pulled out the latest price guide, quoted the price and then gave me a discount.

Couldn't find DH #59, but they had all of the other 50s (for current cover price so I skipped them for next year)