![]() Aparte de ser un homenaje a estos extraños seres fantasmales y un número que aunaba a los antiguos y los nuevos lectores, también suponía, después de décadas en blanco y negro, la publicación a color de una historia de Usagi de estas características. Usagi no duda en aceptar la misión, pero pronto se verá en medio de un épico enfrentamiento contra las fuerzas del mal, una batalla en la que contará con la ayuda de Sasuke el Somete Demonios.Ĭon la novela gráfica Yokai, el artista Stan Sakai celebraba el vigésimo quinto aniversario de su emblemática obra Usagi Yojimbo. ¿Su misión? Recuperar a la hija de una mujer que llora amargamente tras que su pequeña la abandonase y se sumergiese en lo más profundo del bosque por culpa de un misterioso zorro. Nos relata la historia de cómo el aguerrido Miyamoto Usagi, un guerrero japonés con aspecto de conejo, atraviesa un bosque durante la noche del desfile de los yokai. Pero, ada cien años, durante esa madrugada, los yokai intentan conquistar el mundo de los vivos… Ese es el punto de partida de este cómic: Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai. Estas apariciones suelen reunirse para realizar un desfile durante una noche de verano. Los yokai forman parte de esta mitología son criaturas fantasmagóricas del folclore japonés que fascinan a aquellos que las descubren. Más allá del manga, las propias leyendas del país nipón son una rica fuente de historias. «Qué noche más oscura… La clase de noche que llaman oborouki-yo, cuando los yokai merodean la tierra».Įs innegable la influencia que la cultura japonesa ha tenido en el cómic. His favorite movie is Satomi Hakkenden (1959).Ĭrítica publicada originalmente en el blog. He also made a futuristic spin-off series Space Usagi. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole artist (Tom Luth serves as the main colorist on the series, and Sergio Aragonés has made two small contributions to the series: the story "Broken Ritual" is based on an idea by Aragonés, and he served as a guest inker for the black and white version of the story "Return to Adachi Plain" that is featured in the Volume 11 trade paper-back edition of Usagi Yojimbo). 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. He and his wife, Sharon, presently reside and work in Pasadena. He later attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Usagi Yojimbo #4 comes to us from writer, artist, letterer, and cover artist Stan Sakai and color artist Tom Luth.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.īorn in Kyoto, Sakai grew up in Hawaii and studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii. All in all, I’d say this one is worth a recommendation. We meet a new character who forms an interesting bond with Usagi, and we get to see more great artwork from the great Stan Sakai. Usagi Yojimbo #4 is another fun and engaging installment of the samurai rabbits long-running adventures. Tom Luth ’s color work really adds a lot to the world of Usagi Yojimbo. Sakai makes Usagi and the world around him look as great as ever, and he certainly knows how to put together an action sequence. There is still action of course, and it’s awesome. ![]() Usagi Yojimbo #4 art by Stan Sakai and Tom Luth with letters from Stan Sakai Mura and Usagi talk about what makes for a good story, but they do it in fairly removed and clinical terms. There isn’t the obligatory self-inserting as one might guess with stories about writers and writing. Usagi and Mura may be from very different backgrounds, but they still connect to one another through Mura’s work. Stan Sakai does an excellent job of building this friendship in a believable and compelling manner. We get to watch as their relationship develops over this leg of the journey. It’s a fairly intimate story, and it focuses heavily on the writer Mura as Usagi gets to know the woman behind the story he loved so much.
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