Murderanon is taking today and tomorrow off for some inexplicable reason so Enmanon will be filling in for today with a short filler storytime. Previously, on It's Always Sunny in Jigoku: >>153062764
First up, Usagi's Ark.
>Nobody's thereWho gives a fuck about that Ninja Turtles reject?
>>153076675>I was caught up at work and in traffic.I get it Enma, souls to judge and the massive amounts of random killers on the road to meifumado are a bitch and a half.
>>153076684Sweet merciful Buddha, behave yourself or you will get a taste of my geta.
This is now a Turtle Thread.Remember who beat the rabbit? That's right: TURTLES!!!
>>153076695>You are too cowardly to fight me one by one!Imagine a time when Usagi was struggling against multiple opponents.
>>153076728Nice space kitty
>>153076741Kitty's kittys!
>>153076695I love it when they just make Yojimbo his actual name. >>153076709>Oriental MisfitI do appreciate the use of Japanese characters to show the language barrier. Anyone know what the fuck he's saying thereOh boy we getting spicy right off the bat
>>153076728>Bottom panelHey I heard about stepping on peoples lines but this is ridiculous.
Usagi's Ark was first published in May 1990 in Issue #22 of Usagi Yojimbo v1 (Fantagraphics). The Usagi standalone story in this issue was Blood Wings pt. 2.
Next up: Usagi Yojimbo meets Panda Khan
Usagi Yojimbo Meets Panda Khan was originally part of UY v1 (Fantagraphics) #34, the issue with Gen pt. 1 (Lady Asano's Story). Panda Khan appeared earlier in UY v1 #21, the issue with Blood Wings pt. 1 that immediately preceded his cross-over story with Space Ark.Even though Panda KHAN's name doesn't really suggest it, I think PK is supposed to be ethnically Chinese. Could this be the mysterious Chinese person that Stan hinted at in his Letters To Stan column?
Next up, Usagi's last issue published at Fantagraphics. I won't be posting the whole thing, just one story in particular.
Those anons with a sensitivity to artistic license and eye colors are advised to take necessary precautions.
>>153076682>samurai sword <mint>ror, rmao
>>153077011>We have to PAY you!? YAAAAAAAAA*runs away*
Ocho looks like a gender-bent Hikiji
The Usagi Yojimbo Color Special(s) were three issues long. Besides this recolored earlier issue, the Color Specials also included Tomoe's Story, The Doors, and Fox Fire: all three of these stories were re-illustrated and somewhat re-written by Stan when he moved to Dark Horse. Besides these Usagi Yojimbo stories, there was also a standalone Space Usagi story, "Under the Same Sky." All four of these stories will be storytimed eventually as part of our annual.
Now for something more recent: Stan's contribution to Comics For Ukraine.
Anon was kind enough to share pictures of this story from the paper copy he had purchased before we had a proper scan. This spread has been resized 40% to allow it to fit within the 4mb file size limit.
You can see his dumb little himbo braincell working overtime to try and piece it all together.>War...is....le bad???
That's it today from old mate Enmanon. This one page comic is from SDCC 25. Editfag (more liek REDDITFAG trolololololo) had a story he was planning on sharing too.
>>153077200Thanks Enma!My story won't be a long one, but it's set a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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>>153076661Does anyone else have internal voices they read the character's lines in? I struggle to find a good one for Usagi. I think somewhere between the 03-12 TMNT voices fits best for him. Yet when he talks about honor, he turns into Lo Wang. https://youtu.be/phitdexy3YI?si=n9WaeXca1ytphMR2
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>>153076682Nothing against Mr. Fields but seeing Stan's Art with someone else's lettering feels off.
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>>153077310>jobs to ROCKSHah, classic Stan. Truly there is no escaping Feudal Japan no matter what media franchise you're in.
>>153076709>Who za fakku are you carring orientaru?
>>153077310Urchins was first published in Star wars Tales #14 on December 11th 2002, with Tom Luth as colorist and Stan handling pretty much everything else.That was all for tonight folks, thanks for reading.
For the anon who was surprised Jeff Smith was a Stan Fan."Hey, Usagi FREAKS" still hits after all these years.
>>153076945>"You're my guest, go ahead.">"You are a most gracious host."Hehehe.It would be funny if Usagi and Panda Khan did tea ceremony together while Tomoe is sitting on a cushion watching.Hehehehe Right, Usagi-freaks? Right?
I can do one more mini-storytime today. The Art Of Usagi Yojimbo, Volume 2 (Radio Comix, 1998). Not to be confused with the bigly Art Of Usagi Yojimbo (Dark Horse, 2006) murderanon storytimes every year, which is large enough to warrant its own thread.
I don't know where to find Volume One.
Some of these pages, like this one, gets reprinted in the bigger Art Of Usagi Yojimbo 2006 collection, but some are unique to this edition.
>the ol' Sanjuro Special
>Hebi was always in the cards
>early, much more elaborate clan mon
>>153077591You gonna "acthually" any of these claims, Enma?
>>153077591That little toony Usagi in the last panel is great!
>>153077679What do you mean? He spitting facts here.Source: Sakai, Stan. "Usagi Yojimbo," 1985.
>>153077713Stuff like only Hatamoto being expected to be loyal to death to their lords (lesser samurai could leave their lord and seek employment under a different lord),Or how bushido didn't used to exist until 1800s, with its origins lying partially in older codes of conduct samurai would subscribe to, but just like chivalry, got romantisized and flanderised to hell and back.
>>153077753But you've just hit all the main points. The circle is complete. The student has become the master. I can teach you no more
>>153077811https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKhgBUupm_0You honor me, master.
>>153076695Pigs?
>>153076908>>153076828It's kind of a jumpscare seeing him with a rabbits skull structure after so long of him having a a perfectly round steamed dumpling as a dome
>>153077862What an awesome channel. Thanks for sharing this with us. Thanks to you, Nakamura Koji aka Bushido Hombre has an authentic Feudal Japan period appropriate theme song now.https://youtu.be/24JTCu1E1Zk
Rare stan BOOBA
>>153076828Biblically accurate Usagi.
>>153077912Lolizuma bless
Chizu's bare legs *cartoon wolf howling and stamping his foot*
