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The rich world of Usagi Yojimbo, now more accessible to readers of all ages in this chibi-style original graphic novel. Stan Sakai's beloved rabbit samurai has won countless fans over his 35-year history, thanks to a clever blend of thrilling action, heartwarming characters, and a realistic portrayal of Japanese culture. Chibi Usagi brings these fun and thoughtful stories to middle-grade readers as an original graphic novel packed with adorable art and captivating energy. While fishing for freshwater eels, Chibi Usagi, Chibi Tomoe, and Chibi Gen rescue a Dogu, a clay creature from Japan's prehistory. The Dogu's village has been enslaved by the Salamander King and his Heebie Chibi minions and are forced to work in their mines. Chibi Usagi and his friends must rescue the Dogu people and eliminate the threat of the Salamander King forever in this feature-length story of adventure, humor, and slippery eels.
The only person who knows the true contents of the mysterious box Usagi and Detective Ishida are tracking escapes from custody--and then hired assassins attack Usagi and Ishida! The realization that someone has been following them all along leads to a plan to seek help from a very unexpected source.
Fugu, or pufferfish, is a delicacy but can be fatal if not prepared properly. When a shogun's agent is murdered, fugu poisoning is suspectedÑand Usagi's friend, a fish merchant, is the primary suspect, as he prepared the deadly dish! Will Usagi and Inspector Ishida clear him of suspected wrongdoing, or will they find the evidence to convict him? New self-contained issue!
What¡¯s to Love: No one can deny the cultural impact of Charles M. Schulz¡¯s Peanuts, and it has been a singular honor for us to be able to continue his legacy. In 2015, Peanuts celebrates its 65th anniversary, so we thought there was no better way to recognize Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and the rest of the gang than to invite some of the world¡¯s best-known names in comics, children¡¯s books, comic strips, cartoons, and webcomics to come together and show their love for Schulz. What It Is: Peanuts: A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz is a giant love letter from creators new and old from comic strips to webcomics, children¡¯s books to comic books. Unprecedented at this scale, it is very rar...
Usagi is captured by the Black Goblin Gang as an investigation into corruption at the silver mint begins. As if things couldn't get messier, the head of the mint is also discoveredÑdead! With Nezumi the thief barely staying one step ahead of the law, will he be able to outlast them and their false accusations?
Investigating the deaths of two samurai, Usagi and Ishida stumble upon shogunate officials, smuggled contraband, foreign acquisition merchants, and insolent thieves! On the heels of unraveling exactly what everyone is after, however, the duo is stopped in their tracks—as assassins are afoot!
During his travels, the rabbit ronin comes across a little girl cowering behind a tree. At first thinking she is alone, Usagi swiftly takes her under his protection after finding her father lying dead nearby. Unbeknownst to him, there are killers after her that will stop at nothing to obtain the information her father bestowed upon her prior to his death. New self-contained issue! Beautiful and exciting in every possible way. Highest possible recommendation.SciFiPulse
Usagi and Inspector Ishida identify the recent murder victims and find that their backgrounds hint at a much larger conspiracy. With the key piece of evidence robbed off the corpses by a thief, however, our daring duo must race against the clock to retrieve it before the killers do!
Part 2 of The Secret of the Hell Screenð! While the vicious murder of a samurai at a remote temple is investigated, the assassin returns! Now with two murders to solve in connection with the Hell Screen, Inspector Ishida is no closer to finding the killer. Meanwhile, the son of the ScreenÈs painter surfaces at the temple! Usagi acts as bait to lure the culprit in . . . but has the killer been under their noses the entire time? Stan Sakai is able to spin a web of emotions with few words . . . nothing is lost as each sentence has a meaning and purpose towards the larger narrative. The art is equally gorgeously simple . . . a must read for any comic book fan.ðGraphic Policy
Follows the adventures of a masterless rabbit samurai, Miyamoto Usagi, in Japan at the turn of the seventeenth century, as he stands up for justice and truth in a time of social and political unrest.