Stan Sakai

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born

in Kyoto, Japan

May 25, 1953

website

http://usagiyojimbo.com/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction

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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.

Born in Kyoto, Sakai grew up in Hawaii and studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii. He later attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He and his wife, Sharon, presently reside and work in Pasadena.

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. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole a...more

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Stan Sakai's Books

Average rating: 4.27 · 8,172 ratings · 337 reviews · 33 distinct works · Similar authors

	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 1: The Ronin 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 1,245 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 2: Samurai 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 518 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 3: The Wanderer's Road by Stan Sakai, Kim Thompson (Editor), Mark Evanier (Introduction) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 407 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 12: Grasscutter 4.48 of 5 stars 4.48 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy by Stan Sakai, Kim Thompson (Editor) 4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 5: Lone Goat and Kid 4.38 of 5 stars 4.38 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 9: Daisho 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 6: Circles 4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 8: Shades of Death 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 11: Seasons 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Usagi Yojimbo (26 books)
by Stan Sakai
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