Here's a nice article from comicbookresources.com about some upcoming "Usagi Yojimbo" stuff.
In October, Fantagraphics - the first publisher to offer an ongoing "Usagi Yojimbo" series - will release "Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition," a two-hardcover slipcased collection of the original run, currently available as seven trade paperbacks. Meanwhile, Dark Horse, Usagi's current home, continues to publish the adventures of Sakai's anthropomorphic hero monthly, in what are mostly one or two-issue self-contained stories.
With this little post is a page from an upcoming issue of "Usagi," #132, in fact.
Let me be clear: Usagi is one of my favorite comics of all time. I have been reading it since 1995, and thanks to the Fantagraphics trades and back issue scouring, I have just about every issue ever published.
I probably won't buy the deluxe edition hardcover, because I already have all the material in it. But for anyone who has never seen this material, a giant hardcover collection would be a wonderful way to get started on the adventures of the rabbit bodyguard.
The character has changed in appearance a little bit since the early issues, and Sakai's skill as an artist has grown considerably, so what you'll get in the hardcover will be a little different that what you'd see in the current monthly comics.
Simply put: every month, we see that Sakai is one of the greatest cartoonists out there. He has a sense of storytelling that is simple, and at the same time perfectly expressive for his stories. You can pick up any issue at any time and not be lost in the backstory.
And, as this collection proves, there is plenty of Usagi out there for people who want more.
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