Added Gary Nishimura to the list. Gary of Gary's Corner Bookstore (GCB) was a great friend and early supporter of the Dojo. His store was a comic book store in San Gabriel that he operated part-time. That was the outlet for Stan's comic purchases for many years, and he continued purchasing from Gary even after he closed his doors. Gary's furry likeness appeared a few times in the Usagi comics as an anthropomorphic storekeeper in cameos. It was through Gary that the Dojo linked up with his brother Don Nishimura who has done all of the UYD t-shirts. Gary passed away untimely on January 4, 2015 due to complications with diabetes.
Back in 1998 I did a short interview of Stan and Gary at GCB:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zn_GDRtoboRest in peace Gary
http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignit ... id=6269867Gary will Always be Gary.
His kindness, generosity and honesty
touched us all in so many different ways.
Do not be sad, but take comfort in the thought
that we were the chosen few invited past the
wooden gate and into his comic book kingdom.
And although that kingdom is gone from this
earth, we can rejoice in the knowledge that
even now he is preparing a new comic book
kingdom for us beyond a new gate.
However, for the present, we will miss him.
Thank you for being his friend.