Hey Stan (and anyone else interested)

[Steve Hubbell]

The new Diamond Distributer's Preview catalog has a pretty cool new release listed published by NBM Publishing which you might find interesting... The Yellow Jar: Two Tales From Japanese Tradition by Patrick Atangan, which contains two two stories drawn in the classical Japanese ukiyo-e style. The stories are The Yellow Jar and Two Chysanthemum Maidens (hardcover, 48 pages total for $12.95). He attended the San Diego Con this past summer so you might have met him? The preview of the artwork from the book reminded me of the cover art of the later books by Laura Joh Rowland (i.e. The Concubines Tattoo, The Samurai's Wife, Black Lotus, etc.) I was happy to see it listed because of the void left by the lack of any more Lone Wolf and Cub volumes).

Also listed was Star Wars Tales #14 containing Stan's contribution to the Star Wars saga and the newest Usagi Yojimbo trades...

Abayo...