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I finally got around to reading my copy of #93 and it's one of my favorite issues in the past year or so. REALLY nice. I'm always partial to stories with minimal lettering (odd considering how I make my living...).
Your research was well worth it, Stan. And I loved the parallel between the ceremony and the relationship between Usagi and Tomoe.
I e-mailed Diana this week to ask about my Usagi & Horse pinup. Haven't heard back. Stan, have you ever considered doing a one-shot or short story that gives Usagi a reason for not utilizing horses? Might be a great excuse for some comic relief.
Blambot wrote:
I e-mailed Diana this week to ask about my Usagi & Horse pinup. Haven't heard back.
I believe your art was originally scheduled to run in UY 92, but had to be bumped when my story notes were inadvertently omitted from UY 91 and was printed in 92.
Hopefully, it will be in UY 94, which does not have any story notes.
I must also add heaps of praise to issue 93. I had long wanted to see Usagi engaged in the more cultural aspects of feudal Japan and the cha-no-yu was tops on my list. Thank you very much.
As befits a tea ceremony, I appreciate that dialogue was kept to a minimum.
My only criticism for "Chanoyu" is that the opportunity for "grand vistas" wasn't taken. As we all know, in a minimalist presentation such as tea ceremony, small things take on greater meaning. From my perspective, the obvious choice ti represent the greater meaning would have been a change in scale and point-of-view. Perhaps an ant's-eye-view in the tea house ? Or a similar point-of-view in the garden ? Of course, most things in my heart are "writ large," so those visual choices might betray another intent that I hadn't considered.
Anyway, I enjoyed #93 very much. My only regret is that I only bought one copy of the issue in question. I should have bought at least five. In particular, a specially bound copy of "Chanoyu" would have been quite at home in my sangha's zendo library.
Gassho!
How very noble
He who finds no satori
In the lightning flash
-Basho
OK, I know this is being posted kind of late, and some Dojo members might have read this on the original forum where it was posted, but I just stumbled upon it and thought it was pretty cool considering the forum it was posted upon.
[quote="positiveman (posting on the "DC Comics Message Boards")"]Re: April 26, Rank the comics you read this week
Posted: May 2, 2006 10:38 PM
My Top Three:
1. Batman #652
I'm still enjoying Robinson's OYL ride. Hey, it's got me to pick up four more Batman comics than I have in years...
2. X-Factor #6
Okay... so Layla was a mutant, and now she's not... And, she may have been attacked, but maybe not...
Very ambiguous characters & stories in this title. Great stuff.
3. Usagi Yojimbo #93
Not a lot happens in this issue, merely a tea ceremony, but Sakai makes it interesting, and fills it will a lot of double and hidden meanings. [/quote]
Personnally, I think his sequence of titles is backwards, but still not bad for a DC forum post.
