Eisner nominations

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:01 -0700

Editor Diana just informed me that I am nominated for two Eisner Awards, and The Art of Usagi Yojimbo is nominated for another two.

My nominations:
Best Writer/Artist
Best Lettering

Art of UY nominations:
Best Publication Design
Best Comics-Related Book

Speaking of which, The Art of UY is sold out. DH is considering reprinting it as a soft cover book. (Second printings of hard covers generally do not sell well enough to justify the costs.) I'd like to see this book perennially available. What do you think?

I will have a few copies of the first printing HC of Art of UY for sale at San Diego.

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:26 -0700

Absolutely. Every UY fan, present or future, should be able to obtain this great book. I am not surprised it was nominated. Congratulations on that and your other nominations!

Ma-Ku · Post by **Ma-Ku** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:35 -0700

Congratulations on the nominations.
The best of luck to you sir.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:07 -0700

Congratulations! You definitely deserve it.

Hardcovers are awesome, but usually too pricey for me. I am more apt to buy something in paperback, as are a lot of people I think.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:37 -0700

Congratulations on the nominations, each and every award you are nominated for and win is much earned deserved after all the hard work you put into creating the most consistantly entertaining series of comics published currently.

I think a tpb edition would be nice, then I could afford to buy it for my nephews

(I bought the hardcover edition the day it came out for myself

)

cynlee · Post by **cynlee** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 18:19 -0700

Congratulations!

Would the soft-cover still have some of the pages in color?

It would be nice if they were out before June of this year, I could buy a few for some of my students-- tell them I said to get a move on!

Leonardo-san · Post by **Leonardo-san** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 8:44 -0700

Congratulations!!!
It's well-deserved!

As for the Art of UY being SOLD OUT???
Noooo!
I never got it! I ordered it from my comic shop, kept asking about it, and he never got it in the store for me. (That whole middleman thing in distribution seems to still be a problem on special orders, I think the Neko ninja might be involved myself....)
Please have them do a soft cover version so I can get it. And I agree that I know a couple UY fans who wouldn't buy a hardcover due to the price but would a softcover.

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Sat Apr 16, 2005 9:03 -0700

Kim,
Only DHC is sold out... I checked Heritage Source and she still has them!

http://www.heritagesource.com/Heritage% ... /usagi.htm

Nuff said!!!

Todd

ziritrion · Post by **ziritrion** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:57 -0700

Back from a weekend trip...

Congratulations Stan!

The Art of UY is a great book. If it's reprinted as a TPB, will it still have those translucent paper sheets separating the different sections? And the colored artwork?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:36 -0700

ziritrion wrote:Back from a weekend trip...

The Art of UY is a great book. If it's reprinted as a TPB, will it still have those translucent paper sheets separating the different sections? And the colored artwork?

The color sections will definitely be included. Keeping the translucent chapter dividers would depend upon the costs, and would be Dark Horse's call. They are a nice touch, and I will encourage them to keep them. The kite festival endpapers would have to be eliminated, though.

Hopefully, all the guest artists will agree to the reprint. If not, I have some other artists that I would like to include.

Winslow · Post by **Winslow** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 11:52 -0700

We love the Art of Usagi Yojimbo, and I'm glad to see it nominated. It's a beautiful volume.

Pekass · Post by **Pekass** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 2:23 -0700

Congratulations for being nominee.

I looking forward too seeing you winning some of them

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Fri Apr 22, 2005 19:05 -0700

Congratulations Stan!! The Art of UY is so good I paid full price for it!!

Although I'm sure the ceremony will be a somber occasion this year with the loss of Will Eisner

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 18:44 -0700

Stan Sakai wrote: Hopefully, all the guest artists will agree to the reprint. If not, I have some other artists that I would like to include.

Incidentally, who're the other artists??

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 19:16 -0700

Colin Solan wrote:
Stan Sakai wrote: Hopefully, all the guest artists will agree to the reprint. If not, I have some other artists that I would like to include.
Incidentally, who're the other artists??

Sergio Aragones, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Peter Laird, Frank Miller, Tim Sale, Jeff Smith, William Stout, Matt Wagner, and Andi Watson