Usagi fans...who are you?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Sun May 02, 2004 6:02 -0700

Dustykat wrote:Dusty Rhoades here.
Dusty

Hi Dusty,

Welcome back. I haven't seen you in years. The last time was at Fanime in Santa Clara. I think you had one of the coolest jobs back then--driving a Zamboni.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Sun May 02, 2004 6:07 -0700

Robert Wetherelt wrote:Yo' Andy: I'm a major Beatles fan m'self!! My favorite album is "Sgt. Pepper's".

I'm a Beatles fan too. My favorite is also Sgt Pepper.

The very first live concert that editor Diana went to was the Beatles. This was at the Montreal or Toronto concert where the concert was shut down and the stadium closed when the crowds went wild and rushed the stage after the third song.

Lance · Post by **Lance** » Tue May 04, 2004 22:24 -0700

Such a shame the beatles dont live on.. well.. atleast not all of them do.

Personally, i think their sons should get to gether and try to start a band, because they all fairly good (especially Sean Lennon), but they dont..

Andy, Not signed in · Wed May 05, 2004 4:00 -0700

I can't believe you said that! I've said the same thing myself! They could have a "Beatles: The Next Generation". Paul McCartney has a son James that is supposed to be musical. Dhani Harrison plays guitar. Zak Starkey (Ringo's son) plays drums, and in addition to Sean there is Julian Lennon.

goandal · Post by **goandal** » Thu May 13, 2004 11:40 -0700

Keep them coming!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri May 14, 2004 10:34 -0700

Ringo's son Zak is playing for the Who now when they are in concert. He was born in '65, so he's my age. I read an article that said Keith Moon kind of mentored him and his style of drumming is more like Moon's than his Dad's.

jei61x · Post by **jei61x** » Wed May 19, 2004 14:14 -0700

In answer to the first question of this topic...

Age 30.

I drive an airport shuttle bus in the San Francisco Bay Area.

I've been following Usagi since the early 90s - had a friend at the time who introduced me to the token paperbacks - he had #5. As of this writing, I own all but one of the published TPs, that one being #4, the Dragon Bellow Conspiracy. This was one of my first introductions to Japanese mythology and some aspects of its culture. Kudos to Sakai-sensei for taking the words from the book, and giving them life.

Hobbies? I study a plethora of the sciences, from astrophysics to cultural anthropology, I listen to a mountain of different bands - from Johnny Cash to KMFDM, just as long as they well, don't suck.

Freefall951 · Post by **Freefall951** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 8:45 -0700

Hello! I think this is my 1st post, i'm a bit of a lurker.

I am 24 and in Upstate NY. Maybe i'll see fellow fans in San Diego this summer!

I got into UY a couple years ago, when I heard rumors of the TMNT coming back with a CGI flick. (Which fell through, but i've became an active fan on the mailing list that wrote loads of letters to fox, so now we have a greak cartoon! I'm really happy to see UY in the TMNT universe again!) Well after a lot of catching up with the TMNT world, I came across UY! -So being a huge fan of one made me into a fan of the other.

I only have a few collected books so far, but i'm working on it! College left me broke, so only now i'm starting to buy comics again.

Uncle_Kage · Post by **Uncle_Kage** » Tue Jun 08, 2004 12:02 -0700

Well, since you asked...

I have a Ph.D. in chemistry (Dartmouth 1991) and am currently working for a US-based agrichemical company. I am also a published (read, hack) author, a popular (read, hack) entertainer, an <i>Usagi Yojimbo</i> fan for about the last 16 years, and the chairman of the largest anthropomorphics convention in the world.

I also like key lime pie even though it's not good for me.

Mr. Sakai will be my guest in Philadelphia in about 4 weeks' time at Anthrocon (http://www.anthrocon.org).

Indiana Usagi · Post by **Indiana Usagi** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:06 -0700

Probably no one's going to read this, but since I'm on the forum, I might as well.

Age: 18 (19 come Christmas)

Interests: Movies, specifically Indiana Jones (as you could probably tell), the original Star Wars trilogy, Aliens, Mad Max, the Road Warrior, Evil Dead 2, the even-numbered Star Trek movies (the only good ones) Spider-man and its sequels (hee hee), the first Batman movie with Mihcael Keaton, and hopefully, the upcoming Batman Begins movie with Christian Bale.

Oh, and I like drawing, writing, Usagi Yojimbo.

Usagi Encounter: I'm almost ashamed to admit this, but I first passed by Usagi when I saw him in the TPB comics section of the library. I picked one up (I think it was Demon Mask), and thought it looked too silly for me, as I was into dark kind of storylines back then. That would have been a year ago. About a month after that, I decided to give it a chance as I was low on fresh reading material. I started with Demon Mask and read them all out of order. But I couldn't get enough. It was such a change of pace from the usual superhero comic stuff I was used to reading (as well as taking anthropomorphism seriously), that I kept renewing them until I had all the TPBs the Library had and then sat down and read them in as much chronological order as I could figure. And then read them again and again and again...needless to say, I was hooked ever since. Theey're such quick reads (but good reads) that you can't help waiting for the next TPB or comic--an anticipation I had not experienced for quite some time.

Thank you, Mr. Stan Sakai, for reminding me why I love this medium.

sunny · Post by **sunny** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:37 -0700

for what its worth...

25 years young...
Industrial design student...
4 years into usagi...
my girl even loves usagi!
god bless the friend who gave me that first trade paper back!
practioner of iaido, iaijutsu...liven the dream!
take care all, and thank you stan for a truly supurb read. again and again..

sunny prosser

NinjaNanne · Post by **NinjaNanne** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 3:37 -0700

well, 18 years old, still in school, whants to be a computer and consoles games-designer. Likes comics, manga, anime and of course JAPAN with samurais and ninjas and everyting. Train Bujinkan Budo Taijutsu or as you Usagi fans knows it... Ninjutsu - the art of the ninja!

"The skill of the ninja is the art of winning" - Takamatsu-sensei

goandal · Post by **goandal** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 17:17 -0700

Wow it's great to hear from all Usagi fans!

Usagi fans unite!

Casey Burns · Post by **Casey Burns** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 10:35 -0700

hi all,
i'm casey burns, 29 years old, from chapel hill, nc.
i have a day job as a computer support guy at duke university, but spend my nights drawing and hand printing posters for rock bands. you can take a look at this stuff at http://caseyburns.com if you like.
i've been reading usagi since the tenth issue of the first series came out. been a fan ever since.
i play bass in a band called the nein, and we're doing some touring soon, so come see us!
my fiancee (known her since i was twelve!) lives in portland oregon, but will be moving here next year when we get married.
what else ...
i don't know. i'm really tired today.
-casey

jporrett · Post by **jporrett** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 15:45 -0700

Joe here. I'm 35 years old from Michigan. I work for a law firm in the administration department. I've been aware of Usagi for a long time (I used to thumb through issues at the local comic shop), but just recently started getting into it, buying the collections. I can't stop reading them!

As for hobbies, I've been studying Japanese for about two and a half years at a community college. A little over a year ago I started practicing Tamiya Ryu iaijutsu. I play a little guitar, and just started learning how to work a forge with a friend of mine.

I'm glad I found this place. A big thanks to Stan for his amazing, engaging creation!

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