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tru2gzus wrote: Anyone have any info on if one is forthcoming? Stan, do you have to request such things or do they come to you about doing them? It'd be nice to see some new figures from UY.
There are no Dark Horse figures in the works.

I can request a merchandise, and they will do a cost analysis to see if it is feasible, but more often they will come to me with a possible product. I've declined a few things, but approved most of them.

Dark Horse is great in that they will ask permission whenever an usagi image is used, from a new Usagi product to using comics books as a prop in a movie or TV series.
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Great list. So the Special Edition is basically books 1-7?

Any chance 8+ will be reprinted in HC?
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Yeah, I saw the add for the figures, I was hoping for a Usagi set too, lol.

This is why I'm so looking foward to Raol's statues. At last some really good Usagi Stuff!

Stan, Would you like DarkHorse to do set?
Or do you think they'd not be very "Usagi-like".
-ChickRockGuitar ..aka.. Alex
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Post by estee »

I'm curious about the publishing history of the "Art of Usagi".

I'm looking for a HC 1st printing, but there doesn't seem to be a consensus about the publishing date. Some refer to 2005, others to 2004.

Anyone know the definitive date for its publication?
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Dec 2004

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"First edition: December 2004"
ISBN 1-59307-268-6
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But there are like two versions...a normal one and a 20th Anniversary copy.

So confused. :cry:
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Post by Steve Hubbell »

The hardcover edition was published in 2004 (December) and the soft cover version was published in 2006 (February). The title of the book has been listed as the "Art of Usagi Yojimbo twentieth Anniversary Coffee Table Book", but most of that is just explanatory text describing the book. I am not sure where the 2005 date has come from.
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So does look kosher to you guys?

Yeah, I know, I'm such a picky nerd. :wink:
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Looks fine to me, and concidering that the hard-cover edition is sold out, and it might go for a nice price. Personally, I think the soft-cover edition is just as nice, with a lot better cover than the usual trade paperback book.

I ordered a hardcover copy of the Art of Usagi book for my nephews from one of the ebay comic shops who had it listed at a special buy-it-now "sale" price, but received a soft-cover edition instead. Luckily, the sale price was close to what the regular price for that edition was supposed to be so I didn't lose too much money in the purchase. One of the very very few times I've left negative feedback.
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Steve Hubbell wrote:I am not sure where the 2005 date has come from.
Ah ha! Amazon! The source of all book related mistaken information....

And the covers to both editions are the same, the kanji in the cover illustration for the hardcover is actually the same as on the soft-cover edition (shiny black kanji on a dark background).
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Ah Steve, you are the light that illuminates the darkness for all us nerds. :lol:
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COMICS AND SHORT STORIES
THOUGHTS AND IMAGES
Albedo Anthropomorphics (volume 1)
Nov/1984 issue # 2 Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Nov/1984 issue # 2 Usagi Yojimbo (first appearance – later titled “The Goblin of Adachigahara”)
Apr/1985 issue # 3 Lone Rabbit and Child part 1
Apr/1985 issue # 3 Back Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Jul/1985 issue # 4 Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Jul/1985 issue # 4 Lone Rabbit and Child part 2
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Critters
Jun/1986 issue # 1 Bounty Hunter
Aug/1986 issue # 3 Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Aug/1986 issue # 3 Horse Thief
Dec/1986 issue # 6 A Quiet Meal
Jan/1987 issue # 7 Blind Swordspig
Mar/1987 issue # 10 Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Mar/1987 issue # 10 Homecoming part 1
Apr/1987 issue # 11 Homecoming part 2
Jul/1987 issue # 14 Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Jul/1987 issue # 14 Bounty Hunter 2
Apr/1988 issue # 23 One Night in the Cold
Jul/1989 issue # 38 Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Jul/1989 issue # 38 The Tangled Skein
Mar/1990 issue # 50 Yurei
Doomsday Squad (volume 2)
Oct/1986 issue # 3 Village of Fear (first color Usagi Yojimbo story)
Usagi Yojimbo Summer Special
Oct/1986 issue # 1 The Goblin of Adachigahara (originally titled “Usagi Yojimbo” in Albedo #2)
Oct/1986 issue # 1 Lone Rabbit and Child
Oct/1986 issue # 1 The Confession
Usagi Yojimbo (volume 1)
Jul/1987 issue # 1 Samurai part 1
Jul/1987 issue # 1 Samurai part 2
Sep/1987 issue # 2 Samurai part 3 (title changed to "Samurai - part 4" in Book 2: Samurai)
Sep/1987 issue # 2 Samurai part 4 (title changed to "Samurai - part 5" in Book 2: Samurai)
Oct/1987 issue # 3 Samurai part 5 (title changed to "Samurai - part 6" in Book 2: Samurai)
Oct/1987 issue # 3 Samurai part 6 (title changed to "Samurai - part 7" in Book 2: Samurai)
Nov/1987 issue # 4 Samurai part 7 (title changed to "Samurai - part 8" in Book 2: Samurai)
Nov/1987 issue # 4 Samurai part 8 (title changed to "Samurai - part 9" in Book 2: Samurai)
Jan/1988 issue # 5 Silk Fair
Feb/1988 issue # 6 Kappa
Feb/1988 issue # 6 Zylla
Feb/1988 issue # 6 The Test (featuring “Young” Usagi - title changed to "Samurai - part 3" in Book 2: Samurai)
Mar/1988 issue # 7 The Tower
May/1988 issue # 8 A Mother's Love
Jul/1988 issue # 9 Return of the Blind Swordspig
Aug/1988 issue # 10 Blade of the Gods
Sep/1988 issue # 11 The Tea Cup
Oct/1988 issue # 12 The Shogun's Gift
Nov/1988 issue # 13 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 1 - The Clouds Gather
Jan/1989 issue # 14 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 2 - The Winds Howl
Mar/1989 issue # 15 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 3 - Downpour
May/1989 issue # 16 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 4 - Thunder and Lightning
Jul/1989 issue # 17 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 5 - In the Heart of the Storm
Oct/1989 issue # 18 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 6 - Storm Clouds Part
Oct/1989 issue # 18 The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy part 7 - Fate of the Blind Swordspig
Dec/1989 issue # 19 Frost and Fire
Feb/1990 issue # 20 A Kite Story
Apr/1990 issue # 21 Blood wings part 1
May/1990 issue # 22 Blood Wings part 2
May/1990 issue # 22 Usagi's Ark (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and the crew of the Space Ark)
Jul/1990 issue # 23 The Way of the Samurai
Sep/1990 issue # 24 Lone Goat and Kid
Nov/1990 issue # 25 The Bridge
Jan/1991 issue # 26 The Dual
Mar/1991 issue # 27 My Lords Daughter
May/1991 issue # 28 Circles part 1 - Winds over the Tombstones
Jul/1991 issue # 29 Circles part 2 - Remembrances
Sep/1991 issue # 30 Circles part 3 - Shroud over the Mountain
Nov/1991 issue # 31 Circles part 3 - Shroud over the Mountain (continued)
Nov/1991 issue # 31 Circles part 4 - Closing the Circle
Feb/1992 issue # 32 Kitsune
Feb/1992 issue # 32 Gaki (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Apr/1992 issue # 33 Broken Ritual
Jun/1992 issue # 34 Gen part 1 - Lady Asano's Story
Aug/1992 issue # 35 Gen part 2 - Sins of the Father
Nov/1992 issue # 36 Gen part 3 - Lady Asano's Revenge
Feb/1993 issue # 37 The Return of Kitsune
Mar/1993 issue # 38 The Last Ino Story
Usagi Yojimbo - Book 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy (s/n limited edition)
Nov/1990 Return to Adachigahara Plain (watercolors by Stan Sakai)
Usagi Yojimbo - Book 7: Gen's Story (s/n limited edition)
May/1996 Hebi
Usagi Yojimbo Color Special (volume 1)
Nov/1989 issue # 1 Tomoe’s Story
Nov/1989 issue # 1 Village of Fear
Sep/1991 issue # 2 The Doors
Sep/1992 issue # 3 Fox Fire
MIRAGE PRESS
Turtle Soup
Sep/1987 issue # 1 Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and Leonardo)
Shell Shock
Dec/1989 issue # 1 The Treaty (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and Leonardo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
May/1992 issue # 47 Hare Today, Hare Tomorrow (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and “Space” Usagi)
Usagi Yojimbo (volume 2)
Mar/1993 issue # 1 Shades of Green part 1 (featuring guest appearance of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Mar/1993 issue # 1 Jizo
May/1993 issue # 2 Shades of Green part 2 (featuring guest appearance of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
May/1993 issue # 2 Usagi's Garden (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Jul/1993 issue # 3 Shades of Green part 3 (featuring guest appearance of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Jul/1993 issue # 3 Autumn (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Sep/1993 issue # 4 Shi part 1
Dec/1993 issue # 5 Shi part 2
Jan/1994 issue # 6 The Lizard's Tale (incorporates “One Night in the Cold” from Critters #23)
Jan/1994 issue # 6 Battlefield part 1 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Apr/1994 issue # 7 The Music of Heaven
Apr/1994 issue # 7 Battlefield part 2 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Jun/1994 issue # 8 Blood Money (also titled "The Gambler, the Widow, and the Ronin" in Book 9: Daisho)
Jun/1994 issue # 8 Battlefield part 3 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Aug/1994 issue # 9 Slavers part 1
Oct/1994 issue # 10 Slavers part 2
Oct/1994 issue # 10 Nature of the Viper (featuring Jei San)
Dec/1994 issue # 11 Daisho part 1
Dec/1994 issue # 11 Mongrels (featuring Gennosuke and Stray Dog)
Feb/1995 issue # 12 Daisho part 2
Apr/1995 issue # 13 Runaways part 1
Apr/1995 issue # 13 Black Soul (featuring Jei San)
Jun/1995 issue # 14 Runaways part 2
Aug/1995 issue # 15 Kaiso
Oct/1995 issue # 16 A Meeting of Strangers
DARK HORSE COMICS
Usagi Yojimbo (volume 3)
Apr/1996 issue # 1 Origin Tale
Apr/1996 issue # 1 Noodles part 1
May/1996 issue # 2 Noodles part 2
Jun/1996 issue # 3 The Wrath of the Tangled Skein
Jun/1996 issue # 3 The Bonze's Story
Jul/1996 issue # 4 Bats, the Cat, and the Rabbit
Aug/1996 issue # 5 The Chrysanthemum Pass
Oct/1996 issue # 6 Lightning Strikes Twice
Nov/1996 issue # 7 The Withered Field
Dec/1996 issue # 8 A Promise In The Snow
Jan/1997 issue # 9 The Conspiracy of Eight
Feb/1997 issue # 10 Return to Adachi Plain (Revised from watercolor version in Usagi Yojimbo Book 4 s/n edition)
Feb/1997 issue # 10 The Crossing (featuring Jei San)
Feb/1997 issue # 10 Patience of the Spider (featuring General Ikeda)
Mar/1997 issue # 11 The Lord of Owls
Mar/1997 issue # 11 The First Tenet (featuring the Neko Ninja)
Apr/1997 issue # 12 Vampire Cat of the Geishu (also titled “Obakeneko of the Geishu Clan")
Aug/1997 issue # 13 Grasscutter prologue 1 - Izanagi and Izanami
Aug/1997 issue # 13 Grasscutter prologue 2 - Susano-o
Aug/1997 issue # 13 Grasscutter prologue 3 - Yamato-Dake
Sep/1997 issue # 14 Grasscutter prologue 4 - Dan-No-Ura
Oct/1997 issue # 15 Grasscutter chapter 1 - Jei
Nov/1997 issue # 16 Grasscutter chapter 2 - Heike Gani
Jan/1998 issue # 17 Grasscutter chapter 3 - Inazuma
Feb/1998 issue # 18 Grasscutter chapter 4 - Noriyuki and Tomoe
Mar/1998 issue # 19 Grasscutter chapter 5 - Ikeda
Apr/1998 issue # 20 Grasscutter chapter 6 - Tomoe and Ikeda
Jun/1998 issue # 21 Grasscutter chapter 7 - Usagi and Jei
Jul/1998 issue # 22 Grasscutter chapter 8 - Sanshobo
Sep/1998 issue # 23 My Father's Swords
Oct/1998 issue # 24 The Demon Flute
Nov/1998 issue # 25 Momo-Usagi-Taro
Jan/1999 issue # 26 The Hairpin Murders part 1 (An Inspector Ishida Mystery)
Feb/1999 issue # 27 The Hairpin Murders part 2 (An Inspector Ishida Mystery)
Apr/1999 issue # 28 The Courtesan part 1
May/1999 issue # 29 The Courtesan part 2
Jul/1999 issue # 30 Tameshigiri (An Inspector Ishida Mystery)
Sep/1999 issue # 31 The Inn on Moon Shadow Hill
Oct/1999 issue # 32 A Life of Mush
Oct/1999 issue # 32 Deserters (featuring the Neko Ninja)
Nov/1999 issue # 33 A Potter's Tale
Nov/1999 issue # 33 The Missive (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Dec/1999 issue # 34 Mystery of the Demon Mask chapter 1
Jan/2000 issue # 35 Mystery of the Demon Mask chapter 2
Feb/2000 issue # 36 Mystery of the Demon Mask chapter 3
Apr/2000 issue # 37 Kumo
May/2000 issue # 38 Reunion
Jul/2000 issue # 39 Grasscutter II: Journey to Atsuta Shrine - Prologue
Aug/2000 issue # 40 Grasscutter 2: Journey to Atsuta Shrine chapter 1 - A Whisper of Wings
Sep/2000 issue # 41 Grasscutter 2: Journey to Atsuta Shrine chapter 2 - Scent of the Pines
Oct/2000 issue # 42 Grasscutter 2: Journey to Atsuta Shrine chapter 3 - The Hunger for Death
Nov/2000 issue # 43 Grasscutter 2: Journey to Atsuta Shrine chapter 4 - Visions in the Shadows
Dec/2000 issue # 44 Grasscutter 2: Journey to Atsuta Shrine chapter 5 - The Feel of Salt
Jan/2001 issue # 45 Grasscutter 2: Journey to Atsuta Shrine chapter 6 - In the Realm of Senses
Mar/2001 issue # 46 Showdown part 1
Apr/2001 issue # 47 Showdown part 2
May/2001 issue # 48 Escape! (featuring Chizu and the Neko Ninja)
Jun/2001 issue # 49 Three Seasons
Jul/2001 issue # 50 The Shrouded Moon part 1
Aug/2001 issue # 51 The Shrouded Moon part 2
Oct/2001 issue # 52 Kitsune's Tale (featuring Kitsune and Gennosuke)
Dec/2001 issue # 53 Vendetta
Jan/2002 issue # 54 The Return of The Lone Goat And Kid
Feb/2002 issue # 55 Images From A Winter's Day
Apr/2002 issue # 56 Koji
May/2002 issue # 57 Crows part 1
Jun/2002 issue # 58 Crows part 2
Jul/2002 issue # 59 Crows part 3
Aug/2002 issue # 60 Duel at Kitanoji
Oct/2002 issue # 61 Out of the Shadows
Nov/2002 issue # 62 Ghost Warriors
Jan/2003 issue # 63 Komainu
Feb/2003 issue # 64 Tamago
Mar/2003 issue # 65 Usagi and the Tengu
May/2003 issue # 66 Sumi-e part 1
Jun/2003 issue # 67 Sumi-e part 2
Jul/2003 issue # 68 Sumi-e part 3
Sep/2003 issue # 69 Fathers and Sons
Oct/2003 issue # 70 Fathers and Sons
Nov/2003 issue # 71 Bells (featuring Katsuichi Sensei)
Jan/2004 issue # 72 Kill the Geishu Lord
Feb/2004 issue # 73 The Pride of the Samurai
Mar/2004 issue # 74 Hokashi part 1
Apr/2004 issue # 75 Hokashi part 2
Jun/2004 issue # 76 Contraband
Jul/2004 issue # 77 After the Rat (An Inspector Ishida Mystery)
Aug/2004 issue # 78 Samurai for Hire
Oct/2004 issue # 79 Dreams and Nightmares (featuring Inazuma and Jei San)
Oct/2004 issue # 79 Gen and the Dog (featuring Gennosuke and Stray Dog)
Nov/2004 issue # 80 When Rabbits Fly
Jan/2005 issue # 81 Into The Mist (featuring Tomoe Ami)
Jan/2005 issue # 81 Nocturnal (featuring Sanshobo)
Mar/2005 issue # 82 Vendetta's End
Apr/2005 issue # 83 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 1
May/2005 issue # 84 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 2
Jun/2005 issue # 85 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 3
Aug/2005 issue # 86 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 4
Sep/2005 issue # 87 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 5
Oct/2005 issue # 88 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 6
Nov/2005 issue # 89 The Treasure of the Mother of the Mountains part 7
Jan/2006 issue # 90 The Ghost in the Well part 1
Feb/2006 issue # 91 The Ghost in the Well part 2
Mar/2006 issue # 92 The Thief and the Lotus Scroll
Apr/2006 issue # 93 Chanoyu
Jun/2006 issue # 94 Remnants of the Dead
Jul/2006 issue # 95 Shizukiri
Aug/2006 issue # 96 Boss Hamanaka’s Fortune part 1
Sep/2006 issue # 97 Boss Hamanaka’s Fortune part 2
Nov/2006 issue # 98 The Return of the Black Soul
Dec/2006 issue # 99 Bridge of Tears
Jan/2007 issue # 100 Centennial Issue Celebrity Roast
Mar/2007 issue # 101 Fever Dream
Apr/2007 issue # 102 The Killer
May/2007 issue # 103 The Darkness and the Soul part 1
Jul/2007 issue # 104 The Darkness and the Soul part 2
Aug/2007 issue # 105 Sparrows part 1
Sep/2007 issue # 106 Sparrows part 2
Nov/2007 issue # 107 Sparrows part 3
Dec/2007 issue # 108 Sparrows part 4
Jan/2008 issue # 109 Sparrows part 5
Mar/2008 issue #110 Kitsune Gari
Apr/2008 issue # 111 Sakura part 1
May/2008 issue # 112 Sakura part 2
Jul/2008 issue # 113 Snitch
Sep/2008 issue # 114 The Beggar
Oct/2008 issue # 115 The Fortress
Dec/2008 issue # 116 The Outlaw
Jan/2009 issue # 117 Traitors of the Earth part 1
Feb/2009 issue # 118 Traitors of the Earth part 2
Mar/2009 issue # 119 Traitors of the Earth part 3
May/2009 issue # 120 What the Little Thief Heard
Jun/2009 issue # 121 The Hidden Fortress
Aug/2009 issue # 122 A Place to Stay
Sep/2009 issue # 123 The Death of Lord Hikiji
Nov/2009 issue # 124 A Town Called Hell part 1
Dec/2009 issue # 125 A Town Called Hell part 2
Feb/2010 issue # 126 Nukekubi
Mar/2010 issue # 127 The Sword of Narukami (?)
Apr/2010 issue # 128 Tera Tera Bozu
Jun/2010 issue # 129 Blood Tree Pass
Jul/2010 issue # 130 Return to Hell part 1
Aug/2010 issue # 131 Return to Hell part 2

Usagi Yojimbo: Yokai
Nov/2009 n/a original graphic novel

Usagi Yojimbo Color Special (volume 2)
Jul/1997 issue # 4 Green Persimmon (originally serialized in 12 issues of Diamond Comic’s Preview catalog)
Usagi Yojimbo - Book 11: Seasons
Aug/1998 Snakes and Blossoms (“Hebi” and “Courage of the Plum” with 4 new pages)
Dark Horse Extra
Feb/2000 issue # 20 Tsuru part 1
Mar/2000 issue # 21 Tsuru part 2
Apr/2000 issue # 22 Tsuru part 3
May/2000 issue # 23 Tsuru part 4
Jan/2001 issue # 31 Usagi Yojimbo: Demon Mask (poster)
Mar/2002 issue # 45 A Lesson in Courtesy part 1 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Apr/2002 issue # 46 A Lesson in Courtesy part 2 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
May/2002 issue # 47 A Lesson in Courtesy part 3 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Jun/2002 issue # 48 A Lesson in Courtesy part 4 (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Dark Horse Maverick 2001
Jul/2001 issue # 1 Usagi and the Kami of the Pond (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Dark Horse Presents…
Feb/1999 issue # 140 Death and Taxes
Dark Horse Presents.... Annual 1999
Aug/1999 issue # 1 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Tournament (featuring “Young” Usagi)
MySpace Dark Horse Presents....
Jan/2009 issue # 18 Saya
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Free Comic Book Day release)
May/2009 issue # 1 One Dark and Stormy Night
RADIO COMIX
Art of Usagi Yojimbo
Apr/1997 issue # 1 The Courage of the Plum (featuring “Young” Usagi)
Apr/1997 issue # 1 previously published and unpublished pinups, convention sketches, etc
Jan/1998 issue # 2 previously published and unpublished pinups, convention sketches, etc
CARTOON BOOKS
Trilogy Tour 2
Jun/1998 issue # 1 The Guardian (watercolors by Stan Sakai)
WIZARD PRESS
Wizard
Sep/1999 issue # 97 Netsuke
Jul/2004 issue #153 The Dark Horsemen (Dark Horse Comics gives up the body counts)
ONI PRESS
Oni Double Feature
Feb/2000 issue # 11 The Leaping Ninja
Nocturnals: Troll Bridge
Oct/2000 issue # 1 The Tanuki Daimyo's Candy (the “unofficial” title for a portion of the issue long story)
SKY DOG PRESS
More Fund Comics
Sep/2003 issue # 1 Ninja Hunt
DRAWING THE LINE
Drawing the Line
May/2004 issue # 1 Cooking Lesson (featuring “Young” Usagi)

STAN SAKAI PRODUCTION
Usagi Yojimbo Sketchbook
Summer/2004 issue # 1 Misc. Rough Sketches and Cover Concepts
Summer/2005 issue # 2 Misc. Rough Sketches and Cover Concepts
Summer/2006 issue # 3 Misc. Rough Sketches and Cover Concepts
Summer/2006 issue # 3 Sukanku (based on idea from Sergio Aragones)
Summer/2007 issue # 4 Misc. Rough Sketches and Cover Concepts
Summer/2007 issue # 4 Mayuni (alternate ending to Dark Horse #102 “The Killer”)
Summer/2008 issue # 5 Misc. Sketches, pin-ups and other material
Summer/2009 issue # 6 Misc. Sketches, pin-ups and other material

INDEX OF STORIES LISTED BY BOOK (tpb)
(Does not include special features available only in s/n limited edition hardcovers)

Book 01 – Ronin
The Goblin of Adachigahara
Lone Rabbit and Child
The Confession
Bounty Hunter
Horse Thief
Village of Fear
A Quiet Meal
Blind Swordspig
Homecoming
Bounty Hunter II

Book 02 – Samurai
Introduction – Mark Evanier
Samurai part 1
Samurai part 2
Samurai part 3
Samurai part 4
Samurai part 5
Samurai part 6
Samurai part 7
Samurai part 8
Samurai part 9
Kappa
Zylla
Silk Fair

Book 03 – The Wanderer’s Road
Introduction – Robert Asprin
The Tower
A Mother’s Love
Return of the Blind Swordspig
The Blade of the Gods
The Tea Cup
The Shogun’s Gift
Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew

Book 04 – The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy
Introduction - Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Clouds Gather
The Winds Howl
Downpour
Thunder and Lightning
In the Heart of the Storm
Storm Clouds Part
Fate of the Blind Swordspig

Book 5 – Lone Goat and Kid
Introduction – Stan Lee
Frost and Fire
A Kite Story
Blood Wings
The Way of the Samurai
Lone Goat and Kid

Book 06 – Circles
Introduction – Jeff Smith
The Bridge
The Duel
Yurei
My Lord’s daughter
Circles

Book 07 – Gen’s Story
Introduction – Sergio Aragones
Kitsune
Gaki
Broken Ritual
The Tangled Skein
Gen
The Return of Kitsune
The Last Ino Story

Book 08 – Shades of Death
Introduction – William Stout
Shades of Green
Jizo
Shi
The Lizard’s Tale
Usagi’s Garden
Autumn
Battlefield

Book 09 - Daisho
Introduction - James Robinson
The Music of Heaven
The Gambler, the Widow, and the Ronin
Slavers
Daisho (part 1)
Mongrels
Daisho (part 2)
Runaways
The Nature of the Viper

Book 10 – The brink of Life and Death
Introduction – Kurt Busiek
Origin Tale
Kaiso
A Meeting of Strangers
Black Soul
Noodles
Wrath of the Tangled Skein
The bonze’s Story
Bats, the Cat, and the Rabbit
Chrysanthemum Pass
Lightning Strikes Twice

Book 11 – Seasons
Introduction – Lynn Johnston
The Withered Field
A Promise in the Snow
The Conspiracy of Eight
Snakes and Blossoms
Return to Adachi Plain
The Crossing
Patience of the Spider
Lord of the Owls
The First Tenet
Obakaneko of the Geishu Clan
Green Persimmon

Book 12 – Grasscutter
Introduction – Will Eisner
prologue 1 - Izanagi and Izanami
prologue 2 - Susano-o
prologue 3 - Yamato-Dake
prologue 4 - Dan-No-Ura
chapter 1 - Jei
chapter 2 - Heike Gani
chapter 3 - Inazuma
chapter 4 - Noriyuki and Tomoe
chapter 5 - Ikeda
chapter 6 - Tomoe and Ikeda
chapter 7 - Usagi and Jei
chapter 8 - Sanshobo

Book 13 – Grey Shadows
Introduction – Max Allan Collins
My Father’s Swords
The Demon Flute
Momo-Usagi-Taro
The Hairpin Murders
The Courtesan
Tameshigiri

Book 14 – Demon Mask
Introduction – Paul Dini
The Inn on Moon Shadow Hill
A Life of Mush
Deserters
A Potter’s Tale
The Missive
Mystery of Demon Mask
Kumo
Reunion
Death and Taxes
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Tournament
Netsuke
The Leaping Ninja
Tsuru

Book 15 – Grasscutter II: Journey to Atsuta Shrine
Introduction - Greg Rucka
Prologue
chapter 1 - A Whisper of Wings
chapter 2 - Scent of the Pines
chapter 3 - The Hunger for Death
chapter 4 - Visions in the Shadows
chapter 5 - The Feel of Salt
chapter 6 - In the Realm of Senses

Book 16 – The Shrouded Moon
Introduction – Scott Shaw!
Showdown
Escape!
Three Seasons
The Shrouded Moon
Kitsune’s Tale

Book 17 – Duel at Kitanoji
Introduction – Jack Davis
Vendetta
The Return of the Lone Goat and Kid
Images from a Winter Day
Koji
Crows
Duel at Kitanoji
A Lesson in Courtesy
(concept sketches for cover art)

Book 18 – Travels with Jotaro
Introduction – Peter Laird
Out of the Shadows
Ghost Warriors
Komainu
Tamago
Usagi and the Tengu
Sumi-E

Book 19 – Fathers and Sons
Introduction – Matt Wagner
Fathers and Sons
Bells
Kill the Geishu Lord
Pride of the Samurai
Hokashi

Book 20: Glimpses of Death
Introduction - Frederick L. Schodt
Cooking Lesson
Contraband
After the Rat
Samurai for Hire
Dreams and Nightmares
Gen and the Dog
When Rabbits Fly
Into the Mist
Nocturnal
Vendetta's End
Usagi's Twentieth Anniversary

Book 21: The Mother of Mountains
Introduction - John Landis
The Treasure of the Mother of Mountains part 1 - 7

Book 22: Tomoe's Story
Introduction - Heidi MacDonald
Tomoe’s Story (revised version)
The Doors
Fox Fire
The Ghost in the Well part 1
The Ghost in the Well part 2
The Thief and the Lotus Scroll
Chanoyu

Book 23: Bridge of Tears
Introduction - Brian K. Vaughan
Remanants of the Dead
Shizukiri
Boss Hamanaka's Fortune
Rain and Thunder
Bridge of Tears
Fever Dream
The Killer
Usagi #100 Roast

INDEX OF SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDED IN HARDCOVER EDITIONS

This info is from the old Usagi Yojimbo Dojo Concordance:
http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/other/uyconc.html

USAGI YOJIMBO Book One: The Ronin (April 1987)
Early Albedo and Critters stories. (HC edition has early UY art)

USAGI YOJIMBO Book Two: Samurai (April 1989)
UY Vol. 1 issues #1-6. (HC edition has early UY art)

USAGI YOJIMBO Book Three: The Wanderer's Road (November 1989)
UY vol. 1 issues #7-12, and Turtle Soup story. (HC edition has the UY Cover Gallery)

USAGI YOJIMBO Book Four: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy (November 1990)
UY vol. 1 issues #13-18. (and Full-Color "Return to Adachigahara Plain" - only in HC ed.)

USAGI YOJIMBO Book Five: Lone Goat and Kid (August 1992)
UY vol. 1 issues #19-24. (and Amazing Heroes #187 story expanded - only in HC ed.)

USAGI YOJIMBO Book Six: Circles (July 1994)
UY vol. 1 issue #25-31 and Critters #50 "Yurei". (HC edition has "The Treaty")

USAGI YOJIMBO Book Seven: Gen's Story (May, 1996)
UY #32-38, other stories. (and "Hebi" in the HC edition only)

Apparently, the Dark Horse Volumes have the same content for the most part. There are some endpapers (not sure of the term) which contain previously unpublished artwork, such as the 4 pages of illustrations of Usagi and Jotaro included in "Travels with Jotaro".

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I should probably correct the dates for the more recent releases sice they were listed somewhat in advance with estimated release dates.
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COVER ART
This list contains art by Stan Sakai for either front or back covers of various publications, including both domestic (United States) and international, and featuring both Miyamoto Usagi or other characters.

THOUGHTS AND IMAGES
Albedo Anthropomorphics
Nov/1984 - issue # 2 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Apr/1985 - issue # 3 - Back Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Jul/1985 - issue # 4 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Critters
Aug/1986 - issue # 3 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Mar/1987 - issue # 10 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Jul/1987 - issue # 14 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Aug/1988 - issue # 27 - Cover Art (featuring Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy)
Jul/1989 - issue # 38 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
FICTIONEER BOOKS LTD
Comics Interview ( David Anthony Kraft's )
Aug/1987 - issue # 44 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Anything Goes
Oct/1987 - issue # 6 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
ECLIPSE COMICS
Adolescent Radioactive Blackbelt Hamsters Massacre The Japanese Invasion!
Aug/1989 - issue # 1 - Cover Art (featuring the Hamsters)
BLUE COMET COMICS
Varmints Special
Jan/1990 - issue # 1 - Back Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and the Varmints)
ACCENT! COMICS
Burrito: Jack-Of-All-Trades
Jul/1990 - issue # 3 - Back Cover Art (Burrito and Miyamoto Usagi)
SEMIC PRESS
Serie Magasinet Extra
1991 - issue # 2 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Amazing Heroes
Jan/1991 - issue # 187 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
DISNEY COMICS, INC
Donald Duck Adventures
Jan/1993 - issue # 32 - Cover Art (featuring Donald Duck)
WESTFIELD COMICS
Westfield Newsletter
Mar/1993 - issue # n/a - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
MU PRESS
Beauty Of The Beast
Jul/1993 - issue # 2 - Cover Art (featuring feline jungle girl)
ANTARCTIC PRESS
Ninja High School Yearbook
Oct/1994 - issue # 6 - Cover Art (featuring Space Usagi and the cast of Ninja High School)
ANTARCTIC PRESS
Shanda The Panda
Jul/1995 - issue # 10 - Cover Art (featuring Shanda and Friends)
BOOKMARK PRODUCTIONS
Rib
Jan/1996 - issue # 1 - Cover Art (featuring Rib)
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Comics Journal
Dec/1996 - issue # 192 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
KRAUSE PUBLICATIONS, INC.
Comics Buyer's Guide
March 29, 1996 - issue # 1167 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
July 18, 1997 - issue # 1235 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
ANTARCTIC PRESS
Furrlough
Feb/1997 - issue # 50 - Cover Art (featuring Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy)
SHANDA FANTASY ARTS
In The Zone
Aug/2000 - issue # 1 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
BONGO ENTERTAINMENT
Treehouse Of Horror (Bart Simpson's)
Oct/2000 - issue # 6 - Back Cover Art (featuring the Simpsons)
G.A.I.R.N.I.
El Wendigo
2000-2001 - issue # 85 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
HIT COMICS VERLAG
Freibeuter
Oct/2001 - issue # 2 - Cover Art (featuring Katsuichi and “Young” Usagi)
ASTIBERRI S. L.
Trama
Abril, 2002 - issue # 13 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
¡KA-BOOM! ESTUDIO
Para Karmatrón: Y Los Transformables
Enero 2003 - issue # 3 - Back Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and Oscar González Loyo’s characters )
AEAC
VII Salon Internacional Del Tebeo De Madrid Expocomic 2004 Pragram Book
Nov/2004 - issue # 1 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

MISCELLANEOUS
Witty World (International Cartoon Magazine)
Jul/1987 - issue # 1 - Cover Art (featuring Stan Sakai)
MangasZene
May/2002 - issue # 11 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
Pasadena Weekly (Volume: 19)
Sept 25, 2003 - issue # 39 - Cover Art (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)
AnimeNorth 2005 Program Book
May/2005 - issue # 1 - Cover Art (featuring the AnimeNorth Mascot and Carl Macek’s Macross Fighter)

I really think the back cover art is pretty much the same as pin-up art since it does not include a publication's title or any of the other stuff usually found on the cover of a magazine, but I included them here anyways.

(I'm sure I've probably managed to leave some things out....) :D


And here are a couple hard to classify Usagi appearances.....

MISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS

ECLIPSE
Dirty Pair II

Mar/1990 - issue # 5 - Letter page sketch (featuring Kei, Yuri and Miyamoto Usagi)
EXHIBIT A PRESS
Wolff & Byrd, Counselors Of The Macabre

Jul/1994 - issue # 2 - Fan Letter and sketch (featuring Wolff, Byrd and Miyamoto Usagi)
CRUSADE ENTERTAINMENT, LTD.
Shi: Way Of The Warrior

Apr/1995 - issue # 2 - Introduction and sketch (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and Shi)
BLIND WOLF STUDIOS
Patrick the Wolf Boy Christmas Special

Dec/2000 - issue # 1 - Fan illustration (featuring Patrick the Wolf boy and Miyamoto Usagi)
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