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Graphic Novels/ Trade Paperback Help
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:54 -0700
by Krablauch
Hello, I'm new here and I have a quick question. I love Usagi Yojimbo, he is totally cool. I just bought the first 4 books and was wondering if those comics in the books are the same that are just a single comic. Or do they contain entirely diferent stories? Thanks for the help.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 13:16 -0700
by Mayhem
The books are collections (chronologically) of the comics. Plus you sometimes get some extra stuff from other sources that wasn't in the main comic to boot.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 13:43 -0700
by Krablauch
Oh ok, so if I were to buy all of the books. They would contain all of the comics correct? And thank you for your help.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 13:57 -0700
by Todd Shogun
Yes, except for the 4 UY Color Specials, which have yet to be reprinted in TPB format. The Trades collect the UY stories as they were published chronologically (starting from Albedo, then Critters, then the UY Comics). Stan has even added extra pages to integrate some of the stories into the trades to smooth out the transition and not to confuse new readers. That is why Stan is considered not only the nicest, but the most intelligent guy in comics.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 21:05 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Todd Shogun wrote:Yes, except for the 4 UY Color Specials, which have yet to be reprinted in TPB format.
The Green Persimmon (color special #4) was included in one of the books already. Just the stories in the first 3 color specials have yet to be reprinted.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 22:30 -0700
by Todd Shogun
Really? Which one? I didn't know... man this site really needs some updaing!!
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 22:42 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
Todd Shogun wrote:Really? Which one? I didn't know... man this site really needs some updaing!!
OK, since you had to ask, give me a moment here to dig up the pertinent information...
hum de dum de dum...
OK, here it is:
Usagi Yojimbo - Book 11: Seasons (Mar / 1999) pages 167 - 190 (24pgs.) reprinted in b/w
actually, it is or was listed on the Dojo at:
http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/other/stori ... immon.html
Now to ask a question in return:
Do you know what the beginning and end issues of Diamond's Preview catalog Green Persimmon was serialized between? Which month and year did it start and end? I've got the actual pages out of the first four or five catalogs, but they don't have the dates on them.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 11:02 -0700
by Todd Shogun
That would be a question for Stan....
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 15:23 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Todd Shogun wrote:That would be a question for Stan....
I don't know. I did not keep those issues of the catalogue.
The three color specials from Fantagraphics should be reprinted (without color) in UY Book 22: Tomoe (tentative title).
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 21:14 -0700
by Steve Hubbell
I actually found the info about 10 minutes after I posted the question... on one of the old Usagi Yojimbo Dojo news pages. The first part appeared in the September 1996 issue and the last part, 11 months later, in the August 1997 issue.
Abayo...
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2005 22:18 -0700
by Todd Shogun
I'm glad we don't delete anything!!!
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:25 -0700
by Thommo
So, if someone have all TPB's, he can say that he has ALL Stan Sakai Usagi work?!
Except for first 3 color specials, off course?
Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 8:22 -0700
by Stan Sakai
Thommo wrote:So, if someone have all TPB's, he can say that he has ALL Stan Sakai Usagi work?!
Except for first 3 color specials, off course?
Yes, the trades collect all of the Usagi stories, including those done for other publications such as the one-pager in Oni Presents, appearances in those Dark Horse anthologies, etc.
UY Book 19 will take us all the way up to UY vol 3, #75 in the comic book series.
The three color specials will make up the first part of Book 22.