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In honor of Stan Sakai's twenty-seventh consequetive year attending the convention, here is an extended look back at Stan's contributions to the San Diego Comic Con Program Guide over the last twenty-some years....

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO SOUVENIR BOOK
issue: 16 Jul/1985
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

issue: 17 Jul/1996
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

issue: 18 Jul/1987
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

issue: 19 Jul/1988
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi, Nilson, and Hermy)

issue: 20 Jul/1989
Pin-up (featuring Hermy as Batman with Usagi and Nilson)

issue: 21 Jul/1990
Pin-up (featuring The Spirit with Usagi, Nilson, and Hermy)

issue: 22 Jul/1991
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

issue: 23 Jul/1992
Pin-up (featuring Space Usagi)

issue: 24 Jul/1993
Pin-up (featuring Frankenstein Usagi)

issue: 25 Jul/1994
Pin-up (Usagi Yojimbo Meets Godzilla)

issue: 26 Jul/1995
Pin-up (featuring The Nursery of Super-Villains)

issue: 27 Jul/1996
Pin-up (featuring the Silver Surfer)

issue: 28 Jul/1997
Pin-up (featuring Vlad Jr. and the Fang Club in Horror of the Castle)

issue: 29 Jul/1998
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

issue: 30 Jul/1999
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi)

issue: 32 Jul/2001
Pin-up (featuring Miyamoto Usagi and Bone)

issue: 35 Jul/2004
Pin-up (The Death of Gen) 1 page

Just looking at the pin-ups, you can see Stan changed Usagi from the "older" style to the "newer" style (slightly taller and thinner, with the head not so large compared to the body) between 1987 and 1988.

So is the "souvenir book" the show program, or something else you can pick up there? Just thought I'd ask as this year will be the first I can get some stuff in person

The souvenir book and the Convention program book are the same thing. I am not sure where I picked up the term souvenir book from, maybe it is called that officially. I compiled that list a couple years ago.

Unfortunately, Stan has contributed only a couple pin-ups over the last six years, and this year's program will be sadly lacking in a pin-up from him as well.

Stan Sakai wrote:

Steve Hubbell wrote: I have been wanting to ask a quick question, but have not seemed to gotten around to it yet. I guess now is as good a time as any, since I'm thinking about it. Will you be contributing any art this year to the San Diego Con Program?

Thanks again,
Abayo...
Steve

I did not do anything for this year's con book. It is rare if I do anything for it anymore--just for really special occassions such as the anniversary of Bone a few years ago. There is just not enough time.

Cheers,
Stan

I have to apologize, I lost electricity before I had managed to upload all the images I had planned on posting in this retrospective. I will post the ones from this computer (the public library) for now, and finish with the rest tonight or tomorrow.

Abayo....

In addition of this Frankenstein Usagi, does anyone have a "Vampire" Usagi ?

i really like this one, it would make a terrific TShirt !

More than the pinups-- one year Usagi was on the volunteers' shirts they gave us for working all four days of the convention!

That was the coolest shirt!

Thanks Steve,

These are all great, but this one:

Steve Hubbell wrote:

is my favorite again.

Growing up I use too visit Hawaii almost every year to see my Grandma. I fell in love with Kliban Cat on crazy shirts. My mom even cut out one of the t-shirts images and sewed it on a comforter they still have. It's fun to see both UY and the cat together.

Kliban Cat site:
http://www.eatmousies.com/

aaah, that reminds me of my grandma. This is totally off topic, but here's a video slideshow I made for mothers day a few years ago (my grandma with my kids): http://homepage.mac.com/cmtakahara/iMovieTheater62.html (I might have shared this already, my memory isn't so good).

Peace,

maka

My favorite is still the ad Stan did for Comicon with Tomoe and Usagi arriving too late to save Gen. I wanted to post it here, but I can't seem to remember where I have it reprinted. I thought it was the Radio Comix Art of Usagi #1, but that apparently wasn't it...

cynlee wrote:More than the pinups-- one year Usagi was on the volunteers' shirts they gave us for working all four days of the convention!

That was the coolest shirt!

That was the one for 1988, featuring Usagi, Nilson, Hermy, and Spot.

shaxper wrote:My favorite is still the ad Stan did for Comicon with Tomoe and Usagi arriving too late to save Gen. I wanted to post it here, but I can't seem to remember where I have it reprinted.

It's reprinted in UY #79. And was in the SDCC program in 2004.

Peace,

maka

Work is done for the day (night?), I have power in the apartment again, and I get to continue posting Stan's Comic Con International pin-ups with one of my all-time favorates....

That is the last of them, at least until another "really special occassion" comes up for which Stan will be unable to resist the desire to contribute again....

I know, this isn't from the Comic Con International: San Diego program, but it IS a convention program which Stan got to do the cover for....



And it is really cool!

Abayo....
(I hope everyone going to San Diego this year has a great time! )

Steve, you are THE MAN.