New books for my collection...

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 21:54 -0700

I got ambitious last night after work and ordered myself a few books...

I have been waiting for the new Paquet edition to be released for quite some time now, and so far I have volumes 1 - 14 in the series.

The editions from Mandragora and Egmont is another thing altogether. I only have a couple from each of them currently, so these three volumes will almost double my collection of Polish editions.

On a side note, January 7th, 2009 saw the release of the third Usagi Yojimbo book from Indonesian publisher Gramedia Penerbit Utama.
Usagi Yojimbo: Antara Hidup dan Mati (Brink of Life and Death).

Hungarian publisher Vad Virágok Könyvműhely published the fifth volume in their series of Usagi Yojimbo translation back in December.
Usagi Yojimbo: Magányos kecske és kölyök (Lone Goat and Kid).

Crew, Usagi Yojimbo's publisher in the Czech Republic, also released a translated edition of Usagi Yojimbo Book 5 in December.
Usagi Yojimbo: Kozel samotář a dítě (Lone Goat and Kid)

Going back to November, Italian publisher Bottero Edizioni released a new Usagi book which collects issues 13 - 17 of the Dark Horse series (and the first 128 pages or so of the Grasscutter trade paperback).
Usagi Yogimbo: Grasscutter volume 1

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 23:05 -0700

Thank you. I did not know the status of some of these publishers. It has been a while since we received comps from a couple of them.

I'm glad Paquet brought out the new French volume just in time for the Angouleme Comics Festival.

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 23:57 -0700

Hiroshi Hirata is a guest this year at Angouleme Festival.

About Paquet, Usagi 15 just has been released wednesday, and it was good since a lot of fans here were worrying about that (2008 has been obviously a bad year for Paquet and Usagi publication were erratic...)

Steve, you should have asked me, i was wondering yesterday if i had to buy you this one or not

Krogu · Post by **Krogu** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:41 -0700

steve u r bourgeois! Nice collection

can i ask u where do u buy pl versions?

ill make a few photos of my collection tomorrow

but i have nothing special, just every uy published in poland....

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:48 -0700

I ordered them through Empik.... Surprisingly, they seem to list more of the English language editions than they do the Polish language editions.

http://empik.com/

Krogu · Post by **Krogu** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:08 -0700

they ship to usa?! roftl, i have empik 3 kilometers from my house

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Tue Feb 03, 2009 22:51 -0700

Something I did not expect to win on ebay...

legends of arzach gallery six the fountain of summer brian bolland , jim steranko , scott hampton , stan sakai , george pratt , kelley jones , ted mckeever , and michael wm. kaluta all autograped , except mckkever and bolland , some with pictures drawn , all the pages are in excellent condition , the outer folder does have some wrinkles in it selling with no reserve please check my other auctions i will combine shipping

Post by **Maka** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 12:19 -0700

Sweet! I didn't know Mr. Sakai did Arzach.

Tundra was one of my favorite companies. They produced such great sketchbooks, From Hell, Madman, Cases, and Gregory!

Congratulations Steve!

Peace, maka

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:16 -0700

I never realized that Stan went through one of those Van Gogh influenced impressionest painting style stages before...

This is a scan of the actual cover of the Paw Prints edition of Usagi Yojimbo Book 1 which I recently bought. I find it hard to believe that all of the copies of this book which Paw Prints released with their new "library binding" have the same printing / production problem as the customer service associate for the ebay seller I bought it from is claiming.

Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:45 -0700

Oh that's "marvellous"... made me chuckle at least

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:01 -0700

Steve Hubbell wrote:
This is a scan of the actual cover of the Paw Prints edition of Usagi Yojimbo Book 1 which I recently bought. I find it hard to believe that all of the copies of this book which Paw Prints released with their new "library binding" have the same printing / production problem as the customer service associate for the ebay seller I bought it from is claiming.

That is strange. What edition is this? What year was it printed? I know Fantagraphics recently went back to press on this. I hope the entire print run is not misprinted like this.

Jet_Jaguar · Post by **Jet_Jaguar** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:18 -0700

Heh, that's weird. It looks sort of like a Picasso Usagi.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:15 -0700

Stan Sakai wrote:
Steve Hubbell wrote:
This is a scan of the actual cover of the Paw Prints edition of Usagi Yojimbo Book 1 which I recently bought. I find it hard to believe that all of the copies of this book which Paw Prints released with their new "library binding" have the same printing / production problem as the customer service associate for the ebay seller I bought it from is claiming.
That is strange. What edition is this? What year was it printed? I know Fantagraphics recently went back to press on this. I hope the entire print run is not misprinted like this.

Amazon did not list a publication date for the library binding, but this is what was listed on the ebay description. The date could be for the new Fantagraphic edition or the Paw Print binding....

Publisher: Paw Prints Category: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN-10: 1435213793
ISBN-13: 9781435213791
Format: Hardcover Condition: Brand New
Publication Year: 2007

Jet_Jaguar wrote:Heh, that's weird. It looks sort of like a Picasso Usagi.

Picasso! That is the artist I was trying to think of, not Van Gogh.