IDW Usagi Yojimbo #2 in PREVIEWS

[Gaffey]

Does COVER A mean IDW is going to make multiple covers for issue #2?

[Stan Sakai]

Does COVER A mean IDW is going to make multiple covers for issue #2?

Not that I know of.

There may be a couple of variants for issue 6, which comes out in November. That is the official 35th anniversary month for Usagi and we're doing a updated look at the Albedo 2 cover as well as a faithful recreation of that cover.

[johnsonk513]

Not a huge fan of variants but I am looking forward to seeing the issue 6 variants

[Mayhem]

Does COVER A mean IDW is going to make multiple covers for issue #2?

Standard reference, even with one cover.

[Gaffey]

Does COVER A mean IDW is going to make multiple covers for issue #2?

Standard reference, even with one cover.

I thought that was the case until I looked at the last two weeks of IDW releases. That's when I got a little concerned that each issue of Usagi was going to have variants. If it stated CVR A then there was a variant available for that title. I'll trust that you guys know what you're talking about.

Either way, I hope any and all variants get collected in the first IDW hardcover.

Some examples...

Cover A


Cover B


One cover - No CVR reference


One cover - No CVR reference

[Mayhem]

Then I could be proven wrong

But if it’s the only one listed... seems odd then. Unless there’s a sub cover or RE to come. I’ll ask my comic place if they can dig into Diamond.

[mrmikeryan108]

Wow, a Albedo 2 recreation variant cover... Yes!!! Novemeber is going to be awesome! 35th Anniversary!

[maichan]

While we're talking about issues #2, what do you think about the cover?

I thought I saw something about this cover on the Dojo forum, but since I can't find anything here, it might have been somewhere on Facebook. Wherever it was, I think it may have been Maka that commented on how he thought the female looks somewhat human. That was my first thought too, but then I figured maybe Neko, and her ears are hidden by the hairdo.

The other thing that I noticed were here hands. What could those little bars be on her palms & fingers? And look at her right hand, the thumb and wrist, the way they are outlined. I think she is a puppet, which would make sense since the story is about Bunraku. Anyway, I tried searching for examples of Bunraku puppets to try and explain her hands, but haven't found anything yet.

What do you think?

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[Maka]

Puppet!! Of course! That has got to be it.

Neko have shown cat ears with that hairstyle before, so this must be a puppet! Brilliant, Maichan!

Peace, maka

[jabba359]

Ah, a puppet makes sense. I had found her vacant stare to be a little disconcerting, but now I know why.

[coolray85]

good catch and also great theory...i think you may be right. my first idea about the pieces in her hands was that maybe she was a puppeteer but i think your idea is much more plausible..