Fantagraphics Books 1-7 Introductions

[Casey Burns]

Hi gang,

Over the years, I've pared down from owning every version of every single appearance of our hero, to just keeping a few choice early issues in a box and the sagas on the shelves. Oh and of course getting the Fantagraphics and Mirage runs custom bound. Okay maybe I haven't gotten rid of that much after all, now that I really think about it ... although the Dojo's own Shadowfax bought a big lot of rarities I sold right before I moved from NC to Oregon about 15 years back, and even picked them up in person while paying a visit to his brother!

Anyway, what I'm realizing is that for some reason the FB special edition omitted all of the introductions to books 1-7. Do these exist online anywhere? I'd love to re-read those sometime.

[Steve Hubbell]

I posted transcripts of all the introductions from Book 8 through Book 31 here on the forum. For some unknown reason, i never got back to doing the Fantagraphic introductions or those from the more recent Dark Horse books.

[EDIT] I do have scans of the Fantagraphics Introductions, if you are interested....

[jabba359]

I'd love to read the intros as well, as I own the Fanatgraphics Special Edition instead of the single trades.

[Steve Hubbell]

http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/forum3/view ... roductions

[Steve Hubbell]

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2259042 ... &ref=notif

[Casey Burns]

Thanks so much for posting those scans. I'll give them all a read today.
And your transcription thread is ambitious, not sure how I missed that in the past. Well done, Steve.

[Gaffey]

I posted transcripts of all the introductions from Book 8 through Book 31 here on the forum. For some unknown reason, i never got back to doing the Fantagraphic introductions or those from the more recent Dark Horse books.

[EDIT] I do have scans of the Fantagraphics Introductions, if you are interested....

I was so disappointed when our Concordance section was removed from the site (I think that's what it was called). I spent a decent amount of time transcribing those Letters Columns.

[maichan]

I posted transcripts of all the introductions from Book 8 through Book 31 here on the forum. For some unknown reason, i never got back to doing the Fantagraphic introductions or those from the more recent Dark Horse books.

[EDIT] I do have scans of the Fantagraphics Introductions, if you are interested....

And here I went through all the trouble of taking pictures last night...

Book 1
No introduction/forward

20200924_204553 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

Book 2
Mark Evanier

20200924_204639 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

Book 3
Robert L. Asprin, 1989

20200924_204742 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

Book 4
Alejandro Jodorowsky

20200924_204818 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

Book 5
Stan Lee, 1992

20200924_204858 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

Book 6
Jeff Smith, 1994

20200924_204940 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

Book 7
Sergio Aragonés
I was surprised, this guy had a lot to say.

20200924_205005 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr


20200924_205020 by Michael Foertsch, on Flickr

[maichan]

I was so disappointed when our Concordance section was removed from the site (I think that's what it was called). I spent a decent amount of time transcribing those Letters Columns.

That must have been before my time here... What happened? Why was it removed? You didn't save the files? Can it be put back?

[Steve Hubbell]

I posted transcripts of all the introductions from Book 8 through Book 31 here on the forum. For some unknown reason, i never got back to doing the Fantagraphic introductions or those from the more recent Dark Horse books.

[EDIT] I do have scans of the Fantagraphics Introductions, if you are interested....

I was so disappointed when our Concordance section was removed from the site (I think that's what it was called). I spent a decent amount of time transcribing those Letters Columns.

https://web.archive.org/web/20001205191 ... yconc.html

[Gaffey]

I posted transcripts of all the introductions from Book 8 through Book 31 here on the forum. For some unknown reason, i never got back to doing the Fantagraphic introductions or those from the more recent Dark Horse books.

[EDIT] I do have scans of the Fantagraphics Introductions, if you are interested....

I was so disappointed when our Concordance section was removed from the site (I think that's what it was called). I spent a decent amount of time transcribing those Letters Columns.

https://web.archive.org/web/20001205191 ... yconc.html

I don't see the Letters Column.

[Gaffey]

Does anyone else like to get the introductions signed? I think I'm up to 10 books for Usagi and most of my Goon Library books. My biggest regret was not getting Stan Lee to sign one. I stood in Jason Aaron's line for 2 hours and missed out on Stan's signing. Since I haven't seen Jason Aaron at any convention since it doesn't hurt as much.

I was hoping to get Mark Evanier and George Takei's signature earlier this year until the world shut down. Maybe next year.

[maichan]

I don't see the Letters Column.

I looked, and I didn't see anything. So I take it you didn't save any files?

[maichan]

Does anyone else like to get the introductions signed?

That's a neat idea!

[Gaffey]

I don't see the Letters Column.

I looked, and I didn't see anything. So I take it you didn't save any files?

I didn't save anything. I'd transcribe the page, format it and upload it to the website.

Does anyone else like to get the introductions signed?

That's a neat idea!

I'll take a few pics this weekend. Some of the signatures I have are Sergio, BKV, Bunn, Simonson, Jeff Smith, Stout(?). Can't remember who else off the top of my head.