DH Presents

[Stan Sakai]

My wraparound variant cover for Dark Horse Presents have been moved from May to September. Here is a look at the black & white version of it:

http://usagiguy.livejournal.com/29156.html

Click on the image for a larger picture.

I would appreciate it if someone posted the image somewhere in the UY Dojo. There have been rumors about Live Journal not being around much longer.

[Ghost9]

That. Is. Awesome! Which issue of Dark Horse Presents will that be? I want to reserve a copy at my LCS. Is this the issue that will have "Saya" in it?

[Mayhem]

That's just manic and I love it

@Ghost 9
This will be, I assume, on volume 3 of the MySpace DH Present anthology, just to show this is the current volume 1 out at the moment...

http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-040/M ... -Vol-1-TPB

[Ghost9]

Ah, ok thanks! I'm glad they're collecting them in print. For some reason I thought this would be in a comic versus a TPB. Either way, great stuff. Can't wait to get it.

[Steve Hubbell]

[Ralcos]

I love the new movie of King Kong, and I did not expect to see Usagi thrown into the mix.

[Steve Hubbell]

Dark Horse Solicitations For June 2009

MYSPACE DARK HORSE PRESENTS VOLUME 3

Mike Mignola (W), Stan Sakai (W/A), Jane Espenson (W), Will Conrad (A), Ben Stenbeck (A), Farel Dalrymple (A), and others

On sale Aug 12
FC, 168 pages
$19.95
TPB, 7″ x 10″

The third volume of the online comics anthology MySpace Dark Horse Presents digs deeply into Dark Horse’s broad range of genres and iconic characters, including Stan Sakai’s award-winning Usagi Yojimbo and Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dr. Horrible. Mike Mignola plucks a character from the backdrop of his Hellboy mythos with the debut of Witchfinder, and Dark Horse presents the first new Creepy stories since that legendary anthology ended in 1983. Dark Horse also demonstrates its commitment to webcomics with the hit online strips Achewood, Applegeeks, and others.

• MySpace Dark Horse Presents is a free online anthology that provides fresh content the first Wednesday of every month. To find out more, check out: www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents.

USAGI YOJIMBO #121

Stan Sakai (W/A)

On sale June 24
b&w, 24 pages
$3.50
Ongoing

Once again wandering through the country, Usagi comes upon the aftermath of a bloody fight. The carnage has left only one survivor—Hiroto, a bounty hunter on the trail of the local bandit leader. Now that his group has been ambushed by the bandits, and everyone else has been killed, Hiroto needs help. He recruits Usagi to the cause, and together they set out after the gang. However, Usagi realizes—too late—that his partner is the bandit chief himself!

A standalone tale and a great jumping-on point for new fans!

USAGI YOJIMBO VOLUME 8: SHADES OF DEATH 2ND EDITION

Stan Sakai (W/A)

On sale Aug 19
b&w, 200 pages
$15.95
TPB, 6″ x 9″

Revisit some of the rabbit ronin’s earliest adventures in this outstanding new edition of classic Usagi tales!

In this volume, Usagi teams with his friend Gen, a rhino bounty hunter, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to protect an aging sensei from an evil ninja clan. His travels also take him to a remote village under threat from deadly assassins, where only Usagi stands between their merciless blades and a community’s destruction.

• Features completely rescanned and remastered artwork, and new story notes, highlighting Stan Sakai’s exhaustive research into the world of feudal Japan!

Introduction by acclaimed artist and film designer William Stout.

USAGI YOJIMBO VOLUME 9: DAISHO 2nd EDITION

Stan Sakai (W/A)

On sale Aug 19
b&w, 216 pages
$15.95
TPB, 6″ x 9″

A samurai’s sword is more than his weapon—it is his soul. As such, he must prove himself worthy of possessing a daisho, a matched pair of swords.

In his years as a warrior, fighting injustice and honing his spiritual and martial skills, Miyamoto Usagi has more than earned his swords. After braving many a battle and surviving tremendous bloodshed, Usagi continues his warrior pilgrimage. This volume finds him the reluctant participant in a duel for blood money and, later, enraged at the theft of his swords, Usagi pledges a new oath—to track the leader of a roving band of brigands and retrieve his daisho.

• Newly rescanned from Stan Sakai’s original art, this volume features new story notes!

Includes an introduction by James Robinson.

USAGI YOJIMBO VOLUME 10: THE BRINK OF LIFE AND DEATH 2nd
EDITION

Stan Sakai (W/A)

On sale Aug 19
b&w, 216 pages
$15.95
TPB, 6″ x 9″

While journeying over mountains, into valleys, through towns and farmlands, and along rugged coasts, searching for harmony, Usagi faces a unique cast of characters: a village of seaweed farmers, an innocent noodle peddler, a demon-possessed woman, a relentless clan of bat ninja, an assassins’ guild, a mysterious medicine peddler, and Inazuma, a secretive female samurai. More than once Usagi finds himself in great danger—but it’s all in a day’s work when you walk the thin line on the brink of life and death.

• Features completely rescanned and remastered art and a look inside Stan Sakai’s research and influences with new story notes!

Introduction by writer Kurt Busiek.

[Ghost9]

This Dark Horse Presents Vol. 3 is going to feature the Usagi story "Saya", correct?

[Steve Hubbell]

Tom Luth is a regular on Facebook, and he has just posted a portion of the finished color work for Stan's wrap-around variant cover to the Dark Horse Presents issue coming out in a few months.

Here is Tom's Facebook gallery

[MikeM]

That is awesome!

Is Stan's variant cover going to be on Darkhorse Presents Volume 3? 3 is coming out soon, and Stan says his variant cover will be out in September, so Im guessing his will be on volume 4. Is that correct?