Usagi Yojimbo B. Kliban Tribute Original Art now on Ebay

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http://cgi.ebay.com/Stan-Sakai-Usagi-Yo ... dZViewItem

[Fanfan]

How does he have this original art ?

[Mayhem]

Slightly anticipated a big of intrigue, I've already sent him a message asking him just that

[Stan Sakai]

He probably bought it from me at a San Diego Con. If you look at the bottom of the art, you can see that it had even been personalized.

I knew Kliban, and knew that he had some dispute with Disney. Hence the "no Mickey" banner. But I don't remember what the dispute was. "Hap" as his friends called him was a really nice guy, if a bit gruff. He also drew one of my favorite cartoons: A very well dressed guy, with a babe on each arm walking down the street with a cop in front of him shoving people out of the way, and yelling, "Move aside! Cartoonist coming through!" How much like real life.

[Maka]

That is so cool.

I associate Kliban with Crazy Shirts, the adobt a cat shirts in Hawaii and my mother (who loves Kliban cats).

I would love to own that piece of art. Mmmmmm, what to bid?

Peace,

maka

[Mayhem]

I got a reply back from him; apparently he's selling it for a friend, so he doesn't actually own it then.