Introducing myself...
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:13 -0700
Greetings, fellow UY fans. Just signed up to the Dojo and figured I should make a proper introduction.
I'm a 25 year old, married, primary school teaching vegan male living in Adelaide, South Australia. My main interests include UY (of course), Terry Pratchett's "Discworld", music, cacti, bonsai and stop motion animation.
The first time I ever heard of Usagi was on the 80s TMNT cartoon. Around the same time I played the C64 game a whole heap of times. I didn't know anything about samurai and so wondered why Usagi would kill himself whenever I slayed too many peasants. Now I know better. I'd always wonder why Usagi would have his own game, since he seemed to just be a minor character on a cartoon. Again, now I know better. When I first visited a comic store about 3 years ago, I noticed some Usagi comics and then realised where the C64 game had come from.
I first started reading comics about a year ago but quickly became fed up with all of the superhero stuff. I decided to give Usagi Yojimbo a go at issue 82 and became hooked straight away. I only continued buying issues up to #85 and then decided I'd just buy the trades. After buying 5 volumes, I've just decided to start buying issues again (as well as the TPBs) and have been filling in the gap since #85 and the current issue. The trades are fantastic but take ages to come out, meaning I'm a year or more behind the regular readers who post here. I'd rather be right up there with the latest as these amazing stories continue to develop.
I've got a few issues in my classroom that have been read and re-read plenty of times.
One of my favourite things about UY is how it has fostered my interest in Japanese culture. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wanted to take part in a tea ceremony since #93. I've also just started to take an interest in bonsai, which brings me to a question:
Have bonsai ever appeared in UY? I know there's been issues on kites and the tea ceremony and other Japanese arts and cultural practices, so I figured it was worth wondering...
Well, that's a really long post from me. Hope I haven't sent anyone to sleep...
I'm a 25 year old, married, primary school teaching vegan male living in Adelaide, South Australia. My main interests include UY (of course), Terry Pratchett's "Discworld", music, cacti, bonsai and stop motion animation.
The first time I ever heard of Usagi was on the 80s TMNT cartoon. Around the same time I played the C64 game a whole heap of times. I didn't know anything about samurai and so wondered why Usagi would kill himself whenever I slayed too many peasants. Now I know better. I'd always wonder why Usagi would have his own game, since he seemed to just be a minor character on a cartoon. Again, now I know better. When I first visited a comic store about 3 years ago, I noticed some Usagi comics and then realised where the C64 game had come from.
I first started reading comics about a year ago but quickly became fed up with all of the superhero stuff. I decided to give Usagi Yojimbo a go at issue 82 and became hooked straight away. I only continued buying issues up to #85 and then decided I'd just buy the trades. After buying 5 volumes, I've just decided to start buying issues again (as well as the TPBs) and have been filling in the gap since #85 and the current issue. The trades are fantastic but take ages to come out, meaning I'm a year or more behind the regular readers who post here. I'd rather be right up there with the latest as these amazing stories continue to develop.
I've got a few issues in my classroom that have been read and re-read plenty of times.
One of my favourite things about UY is how it has fostered my interest in Japanese culture. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has wanted to take part in a tea ceremony since #93. I've also just started to take an interest in bonsai, which brings me to a question:
Have bonsai ever appeared in UY? I know there's been issues on kites and the tea ceremony and other Japanese arts and cultural practices, so I figured it was worth wondering...
Well, that's a really long post from me. Hope I haven't sent anyone to sleep...
