Stan Sakai wrote:
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I finished a 4-pager for the Legal Defense Fund's annual anthology. I had planned to do an Usagi story, but what I plotted just did not fit the character. Rather than force the story, I changed the character. This is Sasuke the Demon Queller's first time solo.
Pencils, roughed with a 2H 3mm mechanical pencil then finished with HB 5mm.
Lettering with Aames Lettering Guide and Rotring Art Pen medium nib. Balloons are inked with a Koh-i-noor Art Pen, and panel border with a 3.5 technical pen.
Inked with a Rotring Art Pen, with a older nib.
It looked like it need some background, so roughed it in with a HB 5 mm mechanical pencil.
Backgrounds and details inked, and finished.
Sasuki story in the next CBLDF anthology
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Excellent news! Sasuke is such a strong character and well-deserving of his own stories. Looking forward to this, Stan.
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Here is the first page for my Sasuke the Demon Queller short for the Legal Defense Fund annual anthology. Good buddy Tom Luth will do the coloring. I am spending the weekend doing the cover for The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Book 2.
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Re: Sasuki story in the next CBLDF anthology
You can sense trouble already
Will the anthology be distributed by Diamond as usual, and thus my comic store can easily get it in?

Will the anthology be distributed by Diamond as usual, and thus my comic store can easily get it in?
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From Image Comics Solicitations for October 2014.
CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL 2014
story: JEFF PARKER, STAN SAKAI, MARC GUGGENHEIM & TARA BUTTERS, JONATHAN HICKMAN, BRIAN WOOD, AMY CHU, AL EWING, ROBIN FURTH, RYAN DUNLAVEY, JEREMY LAMBERT, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, LARRY MARDER, ROB REGER & MARIAH HEUHNER, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS, & MERYL JAFFEE
art: TOM FOWLER, STAN SAKAI, MATTHEW HOLM, TERRY DODSON, SHANNON WHEELER, RICH ELSON, EMMA VIECELI, RYAN DUNLAVEY, DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, LARRY MARDER, CAT FARRIS, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS, KATE LETH, & JANET LEE
cover A: MICHAEL ALLRED
cover B: WALTER SIMONSON
cover C: DEREK CHARM
OCTOBER 8 / 48 PAGES / FC / E / $4.99
A COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BENEFIT BOOK!
“USED YOUR IMAGINATION LATELY?”
Calling all dreamers and dancers, wanderers and wonderers, free speakers and free thinkers to this year’s CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL, compiled by former Marvel editor and ardent imaginaut LAUREN SANKOVITCH. Within the pages of this year’s Annual, a merry band of legendary creators has crafted 48 PAGES of THRILLING ADVENTURE, POWERFUL DRAMA, and GUT-BUSTING HILARITY that is not only ALL-NEW but ALL AGES! So grab your favorite life forms and gather ‘round for a series of tales to test the bounds of your imagination and celebrate our freedom to do so!
All proceeds from this book benefit the important First Amendment work of the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, who've been fighting censorship in comics for over 25 years!
CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL 2014
story: JEFF PARKER, STAN SAKAI, MARC GUGGENHEIM & TARA BUTTERS, JONATHAN HICKMAN, BRIAN WOOD, AMY CHU, AL EWING, ROBIN FURTH, RYAN DUNLAVEY, JEREMY LAMBERT, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, LARRY MARDER, ROB REGER & MARIAH HEUHNER, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS, & MERYL JAFFEE
art: TOM FOWLER, STAN SAKAI, MATTHEW HOLM, TERRY DODSON, SHANNON WHEELER, RICH ELSON, EMMA VIECELI, RYAN DUNLAVEY, DECLAN SHALVEY & JORDIE BELLAIRE, CHRIS ELIOPOULOS, LARRY MARDER, CAT FARRIS, JOE QUINONES & MARIS WICKS, KATE LETH, & JANET LEE
cover A: MICHAEL ALLRED
cover B: WALTER SIMONSON
cover C: DEREK CHARM
OCTOBER 8 / 48 PAGES / FC / E / $4.99
A COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND BENEFIT BOOK!
“USED YOUR IMAGINATION LATELY?”
Calling all dreamers and dancers, wanderers and wonderers, free speakers and free thinkers to this year’s CBLDF LIBERTY ANNUAL, compiled by former Marvel editor and ardent imaginaut LAUREN SANKOVITCH. Within the pages of this year’s Annual, a merry band of legendary creators has crafted 48 PAGES of THRILLING ADVENTURE, POWERFUL DRAMA, and GUT-BUSTING HILARITY that is not only ALL-NEW but ALL AGES! So grab your favorite life forms and gather ‘round for a series of tales to test the bounds of your imagination and celebrate our freedom to do so!
All proceeds from this book benefit the important First Amendment work of the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, who've been fighting censorship in comics for over 25 years!
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Picked this up today, and it's a full-color winner.
It's a very brief four-page story, but it perfectly sums up the plight and determination of our favorite demon queller. Great work Stan. Hoping to see more of this character when the regular series returns.
It's a very brief four-page story, but it perfectly sums up the plight and determination of our favorite demon queller. Great work Stan. Hoping to see more of this character when the regular series returns.
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I'm just bumping this thread to remind my future self to look at LCBS or eBay to get this issue. I must have missed this back in 2014.
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I just got a copy on EBay for a couple bucks and it was definitely worth it. I think this is being included in the upcoming Saga Legends collection also.Maka wrote:I'm just bumping this thread to remind my future self to look at LCBS or eBay to get this issue. I must have missed this back in 2014.
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Oh, if it is included in the UY Saga Legends, I don't need to buy the individual issue. Thanks for the information. Peace, makaTrevis Woods wrote: I just got a copy on EBay for a couple bucks and it was definitely worth it. I think this is being included in the upcoming Saga Legends collection also.