SDCC 2005 Pics

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 16:34 -0700

Here's a few pics from SDCC 2005... more to come when I finish my official 2005 SDC photo album! (Hear that Glenn????)

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 17:01 -0700

A few things I picked up from Stan's booth...

A rare UY T-shirt that I do remember seeing at a late-80s SDCC but never picked up...

A series of UY buttons by Sanguine...

Spanish UY Art Book

The UY Sketchbooks

The French Editions of UY "Manga sized"

TMNT #1 Reprint signed by Peter Laird (via Stan from Anthrocon)

Fanfan · Post by **Fanfan** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:32 -0700

amazing !
who made the glass windows ?

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:18 -0700

I would like to comment on a few of the photos:

Todd and Kari graciously helped me in my booth on Friday, as Sharon and Matthew had to return to LA to pick up Hannah who was taking Honors Chemistry in Summer School. Thank you, T & K.

The guy in the black t-shirt and glasses is writer Max Allan Collins who provided the introduction to UY Book 13: Grey Shadows. The guy with the pony tail and purple shirt is Adam Warren, probably the best American manga artist there is.

The painting of Usagi and Jotaro was a gift from Lark Pien. Lark is a wonderful artist who paints on small canvases--no bigger than 5,7". She usually has a table in the dealers' room, and she is the first dealer I seek out as I always buy a painting from her (I've got 7 so far). I had wanted to commission an Usagi painting, but she did this one as a gift.

The needlepoint was made by Lorraine Savage. She had put an ad in the Comic Buyer's Guide looking to buy a few back issues of UY. I sent her those issues to complete her collection. She sent a "thank you" letter to the Buyer's Guide, but they never printed it. She gave me the needlepoint as a thank you for my very small generosity.

That beautiful stain glass was done by Leah Perry of the US Territory Marshall Islands. She was not there herself, so it was given to me by her friends. She has an online gallery at:
http://Aernath.rubberslug.com

We came across an inventory of the Usagi and tokage t-shirts from 1987, and sold them at the 1987 price of $10 each. Last year, we found some gray 1985 children's size shirts which we disposed of for $5 each.

Sanguine, the publisher of the new RPG, made up a pin-back buttons with a dozen different designs. Con-goers who identified themselves as Dojo members got some.

The French manga size volumes look pretty good. I was very pleased at how the art stood up even at that reduction.

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 8:18 -0700

Thanks for filling in the blanks, Stan. This will help alot for the SDCC 2005 page I'm working on.

Post by **Maka** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:56 -0700

Stan Sakai wrote:I would like to comment on a few of the photos:

That beautiful stain glass was done by Leah Perry of the US Territory Marshall Islands. She was not there herself, so it was given to me by her friends. She has an online gallery at:
http://Aernath.rubberslug.com

Stain glass is incredibly difficult to work with. My partner took an adult education course on it. It still took her a whole quarter to design and produce her own work (a steaming cup of hot chocolate). She broke so much glass (curves and corners are difficult to cut). Amazing work Leah Perry did. Well done and beautiful.

Peace,

maka

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:24 -0700

Maka wrote:
Stan Sakai wrote:I would like to comment on a few of the photos:

That beautiful stain glass was done by Leah Perry of the US Territory Marshall Islands. She was not there herself, so it was given to me by her friends. She has an online gallery at:
http://Aernath.rubberslug.com
Stain glass is incredibly difficult to work with. My partner took an adult education course on it. It still took her a whole quarter to design and produce her own work (a steaming cup of hot chocolate). She broke so much glass (curves and corners are difficult to cut). Amazing work Leah Perry did. Well done and beautiful.

Peace,

maka

Stan,
Did you ever receive a Usagi stained glass piece from a Dojo member by the name of Anita Buckowing of Michigan? I had exchanged email correspondence with her a few years back and she had mentioned having made one and was thinking of sending it to you. I've lost touch with her since then and have no idea if she ever sent it.

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 14:07 -0700

Steve Hubbell wrote:
Did you ever receive a Usagi stained glass piece from a Dojo member by the name of Anita Buckowing of Michigan? I had exchanged email correspondence with her a few years back and she had mentioned having made one and was thinking of sending it to you. I've lost touch with her since then and have no idea if she ever sent it.

I did commission a stain glass of the Usagi head logo many years ago. It might have been Anita. She was in Michigan, and the wife of (I think) Scott Rosenberg. I brought it as a display to a few San Diego Cons.

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 14:36 -0700

Maka wrote:Stain glass is incredibly difficult to work with. My partner took an adult education course on it. It still took her a whole quarter to design and produce her own work (a steaming cup of hot chocolate). She broke so much glass (curves and corners are difficult to cut). Amazing work Leah Perry did. Well done and beautiful.

Thanks Maka!

I appreciate the kind words! (and the link that brought me here

)

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 22:49 -0700

Wow, Anita Buckowing. There's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Winner of the UYD's Demon Mask Mystery Contest back in... 2000? Steve help me out here...

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:21 -0700

aernath wrote:
Maka wrote:Stain glass is incredibly difficult to work with. My partner took an adult education course on it. It still took her a whole quarter to design and produce her own work (a steaming cup of hot chocolate). She broke so much glass (curves and corners are difficult to cut). Amazing work Leah Perry did. Well done and beautiful.
Thanks Maka! I appreciate the kind words! (and the link that brought me here )

Welcome to the Dojo, Leah. And, again, thank you for the wonderful gift. The stain glass is proudly displayed in my studio.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:37 -0700

Todd Shogun wrote:Wow, Anita Buckowing. There's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Winner of the UYD's Demon Mask Mystery Contest back in... 2000? Steve help me out here...

2000 is right on the nose... http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/fanartandfi ... nmask.html

It was because she won the contest that I learned that there was another Dojo member living relatively close to me, with-in 20 - 30 miles. We never actually got a chance to meet, but we do occassionally share the same comic shop.

Ma-Ku · Post by **Ma-Ku** » Tue Aug 09, 2005 9:39 -0700

That's nifty - I wish i didnt live so far away. I might go one year.

Heh, I like the badge with a crazy looking Usagi brandashing a carrot.
May I ask why he's doing that, lol. Its either an inside joke or from a story I havent read yet.

Anjin-san · Post by **Anjin-san** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 13:18 -0700

Thanks for the photos, Todd. I was invited to go to ComicCon by a friend and a real dish of a woman out of Highland, CA but was unable to go. (Airfare alone would have been a minimum of $500 and more likely $650.)

Oooh! Those buttons! They need to be added to the regular UY merchandise line ! I want the blue one with the full-moon and the orange one with Usagi in the foreground. . . .

Post by **Todd Shogun** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 13:45 -0700

There are actually 12 in total... I had four on my con badge, which disappeared somewhere...probably boxed up by mistake...