Usagi

Last year, comic creator Stan Sakai announced that he was moving his Usagi Yojimbo creation back from IDW to previous publisher Dark Horse under the new imprint Dogu. After a long wait, fans of the rabbit rōnin will be delighted to hear that the publisher has revealed details for the first storyline from this new partnership. Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow, is a new 5-issue miniseries featuring Usagi and his new-found cousin Yukichi, a character introduced in the previous IDW series, as well as the return of fan-favorite…

Developer Tribute Games and publisher Dotemu just announced for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge. The Dimension Shellshock DLC features a new game mode, new color swaps for playable characters and brand new playable characters like iconic comic book samurai Miyamoto Usagi from Usagi Yojimbo. For the newbies, Miyamoto Usagi is a samurai rabbit, though he’s often been affiliated with the ninja turtles throughout various comic runs and in several animated series. Technically, Usagi Yojimbo is set during…

“After all, what does a wandering ronin have to do with the affairs of gods and emperors?” Stan Sakai is one of the best to ever put pencil to paper. I feel like that doesn’t get said enough. That he doesn’t get nearly enough credit or accolade for just how good he is at his craft. Even having earned multiple Eisners, Ringos, and more awards. He’s at the vanguard of creator-owned comics, consistently telling top-tier tales with precision, action, and heart with Usagi Yojimbo since 1984. With that legacy, and longevity, I…

| Stan Sakai is creating a new Usagi Yojimbo crossover series with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wherewhen, coming from IDW Publishing in March 2023. And it seems that it will include an Old Bunny Usagi, twenty years into his future. IDW has also managed to hang on to the Sonic The Hedgehog license for five years, which is quite something in this day and age. And as a result, is publishing a 5th anniversary special, with Ian Flynn and Tracy Yardley, reprinting that first issue with a new bonus story from the pair.…

| Jude Terror here, filling in on the breaking comic book news today. Bleeding Cool Rumourmonger-in-Chief Rich Johnston usually handles this stuff, but he got into a fistfight with a Beefeater while trying to break into the Tower of London to chase down a rumor that the King is buying 2000AD (you heard it here first — pip pip). Today, we have a press release from IDW announcing a crossover between two of the properties they haven't lost to another publisher yet: Usagi Yojimbo and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The new…

| In 2019, Bleeding Cool reported what we called a "serious blow to Dark Horse's martial arts skilled anthropomorphic animal output" with the news that Dark Horse mainstay, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo was moving to rival publisher IDW in June, a move that coincided with the then-upcoming Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles TV show from Netflix. Well now, it's back. Dark Horse Comics has just announced a new partnership with Stan Sakai's new imprint Dogu Publishing, alongside season 2 of the Netflix cartoon. It comes…