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  • Published: 12 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781506724980
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $54.99
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Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 8 (Second Edition)



One of the most critically acclaimed, longest running, and beloved adventure comics!

One of the most critically acclaimed, longest running, and beloved adventure comics!

The eighth volume in Stan Sakai's prestige Usagi Saga collection includes three major storylines: ''Two Hundred Jizo,'' in which Usagi and Inspector Ishida team up to solve a double murder; ''Thieves and Spies,'' where Usagi joins forces with a thief and a samurai to thwart a black-market Ginseng trade; and ''The Hell Screen,'' a thrilling tale that finds Usagi working alongside his natural enemy—a kappa—to cast out a violent renegade of the same species.

Stan Sakai’s evocative artwork and gripping tales continue to enthrall readers of all ages. Collects issues #139–#158 of Usagi Yojimbo Volume 3, "The Artist" and "Buntori" from Usagi Yojimbo Color Special #5, and the bonus story "Sukanku."

  • Published: 12 September 2023
  • ISBN: 9781506724980
  • Imprint: Dark Horse Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $54.99
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Praise for Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 8 (Second Edition)

“Sixteenth-century Japan is never so entertaining as in Stan Sakai’s tales of Miyamoto Usagi.”—NPR’s Best Books of 2014

“Stan Sakai has successfully brought to American comics a collection of Japanese fables well told in the American style. Usagi Yojimbo is an enduring work. Bravo.”—Will Eisner

“Sakai is a master of his craft.”—IGN.com

“To say that Stan Sakai is an amazing storyteller seems silly this far into his fantastic career, but it is the truth. His characters are wildly expressive, and his skills as a cartoonist are as sharp as ever.”—Comicosity

“I don’t think there’s much that I could write about Stan Sakai’s masterwork series that hasn’t been said . . . you are going to fall in love with this world, with this storyteller who will keep you guessing and enthralled.”—Fanbase Press

“This is the definition of a timeless work of art.”—Multiversity Comics

“[Stan’s] work seems both effortless and worked over; he is a true master of comics.”—Multiversity Comics

“Usagi Yojimbo continues to be the best adventure comic in the world today.”—Newsarama

“Sakai is a total pro and a consummate craftsman.”—Rolling Stone

“Humbly presented, but a paragon of its art.”—Booklist

“Sakai delivers on the action, humor, and layers it all with his signature mix of Japanese mythology and anthropomorphic animals.”—ComicsVerse

“I think Usagi Yojimbo is one of the most original, innovative, well-executed comic books anywhere to be found. Stan's style of artwork, his crisp incisive writing, and his thoroughly professional pacing, all done in a relaxed and absorbed manner, have provided comics with something so rarely seen in this field—a new literary and artistic approach to illustrated storytelling.”—Stan Lee


Stan Sakai is able to spin a web of emotions with few words . . . nothing is lost as each sentence has a meaning and purpose towards the larger narrative. The art is equally gorgeously simple . . . a must read for any comic book fan.” —Graphic Policy

“[Stan’s] work seems both effortless and worked over;he is a true master of comics.”—Multiversity Comics

“One of the greatest cartoonists of all time.”—Nerdist

“Stan Sakai is one of the living legends of comic books.”—SyFy Wire

“Stan Sakai seems incapable of delivering anything less than masterful cartooning.”—ComicBook.com