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Post by lobsterjohnson on Apr 13, 2016 15:56:20 GMT -5
What other comics written or drawn by Stan have you enjoyed? I haven't read everything he's done outside of Usagi Yojimbo, but I have read a lot of it:
"A Dream of Flying", in a Rocketeer comic. The story is filled with references to another, more famous flying comic book hero. Easily the best of the Rocketeer stories I've read.
"Oni", in Strange Tales. This is a great samurai Hulk comic. It was fun to see Stan's take on a classic Marvel character.
I can't remember the name, but there is also the Peanuts story that Stan and Julie created in the 65th anniversary special collection. That was a great story about one of the best comic strips of all time.
In Greg Rucka's Queen and Country, Stan illustrated a brief interlude in the first collection. It was interesting to see how he drew modern day characters instead of 17th century samurai rabbits.
I might be forgetting some, but those are the other stories by Stan I've read. They're all worth seeking out. Does anyone else have any recommendations for Stan's comics outside of Usagi Yojimbo?
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Post by shaxper on Apr 13, 2016 16:03:35 GMT -5
What? No mention of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy??
I have fond memories of that one story where they take turns being the king. Much simpler and goofier than the average Usagi tale, but full of fun-spirited adventure. And, as Stan's original intended ongoing project, it's a fascinating piece of Usagi history.
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Apr 13, 2016 17:46:47 GMT -5
What? No mention of Nilson Groundthumper and Hermy?? I have fond memories of that one story where they take turns being the king. Much simpler and goofier than the average Usagi tale, but full of fun-spirited adventure. And, as Stan's original intended ongoing project, it's a fascinating piece of Usagi history. Nilson and Hermy is one of my favorite comics ever, but I left it off the list since it takes place in the same universe as Usagi. I wonder if we will see any future Nilson and Hermy stories (maybe they will meet Usagi!). I sure hope so. |
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Post by usagigoya on Apr 14, 2016 2:33:10 GMT -5
Can't forget about the other samurai comics Stan has worked on.....
The 47 Ronin with Mike Richardson was a fantastic project!
And Stan did a really neat 6 page story for Billy Tucci's Shi: Kaidan called "Soul of the Sword" way back in 1996.
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Post by shaxper on Apr 14, 2016 11:01:29 GMT -5
I still need to read 47 Ronin. It's pretty bad that I haven't read this both because I'm a fan of Stan and also because I am totally unfamiliar with what's often considered the quintessential story of Japan.
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 14, 2016 11:02:50 GMT -5
I still need to read 47 Ronin. It's pretty bad that I haven't read this both because I'm a fan of Stan and also because I am totally unfamiliar with what's often considered the quintessential story of Japan. You definitely need to get this, it was absolutely beautiful. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Apr 14, 2016 11:21:54 GMT -5
I still need to read 47 Ronin. It's pretty bad that I haven't read this both because I'm a fan of Stan and also because I am totally unfamiliar with what's often considered the quintessential story of Japan. You should get the very next thing you get, Shax. Not only is it a great story, beautifully adapted, but the book itself is beautiful. Far, far better than the crappy movie version. Also, the monkey peasant couple from Usagi (in human form, of course) make a cameo, which made me ridiculously happy. |
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Apr 14, 2016 11:25:31 GMT -5
I still need to read 47 Ronin. It's pretty bad that I haven't read this both because I'm a fan of Stan and also because I am totally unfamiliar with what's often considered the quintessential story of Japan. You should get the very next thing you get, Shax. Not only is it a great story, beautifully adapted, but the book itself is beautiful. Far, far better than the crappy movie version. Also, the monkey peasant couple from Usagi (in human form, of course) make a cameo, which made me ridiculously happy. They do?! I completely missed that! Looks like I'll be searching for that cameo later today... |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Apr 15, 2016 9:43:32 GMT -5
You should get the very next thing you get, Shax. Not only is it a great story, beautifully adapted, but the book itself is beautiful. Far, far better than the crappy movie version. Also, the monkey peasant couple from Usagi (in human form, of course) make a cameo, which made me ridiculously happy. They do?! I completely missed that! Looks like I'll be searching for that cameo later today... Same here, I missed it too. |
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Post by usagiguy on Apr 17, 2016 0:02:21 GMT -5
"Oni", in Strange Tales. This is a great samurai Hulk comic. It was fun to see Stan's take on a classic Marvel character. I can't remember the name, but there is also the Peanuts story that Stan and Julie created in the 65th anniversary special collection. That was a great story about one of the best comic strips of all time. In Greg Rucka's Queen and Country, Stan illustrated a brief interlude in the first collection. It was interesting to see how he drew modern day characters instead of 17th century samurai rabbits. I received a call from Marvel out of the blue about the Strange Tales project. I was told I could use any of their characters and pretty much do whatever I wanted with if. My first thought was Spider-Man as a ninja, since I was a big Ditko fan, but that just seemed too obvious. I told the editor that I wanted to do a Samurai Hulk, and I planned to kill him at the end. That was fine with him. A samurai on the losing side of a battle was turned into an "oni" ogre by Gama the witch who called him "Sashimono" after the "banner" he carried on his back. I liked the visuals of the Hulk in full samurai armor fighting against samurai. Julie has always been a big Peanuts fan, and a big reason I accepted the Peanuts assignment is because we could collaborate on the story. It turned out even better than I expected. We were guests of the Charles Schulz Museum a few weeks ago and gave a presentation there. We even got to sit on Schulz' chair at his drawing table in his studio (not the one in the museum). Greg wrote the Queen and Country story and gave me the option of drawing it with funny animals, which was really generous of him because he knew that was my forte. However, I wanted to stretch myself and opted to draw it with people. I think I made the right decision. I'm working on a couple of covers for other publishers right now, neither of which have been announced yet. |
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Post by maka on Apr 17, 2016 22:38:48 GMT -5
I like Stan's rocketeer story.
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Post by String on Apr 21, 2016 11:39:59 GMT -5
Oh, I wasn't aware of the Samurai Hulk story. Which issue or volume was that story in?
Along with all the excellent examples given so far, I also liked Sakai's work on the Grendel story by Wagner that appeared in the Grendel Red, White, & Black TPB.
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Post by lobsterjohnson on Apr 21, 2016 12:00:54 GMT -5
Stan also did a Star Wars story about young Anakin Skywalker. I can't remember which comic it was in (I know it's on the Marvel site somewhere), but it's well worth finding.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 22, 2016 0:56:34 GMT -5
Stan also did a Star Wars story about young Anakin Skywalker. I can't remember which comic it was in (I know it's on the Marvel site somewhere), but it's well worth finding. I read that in a trade at our local library-it was in Vol. 4 of the Star Wars Tales collections, which collected issues 13-16 of the series, so that should help narrow it down for those looking for it. -M |
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Post by jabba359 on May 4, 2016 20:42:02 GMT -5
Stan also did a Star Wars story about young Anakin Skywalker. I can't remember which comic it was in (I know it's on the Marvel site somewhere), but it's well worth finding. I read that in a trade at our local library-it was in Vol. 4 of the Star Wars Tales collections, which collected issues 13-16 of the series, so that should help narrow it down for those looking for it. -M It's in Star Wars Tales issue #14. Stan did the 8-page "Urchins" story.  |
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