Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy
by:
Kim Thompson (author)
Stan Sakai (author)
The novel-length "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" is jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense and slapstick. This beautifully crafted, exciting volume is a great starting point for new readers!One of the great epics in the comic book field stars a rabbit? That's...
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The novel-length "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy" is jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense and slapstick. This beautifully crafted, exciting volume is a great starting point for new readers!One of the great epics in the comic book field stars a rabbit? That's right, Stan Sakai's enormous dramatic saga of death and treachery, of ambition and honor, is the comics equivalent of Akira Kurosawa's classics such as The Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. This volume of the Usagi series features the novel-length "The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy," which originally ran in six consecutive issues of the Usagi comics series. Jam-packed with lethal sword battles alternating with humor, horror, suspense, and slapstick, this beautifully crafted and exciting volume features all of the most popular supporting characters from the series, including Tomoe Ame, Gen the rhino, and Zato-Ino the blind swordspig. Both an excellent starting point for new readers, and an absolute necessity for Usagi completists! Black-and-white comics throughout
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781560970637 (1560970634)
ASIN: 1560970634
Publish date: April 1st 1998
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Japan,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Comix,
Comic Book,
Manga
Series: Usagi Yojimbo (#4)
Volume 4 Volume 4 of Usagi Yojimbo is pretty much entirely given to one huge, overarching story, and I have to admit - I love it. Lord Noriyuki has heard disturbing reports about the goings-on in the lands of one of his neighbors. Goods are being stockpiled, and ronin hired at an alarming rate, bu...