(November 1999)
- Volume:
- 3
- Price:
- 2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD
- Pages:
- 28
- Indicia Publisher:
- Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- Dark Horse Maverick
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Diana Schutz
- Format:
- Color cover; black & white comic; standard modern US; On-going series
["Pottery"] (Table of Contents)
Usagi Yojimbo / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Stan Sakai (signed)
- Inks:
- Stan Sakai (signed)
- Colors:
- Tom Luth (signed)
Content Information
- Genre:
- martial arts; funny animals; period
- Characters:
- Miyamoto Usagi
- Synopsis:
- Usagi shapes clay into an urn on a pottery wheel.
A Potter's Tale (Table of Contents)
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 15 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Sakai
- Pencils:
- Stan Sakai
- Inks:
- Stan Sakai
- Letters:
- Stan Sakai
Content Information
- Genre:
- martial arts; funny animals; period
- Characters:
- Miyamoto Usagi; Mikasa Toyozo the potter; Haruye; Samo the thief; Merchant Izumoji
- Synopsis:
- Samo the thief burglarizes a local merchant, then hides in the pottery shop, pushing a precious jewel into an unfired bowl, then pulling one side down to mark it. The next day the potter finds the deformed bowl, realizes the deformity forms the innovation he was looking for and deforms all of his bowls the same way.
The Missive (Table of Contents)
Usagi Yojimbo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Sakai
- Pencils:
- Stan Sakai
- Inks:
- Stan Sakai
- Letters:
- Stan Sakai
Content Information
- Genre:
- martial arts; funny animals; period
- Characters:
- Katsuichi-Sensei; Shunji; Jotaro; Young Usagi (flashback only)
- Synopsis:
- Bound by a debt of honor to someone who defeated him in battle, Usagi sends a letter to his old fencing teacher, asking him to consent to a match with Nakamura Koji, an old enemy of the aged teacher.
["Many Believe"] (Table of Contents)
Usagi Yojimbo Letters Column / letters page / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Sakai
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- In lieu of letters, Stan Sakai relates his inspirations and historical references involved in writing the first story. Then he relates a story that led to the second story's inspiration.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
A Potter's Tale
Usagi Yojimbo -
2.
The Missive
Usagi Yojimbo -
3.
["Many Believe"]
Usagi Yojimbo Letters Column
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Igor Dybzinski
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Heer
- Jere Juutilainen
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