{"id":1112,"date":"2011-10-29T15:10:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2011-10-29T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T15:10:25","slug":"hard-copy-usagi-yojimbo-reaches-200th-issue-stan-sakai-honored-with-year-of-the-rabbit-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=1112","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: Usagi Yojimbo Reaches 200th Issue Stan Sakai Honored With Year Of The Rabbit Exhibit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai was named the 2011 Cultural Ambassador<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/18506.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1120\" title=\"18506\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/18506.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"647\" \/><\/a> by the Japanese American National Museum. Shortly thereafter, the JANM opened their Year of the Rabbit exhibit\u2014the most comprehensive collection of Sakai\u2019s work to date.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Stan Sakai has won several Eisner Awards and has received over twenty Eisner Award nominations. Prior to Dark Horse\u2019s long run on the series, there were thirty-eight Fantagraphics issues, sixteen Mirage issues, a summer special, and four color specials. Dark Horse\u2019s Usagi Yojimbo #141 marks the landmark two hundredth overall issue of master storyteller Stan Sakai\u2019s beloved series, and the rabbit ronin celebrates with a special story perfect for new readers, \u201c200 Buddhas\u201d! With a ruthless gang terrorizing his small town, a humble stonecutter receives a vision and sets out to carve two hundred stone figures. Just as he has finished the 199th, a long-eared stranger comes to his door seeking shelter from the rain!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a perfect world, everyone would read Usagi Yojimbo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Greg McElhatton, Comic Book Resources<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese American National Museum is the largest museum in the United States dedicated to sharing the experience of Americans of Japanese ancestry. The founding of the museum is a story of high hopes, remarkable achievements, frustration, and, ultimately, success. The JANM is located in Los Angeles, and the Year of the Rabbit exhibit closes its doors October 30, 2011 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janm.org\/exhibits\/stansakai\/\">http:\/\/www.janm.org\/exhibits\/stansakai\/<\/a><br \/>\nUsagi Yojimbo #141 is on sale October 26, 2011!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai was named the 2011 Cultural Ambassador by the Japanese American National Museum. Shortly thereafter, the JANM opened their Year of the Rabbit exhibit\u2014the most comprehensive collection of Sakai\u2019s work to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[88,100,14,267,268],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hard-copy","tag-comic-book","tag-dark-horse","tag-james","tag-stan-sakai","tag-usagi-yojimbo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1124,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions\/1124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}