Comments on: Free Comic Book Day 2009 – An Outsider Peeking In http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/2009/05/14/free-comic-book-day-2009-an-outsider-peeking-in/ The internet moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:28:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/2009/05/14/free-comic-book-day-2009-an-outsider-peeking-in/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Steve Fri, 15 May 2009 07:27:55 +0000 http://spongbros.co.uk/blog/?p=169#comment-138 "Side Two had a large, eclectic range of titles: Usagi Yojimbo (which translates from Japanese (despite not being a Japanese comic) to “Rabbit Bodyguard”. I suppose that they couldn’t call it “Bunnyguard” because of the The Angry Beavers episode of the same name) about a rabbit who is also a samurai,...." Considering the first self-titled Usagi Yojimbo story was published in 1984, FIFTEEN YEARS before The Angry Beavers episode you mention, it is extremely doubtful that cartoon episode's title had any influence on the comic's title. While Usagi Yojimbo is not a manga, considering it is created and published in the USA, it is the work of a third generation Japanese-American cartoonist and the stories are set in an anthropomorphic version of 17th century Japan which is based upon extensive research into the cultures and traditions of that period's society. Stan Sakai has also been nominated this year for an Eisner Award for best continuing comic series. “Side Two had a large, eclectic range of titles: Usagi Yojimbo (which translates from Japanese (despite not being a Japanese comic) to “Rabbit Bodyguard”. I suppose that they couldn’t call it “Bunnyguard” because of the The Angry Beavers episode of the same name) about a rabbit who is also a samurai,….”

Considering the first self-titled Usagi Yojimbo story was published in 1984, FIFTEEN YEARS before The Angry Beavers episode you mention, it is extremely doubtful that cartoon episode’s title had any influence on the comic’s title.

While Usagi Yojimbo is not a manga, considering it is created and published in the USA, it is the work of a third generation Japanese-American cartoonist and the stories are set in an anthropomorphic version of 17th century Japan which is based upon extensive research into the cultures and traditions of that period’s society.

Stan Sakai has also been nominated this year for an Eisner Award for best continuing comic series.

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