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August 20, 2012 by Katherine Dacey

Links: The rabbit ronin rides again

August 20, 2012 by Katherine Dacey   Leave a Comment

Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai spoke to The Star about his long-running series, which debuted twenty-eight years ago in the pages of Albedo Anthropomorphics. “People always ask me who I write these stories for, and I always tell them that I write and draw for a readership of ONE – myself!” he explained. “These are the kind of stories that I would like to read, so I’m just grateful that so many other people like to read the same type of stories.”

Will Desperate Dan have a second life in digital form? British comics site Down the Tubes discusses the future of The Dandy, which just announced that it would be discontinuing its print edition.

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Over at Graphic Novel Reporter, Kate Monnin interviews Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado about their work on Giants Beware!, while John Hogan talks to Poopy Claws creator Gene Ambaum.

Paul Gravett talks to Shaun Tan, creator of The Arrival.

Marvel just announced that its much-anticipated Avengers sequel will arrive in movie theaters on May 1, 2015 — which just happens to fall on the same weekend as Free Comic Book Day.

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About Katherine Dacey

Katherine Dacey has been reviewing comics since 2006. From 2007 to 2008, she was the Senior Manga Editor at PopCultureShock, a site covering all aspects of the entertainment industry from comics to video games. In 2009, she launched The Manga Critic, where she focuses primarily on Japanese comics and novels in translation. Katherine lives and works in the Greater Boston area, and is a musicologist by training.

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