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Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Fri, 30 May 2025 00:43:58 GMT

@Mayhem

"Beginning with issue #65 (August 1984), Sim began collaborating with the artist Gerhard, who drew all the backgrounds while Sim, who continued to write the series himself, drew the foreground figures. Gerhard and Sim continued to work together on Cerebus until the series concluded with issue #300, in March 2004."

By MontyCircus

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Thu, 29 May 2025 21:49:06 GMT

@MontyCircus that's not quite true, Cerebus the Aardvark has more issues, but Usagi is slowly creeping up on it, but has competition from Savage Dragon.

By Mayhem

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Thu, 29 May 2025 14:08:46 GMT

Anyone remember an Usagi Yojimbo game for DOS/PC? I have a vague memory of playing a game based on the character at a friend’s house, but he only had PCs. Probably early 90s. Internet search is only coming up with this game, the TTRPG, and the 2013 game.

By HoyeBoye

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Thu, 29 May 2025 11:25:03 GMT

im one of those people who only know about yojimbo thanks to its TMHT crossovers....

By MysticWangForce

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Thu, 29 May 2025 06:41:13 GMT

In CBR's latest poll, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo series was voted the #80 best comic book run of all-time.

It's also the longest-running comic-book series by a single writer/artist, with no assistance from other creators.

He's won 8 Eisner Awards (known as "The Oscars of Comics") and is in the Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

By MontyCircus

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 22:28:25 GMT

One of my first games on C64. Spent lots of afternoons playing it. Great game and great memories. Thanks very much for this article.

By bkd777

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 21:35:44 GMT

@JackGYarwood Critters issue #1 was indeed published in June 86. However Usagi appeared in a number of further Critters issues along the way (you note the Mogera ninja, they were first introduced in Critters 10 and 11), he also featured in issues 23, 27, 38 and 50 which were definitely published after Usagi Yojimbo #1 launched. That’s what I was referring to, he didn’t appear in Critters, stopped appearing in Critters and then started in his own comic, he appeared in both at the same time in 87 and 88.

By Mayhem

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 19:43:02 GMT

@Mayhem Thanks for your comment. Just to double-check, do you have the dates before correcting? Critters Vol. 1 seems to be dated June 1986, whereas I've seen Usagi Yojimbo #1 from Fantagraphics Books dated July 1987.

There was an earlier one-off called Usagi Yojimbo: Summer Special from 1986. Is that what you're referring to?

By JackGYarwood

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 19:04:52 GMT

Nice piece, and the game is still excellent today. Have been friends with Stan for over 25 years, have shown him around London (twice!), and gave him copies of the game for his archives as he did not own them. Been reading Usagi for about 30 years. And there is good reason why Stan is considered the nicest man in comics.

One small correction. Usagi’s standalone comic series began before he finished his run in Critters, so the two sort of ran in parallel for a few stories.

By Mayhem

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 19:04:02 GMT

@Mayhem That makes sense, I really didn't get into gaming till the NES, I was too young before that. I remember messing around on my cousin's Atari back in the day but that was just a novelty back then.

By Tasuki

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 18:57:39 GMT

@Tasuki C64 was massive in the US but it lost out to the NES by 1988 once that took hold.

By Mayhem

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 18:44:59 GMT

@Tasuki Same, I saw those crossovers years back and thought he was just another Eastman/Laird character! 😅

By BulkSlash

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 18:10:57 GMT

Wow didn't realize they had a game for Usagi. Of course the Commadore wasn't big here in America so there's that.

Also to be honest I didn't know Usagi Yojimbo was its own thing I remember seeing him crossover in the TMNT cartoons when I was a kid then of course getting his TMNT figure one Christmas morning. It was till years later that I discovered he was his own thing.

By Tasuki

Re: Feature: How A Cult Comic About A Samurai Rabbit Became A Classic Commodore 64 Game

Wed, 28 May 2025 17:12:39 GMT

Loved it, fantastic game.

By mjparker77