{"product_id":"usagi-yojimbo-crossroads","title":"Usagi Yojimbo: Crossroads","description":"                                            \u003cb\u003eThe rabbit ronin's newest adventures continue in this fourth volume that sees Usagi and new companion Yukichi on the road! Thinking their troubles behind them, they find new ones constantly emerging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \"Ransom,\" Usagi and Yukichi meet up with Kitsune, a street performer and thief, who has stolen a ledger recording bribes to local politicians. When Kitsune's protege is kidnapped in return, Usagi decides that he must help and get her back. Then, in \"Crossroads,\" Usagi and Yukichi come upon a group of pilgrims who have been left for dead by a band of cutthroat ronin. Deciding to go after them, Usagi must head back to the province, and the danger, from which he has just escaped!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCollects issues #22-26 of the all-new full-color \u003ci\u003eUsagi Yojimbo\u003c\/i\u003e series published by IDW.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStan Sakai \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Kyoto, Japan, and grew up in Hawaii. Sakai  received a fine arts degree from the University of Hawaii and furthered  his studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena,  California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSakia's creation, Usagi Yojimbo, first appeared in the comic book \u003ci\u003eAlbedo Anthropomorphics\u003c\/i\u003e #2 in 1984. Since then, Usagi has been on television as a guest of the  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and has been made into toys, seen on  clothing, and his stories have been collected in more than three dozen  graphic novels and translated into 16 languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSakai is the  recipient of a Parents' Choice Award, an Inkpot Award, an American  Library Association Award, two Harvey Awards, five Spanish Haxturs,  eight Will Eisner Awards, and two National Cartoonists Society Silver  Reubens. In 2011, Stan received the Cultural Ambassador Award from the  Japanese American National Museum for spreading Japanese history and  culture through his stories. Sakai was awarded the inaugural Joe Kubert  Excellence in Storytelling Award in 2018 and was inducted into the Will  Eisner Hall of Fame in 2020. Sakai, in partnership with Gaumont USA, is  currently developing an Usagi animated series for Netflix.\r\n                                        ","brand":"Usagi Yojimbo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42323134841023,"sku":"9781684059102","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/products\/27wF06zMLyHIdP_phaQwNhl_82q2GKhN1An06XfSwGNHBQ_60_60.jpg?v=1681681098","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/usagi-yojimbo-crossroads","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}