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STAN SAKAI

Active: 1984–2026

212

AS WRITER

242

AS ARTIST

31

KEY ISSUES

37

SERIES

Stan Masahiko Sakai is a Japanese-born American cartoonist and comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

NOTABLE WORKS: KEY ISSUES

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Critters

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Earliest catalogued appearances of Usagi Yojimbo, Murakami Gennosuke (Gen), Gnicky, and 2 more.

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Epic Illustrated

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Earliest catalogued appearance of Groo.

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Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer

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Earliest catalogued appearance of Rufferto.

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Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer

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Earliest catalogued appearances of Mulch and Sage (Groo).

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Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer

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Earliest catalogued appearances of Minstrel and Taranto.

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Earliest catalogued appearances of Tomoe Ame and Noriyuki.

SERIES · TOP 12 OF 37 BY ISSUES CREDITED

Usagi Yojimbo

1996

162 credited issues

Sergio Aragonés Groo the Wanderer

1985

120 credited issues

Usagi Yojimbo

2019

31 credited issues

Critters

1986

13 credited issues

Groo: Friends and Foes

2015

12 credited issues

Sergio Aragonés Groo

1994

12 credited issues

The Groo Chronicles

1989

6 credited issues

Usagi Yojimbo: Ten Thousand Plums

2025

5 credited issues

Usagi Yojimbo: Ice and Snow

2023

5 credited issues

Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow

2024

5 credited issues

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Usagi Yojimbo: Wherewhen

2023

5 credited issues

Space Circus

2000

4 credited issues

FREQUENT COLLABORATORS · TOP 8

Issues where both are credited as writer or artist

Freddy Milton 9 issues together Steven A. Gallacci 6 issues together Kim Thompson 5 issues together Sergio Aragonés 4 issues together Mark Armstrong 3 issues together Mark Evanier 3 issues together Mike Kazaleh 3 issues together Sam Kieth 3 issues together

CHARACTERS · TOP 10

Appearing most often in their credited issues

Usagi Yojimbo Groo Rufferto Murakami Gennosuke (Gen)Mulch Sage (Groo)Minstrel Tomoe Ame Jotaro Kitsune (Usagi Yojimbo)

All (452)Writer (212)Artist (242)Keys (31)

COLLECTED EDITIONS

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection, Vol. 9

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 1: Sombras de muerte/ Usagi Yojimbo vol. 1

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #36

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #11

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #2

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #9

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #3

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #4

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #10

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #35

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #27

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #37

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #1

Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 1 #14

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 2

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 3: Al filo de la vida y la muerte: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 3

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 4: Estaciones: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 4

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 5: Segadora: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 5

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 7: Samurai: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 7

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 8: El camino del vagabundo: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 8

Usagi Yojimbo vol. 9: La conspiracion del dragon: Usagi Yojimbo vol. 9

Usagi Yojimbo Volume 9: Daisho

Usagi Yojimbo, Vol. 29

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