Comic Book Art: Usagi Yojimbo (Vol 1)

Continuing my look at my favourite comic books and their cover art, with the long running series Usagi Yojimbo.

The main character, Miyamoto Usagi was created by Stan Sakai, and was inspired by the legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi. "Usagi" simply means "rabbit" in Japanese. Yojimbo means "bodyguard". Usagi is a Ronin, or masterless samurai, and walks the warrior's path having adventures in a feudal period Japan populated by anthropomorphic animals.

Hit the jump to check out the cover art from the first volume, published by Fantagraphics Books.