Stan Sakai previews new Usagi Yojimbo, TMNT crossover
 

I hope this ain't an April fools joke

http://ew.com/books/2017/04/01/stan-...alflow_twitter

Fanfreakingtastic, very happy about this.

If anyone sees my post before they click the link, heads up, there are a lot of spoilers!


Kinda wish I hadn't read it, honestly. :lol:

I'm glad it confirms this is also with the IDW Turtles. Usagi doesn't know these Turtles, but he knows the Mirage Turtles. Real interesting to see them keep continuity with the previous Usagi crossovers.

Hell yes it's real. Can't fake that Sakai or Petersen art.

:)

Sweet. I know Bobby must be extremely hyped to have pulled this off. :tcool:

This is so awesome!!! I can't wait for this.. I didn't notice a release date or if idw was doing this or dark horse.

Stan wrote and drew, so I'm assuming under Dark Horse. Just a guess, though.

Is it just me or this comic in color? I say because of that one panel shown in color, but almost all Usagi books are in black and white.

The article says it'll be out in July.

Also, Entertainment Weekly refers to the turtles as Samurai and Usagi as a Ninja. *face palms*

Has it been absolutely, positively, completely, 100% confirmed that it's a crossover with the IDW Turtles? 'Cause I won't get hyped otherwise. *holds breath*

The description has Sakai flat out say Usagi meets these Turtles for the first time, they have colored bandana's, and IDW is the ones who set up the crossover.

Ahh ok sweet thanks for pointing that out,guess I missed that part

YESS!!!
I LOVE it! Always been an Usagi fan, and love the Mirage crossovers. I've been waiting for this for years, and now it's finally here!

This is not a variant cover or anything to my knowledge (though we can surely expect a cool one, I would think!), but I guess we should've thought something was up when it was posted to Kevin's Instagram/Facebook this morning! :trazz:

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...5b&oe=5996DE22

Peter was the one to was a close friend and collaborator with Stan Saki. Its cool to see Kevin working with Stan on a story and the fact there was a next time after Peter sold off the rights is amazing in itself.

A 40 page one-shot in all color will be great. So glad Viacom and Sakai reached a deal for Usagi to appear in both the Nick cartoon and crossover with IDW.

This is something I have wanted for such a long time. This year will be a great year getting to see Usagi meet up with the Turtles in both TV and Comic form. I really can't wait to read this one shot this summer.

To do anything else would be bizarre. And they're at Sakai's mercy... no way he'd just be like, "Yeah yeah, it's been the IDW Turtles this whole time."

Yes, Stan has mentioned this. It's the same Usagi. It's not the same turtles. So Usagi "knows" Leo but not this Leo, and of course none of the turtles know Usagi.

I was on vacations when this new came out.
So freaking glad everybody is making this happen: sometimes these sort of project never come to life because people in charge don't feel like doing it, so we can be really thankfull this is coming.
Full Sakai art means HD version for me, there's no other way.

*SQUEEEEEEE!!* If this is really happening I am having a fan-girl joygasm!!!! I will be getting this for sure when it comes out in trades. Usagi is my all-time fave TMNT ally. And now that I've started reading his books I'm even more stoked! So AWESOME!!

Awesome! Definitely looking forward to this!

I love that art!

FINALLY!!!!!!! :D

i've SO been hoping for this!!!! :D


thanks for the heads up Powder! :)
i'm so tempted to look, but i really want to enjoy this story with a blank slate. :D

I glanced the article to not get too deep with spoilers (not that I mind, really), and the one thing that stood out to me was this is the same Usagi interacting with the IDW Turtles. This is really interesting to me! Has the IDW Turtles been made aware of the overarching Turtleverse yet?

Sort of, Renet hinted at that when talking to them during the B&RDE mini series.

Notice the tails :tgrin:


https://www.facebook.com/officialsta...type=3&theater

As it should be. :D

It's an interesting choice. I would've thought Sakai would have wanted to visually distinguish the IDW TMNT from the Mirage TMNT a little more (the wraps, etc.). These just basically look like the Mirage TMNT.

Maybe I'm confused, but I thought these were intended to be the Mirage turtles


EDIT: Okay, yeah. Pretty sure I'm confused.

What I'm curious about is whether the hardcover edition will be deluxe-sized.

These are the IDW turtles. Stan just draws them the same way, which I think is neat.
It's also been rumored that in the story Usagi recalls his meetings with the Mirage turtles and has to get accustomed to these new guys. Very interesting stuff. :)

To be fair, lot's of IDW characters don't have consistent anatomy. Hob's tail seems to pop in and out of existance.

Plus, name a single species of turtle that doesn't have a tail.

Since this story is gonna be able the same lingth as a annual, does that mean that it'll probably cost the same as those have in the past?

idonow

you can be pretty close

http://img11.deviantart.net/523d/i/2...47-d8yk2pi.png

Is it just me or does this look kinda like Trunks?
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/...ix=protagonist

Thanks for sharing.

Kevin at the end of the video-"come on dow-!":lol:

The wonderful art and connection to the Mirage Universe, if even in a very small manner, have won me over. I'll be picking this up for sure.