08-31-2022, 12:54 PM | #1 |
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Did we ever find out why Dark Horse stopped publishing Usagi comics?
Usagi had been with Dark Horse since 1996 and published nearly 200 issues with Stan Sakai. Then in 2019 Dark Horse stopped publishing the comics and Stan went to IDW to continue the series.
I've been looking online but can't find any real reason Dark Horse suddenly dropped the series after publishing it for nearly 20 years. Did Stan ever say why? |
08-31-2022, 01:19 PM | #2 |
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Wasn't selling.
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08-31-2022, 02:57 PM | #3 |
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I'm just surprised since from 1996-2018...they kept publishing them for over 20 years. When you're with a publisher for two decades, being dropped like that is a bit shocking.
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08-31-2022, 04:12 PM | #4 |
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The sales figures and the things going on at Dark Horse (plus the retirement of his long time friend Diane) I think encouraged Stan to look for a new publisher. Plus obviously TMNT and Kevin were at IDW.
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TF this have to do with TMNT. Usagi is Turtles-adjacent but his own thing and has been forever.
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09-02-2022, 09:53 AM | #6 |
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I personally never cared much about the Usagi-TMNT connections. Even the crossovers with Usagi and Mirage TMNT, it didn't feel like the Mirage TMNT, really.
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09-02-2022, 02:39 PM | #7 |
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Seems like Dark Horse has lost just about all their major licenses from the 1990s. Star Wars is the big one, obviously. But along with Usagi, Godzilla comes to mind.
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09-02-2022, 03:37 PM | #8 |
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Like, imagine if Mirage TMNT stayed only Mirage TMNT. There was no deal with SURGE Licensing and Playmates or Fred Wolf or anything. It was just a B&W comic that continues going after 30 years with no guest artists or writers or anything and never really "expands." I respect it, absolutely, but Usagi hasn't been like a hot ticket franchise since ever. Personally I say that's a good thing, but whatever.
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09-03-2022, 05:21 PM | #10 |
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It surprises me also that Stan Sakai himself writes and does the art for every issue for 35 years. Isn't that unusual for an American comic? He never had any guest writers or artists do issues, every issue is written and drawn by himself. I seriously can't think of any other comic that's only done by 1 guy for two decades.
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09-03-2022, 07:51 PM | #12 |
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That's what I mean. Usagi started in 1984, its been nearly 40 years and every single issue and story is written by Stan Sakai. Is there any other comic done by just 1 person like this for nearly 40 years? It's so strange to me the series is still going or Stan himself never lost interest or wanted to stop.
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I read a few Usagi Yojimbo novels some years ago, and they had some great stories within them. I never knew that D.H. and Stan Sakai had parted ways until I came across this thread.
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09-07-2022, 12:34 PM | #15 |
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Been sitting on this for a day or so… but Usagi is technically going back to DH…!
https://screenrant.com/new-usagi-yoj...gu-publishing/
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09-09-2022, 03:24 PM | #17 |
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The irony of me just making this thread. Usagi is now returning to Dark Horse:
https://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/3593/...nt-dark-horse/ What the hell. IDW only published 31 issues of Usagi Yojimbo from 2019-2022 and now Stan is leaving and returning to Dark Horse. So why on earth did he part with them in the first place? |
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