Usagi Yojimbo Book 10: The Brink of Life and Death - Limited S&N Hardcover Alter Ego he was given the assignment

he was given the assignment of providing the artwork for Dashiell Hammett's hardboiled strip

Tired of roughing it outdoors and longing for the simple luxuries of the Central Park Zoo

for a weekly comic strip

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Usagi Yojimbo Book 10: The Brink of Life and Death - Limited S&N Hardcover Alter Ego he was given the assignmentThis is one of the Artist's Proofs sold by Stan directly to his fans at conventions. "This is number 18AP of 500 copies of the hardcover edition each of which has been individually signed, numbered, and illustrated by Stan Sakai." It has a bound in limitation page with a 4 inch square where Stan has drawn a full scene with Usagi and a dragonfly with mountains and clouds in the distance. Volume 10 collects issues 1 6 of the Dark Horse comic book series