Stan Sakai's New Art Book! Usagi Yojimbo & Akira Kurosawa Influence

Legendary cartoonist Stan Sakai returns to Direct Edition to discuss The Art of Stan Sakai, his first-ever Kickstarter: an oversized art book collecting five decades of work.  Sakai shares his lifelong love of physical media, the trial-and-error watercolor technique that gives his paintings their glow, and the Koh-I-Noor pen he stockpiled 20 years ago when it was discontinued.  The two discuss Sakai's 40-year friendship with Sergio Aragonés, broadening Usagi’s world with the Kagemusha project, Kaito 84, and Kurosawa's cinematic influence on his panels. KICKSTARTER LINK https://tinyurl.com/mp45pcm https://www.stansakai.com/ directeditionpodcast.com Join My Patreon https://www.patreon.com/davengersdirectedition Send us Fan Mail Support the show