Stan Sakai's New Art Book! Usagi Yojimbo & Akira Kurosawa Influence
Direct Edition · Sep 21, 2026 · 57:39
Direct Edition · Sep 21, 2026 · 57:39
Listen in the Podli app 🎧
Follow your favourite podcasts, listen offline and in the car with CarPlay and Android Auto, and always pick up where you left off. Free to try.
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
