Stan Sakai (born 1953) is a third-generation American of Japanese descent. Born in Kyoto, Japan, he grew up in Hawaii and is presently living and working in Los Angeles, California. 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... This page is about the city Kyoto. ... Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² n/a km 2,450 km 41. ... Los Angeles redirects here. ...

He studied fine arts at the University of Hawaii and later attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Fine art is a term used to refer to fields traditionally considered to be artistic. ... Jean Charlots mural called Commencement is featured at Bachman Hall, the administrative center of the University of Hawai`i System. ... Photo of Art Center during the night. ...

He began his career by lettering comic books (notably Groo the Wanderer by Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier) and became famous with the creation of Usagi Yojimbo, the epic saga of Miyamoto Usagi, a seventeenth-century samurai rabbit. First published in 1984, the comic continues to this day, with Sakai as the lone author and nearly-sole artist. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Groo the Wanderer is a fantasy/comedy comic book series written and drawn by Sergio Aragonés, rewritten, coplotted and edited by Mark Evanier, lettered by Stan Sakai, and colored by Tom Luth. ... Sergio Aragonés (born 1937) is a cartoonist and writer. ... Mark Evanier (born March 2, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American writer. ... Usagi Yojimbo book 11: Seasons Usagi Yojimbo (Literally Rabbit Bodyguard, can be written うさぎ用心棒 or 兎用心棒) is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. ... Japanese samurai in armour, 1860s. ...

Awards

2003 Ursa Major Award for “Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book”

2002 National Cartoonists Society Comic Book Division Award (Usagi yojimbo)

2002 Ursa Major Award for “Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip”

2001 Ursa Major Award for “Best Anthropomorphic Comic Book or Strip”

2000 Haxtur Award for "Best Script [in Spain]" (Usagi Yojimbo's "Grasscutter" [Spanish Edition])

1999 Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story" (Usagi Yojimbo "Grasscutter")

1999 Haxtur Award for "Best Short Story [in Spain]" (Usagi Yojimbo "Noodles" [Spanish Edition])

1996 Eisner Award for "Best Letterer" (Groo and Usagi Yojimbo)

1996 Eisner Award for "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition" (Usagi Yojimbo)

1991 Inkpot Award from Comic-Con International: San Diego for "Lifetime Achievement in the Field of Cartooning"

1990 Parents' Choice Award for "Skillful weaving of facts and legends into his work"

From 1993 through 2005, Stan Sakai has received twenty-one Eisner Award nominations. He has also been nominationed for the Comics' Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Writer in 1999 and 2000.

See also

• WikiFur has more information on Stan Sakai
• [1] Comic Book Awards Almanac