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Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executioner

 
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PostPosted: Jan 21, 2004 4:11 pm    Post subject: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executioner Reply with quote

Samurai Executioner Due in June From Dark Horse
Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub

January 21, 2004
Samurai Executioner, the prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub by the same award-winning creators, Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, will be published by Dark Horse Comics beginning this summer.

This 10-volume series, in a 4" x 6" format, will follow in the wake of Dark Horse's release of the 24-volume Lone Wolf and Cub series, which won Dark Horse the Harvey Award for Best Presentation of Foreign Material in 2002 (see "Harvey Awards Announced in NYC").

Samurai Executioner tells the story of the shogun's weapons tester, Kubikiri Asa, known to Lone Wolf and Cub readers as Decapitator Asaemon, up until his decisive duel with his equal, Lone Wolf. Retailers can expect the same type of dramatic action and outstanding artwork as in Lone Wolf and Cub.

A new Lone Wolf live action movie is planned, and Animeigo has DVDs of the existing live action features (see "Pi Helmer Gets Lone Wolf").

http://icv2.com/articles/home/4142.html
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PostPosted: Jan 21, 2004 4:15 pm    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

I am all over these like peanut butter on jelly. I wonder if these will have superstar artists providing the covers again. I also hope that they come with the occasional essay on Japanese culture like Dark Horse did in the LW&C volumes. I thought those were pretty informative, and a nice extra.
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PostPosted: Jan 21, 2004 7:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

i'm buying this too!
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PostPosted: Jan 21, 2004 7:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

LW&C was 28 volumes... not 24.

Not important to the announcement, but facts are facts! Smile
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PostPosted: Jan 22, 2004 10:26 am    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

Lone Wolf and Cub was a everything I hoped it could be. Beautifully written and drawn. A true comics classic. Tell me I'm getting more of the same world from the same creators? You've got my money, no further questions asked.
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PostPosted: Jan 22, 2004 11:00 am    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

The LW&C reprint editor was chatting on a Comic Book Resources board last year.

He mentioned that Shogun Executioner is a lot more self-contained than LW&C. Most of the stories are single-issue tales, and there isn't the same narrative thread in the background. So its not epic on a grand scale, but a collection of tightly-focused small-scale stories.

If these are anything like the quality of the smaller LW&C stories I don't think we have anything to worry about.
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2004 6:25 am    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

They asked me to do the covers for this, which is great because I've been a fan of Koike and Kojima since I was a kid.
It will be a really fun series.
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2004 6:41 am    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

Dude, This series just keeps getting better!!!!!
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PostPosted: Jan 23, 2004 1:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Prequel to Lone Wolf and Cub in June: Samurai Executione Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:
They asked me to do the covers for this, which is great because I've been a fan of Koike and Kojima since I was a kid.
It will be a really fun series.


I think I just wet myself Smile This is going to be awesome.
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