How did Stan Sakai illustrate so many issues of Usagi Yojimbo and manage to not improve his art quality whatsoever during that time? Usually people will become more skilled just from the practice if they're that prolific unless they're just someone like Dobson.

>>149061510 (OP)
You can't see the difference between early Usagi and current? You might actually be blind, anon. Early Usagi's physiology is wildly different than how he looks now.

>>149061510 (OP)
Your thread is retarded and you are blind

>>149061542
the art kind of plateaued after grasscutter, every issue after that pretty much looks the same.

>>149061510 (OP)
Fuck you.

>>149061510 (OP)
Because he got it right the first time.

>>149061510 (OP)
Always thought the art looked good, only thing that took a while to improve was the coloring.

>>149061756
He didn't just get it right he actually understands proper comic art, sequential style.

>>149061651
The art is kind of degrading now due to his age as with Schulz

>>149061510 (OP)
Scans aren't up yet, huh?

>>149063307
They've been up, I assume this is one of those weird reverse topics that have inexplicably become popular

>>149061510 (OP)
1. The art style did change, the fuck are you talking about. Compare #1 to the Duel at Kitanoji.
2. In its core, Usagi is a cartoon. It's like asking why Donald Duck comics do not become more realistic with time, you do not radically change the style of an established cartoon. When it hits the right point, it stays there.
>>149063148
Sadly, there is some truth in your words. It's hard to put a finger on it and it may be partly due to coloring (the art in the black and white version of Wherewhen #1 looks better than in the color version, no joke), but comparing Grasscutter or The Mother of Mountains to the current run makes everything modern seem just a bit off. It's not one or two things, that would be easy to point out, it's the general feel and tiny details. The comic also slowed down, there's fewer issues per year than there used to be.
Don't get me wrong, the comic was and is great, but age is not kind to anyone and Stan has been doing Usagi for 41 years now and is getting really old.

>Yukichi acts super weird
So either my joke theory is right or Yukichi is sick and hiding it.

>>149065004
I do wonder why kind of voice Yukichi has now that you say that. I've seen plenty of deep voices

>>149065004
I think it's more likely something Kirishitan related. Like he wears a cross.

>>149065105
So he is either a reverse trap, sick, cursed by a werecat or a secret Kirishitan. All "fantastic" options in peak feudal Japan.

>>149065166
Stan mentioned having a long term plan that would be gut wrenching. The secret Kirshitin thing would fit that well I think. Especially if stuff gets very Amakusa Shiro very fast.

I will reluctantly admit that the coloring got much better than in the early IDW days.
Interistingly, Yukichi was extra cute in this issue. He is a constant reminder that Usagi is considerably older than I originally imagined him to be.

>>149065392
>I will reluctantly admit that the coloring got much better than in the early IDW days.
Yeah I was surprised when I looked at the first page and was like. Shit. This doesn't look like ass.

>>149061510 (OP)
Sakai peaked and stayed at that peak.

Please ignore the handsome rabbit man taking a bath and look into his eyes. Yes, a bit more red than usual (seems like the current eye color "meta" is Usagi red, Tomoe green and fuck consistency), but that's not the point. There's light in those eyes. It happens many, many times in this issue and it actually looks good. There's actual effort put into this. No eye color fuck-ups either. Whoever is responsible deserves a medal.

>>149065501
>New comic is out
Storytime, when?

>>149065647
Dunno.