Entrevistas

1. Inspirations

2. Making it happen

3. Richard Sakai

4. Works of Stan Sakai

5. His method

6. Influence as a youth

7. Manga vs. Comics

8. Reading all sorts of comics

9. Family’s acceptance

10. Styles and influences

11. Culture as a child

12. Cultural influences

Sakai,Stan

(n. 1953) Caricaturista

Family’s acceptance

It’s a challenge, especially if you’re Asian, yes. Asians go into doctors, they become lawyers or accountants or something. Actually, my father pushed me. “Well, you should go into computers, or take some business, get a business degree, you know.” But I really wanted to do artwork. I quit my job, I went full time into freelance artwork. And lived, moving up to LA from Hawaii. We did not know anyone here, so it was basically knocking on doors, calling, making phone calls, and basically taking whatever I could get. T-shirt designs, book illustrations, magazine illustrations, newspapers. But when Usagi [Yojimbo] happened, I was able to devote, pretty much full time to Usagi. And I remember my first book signing in Hawaii, my father thought he’d come over to see me. And he could not get into the store because of the crowds. So after that, “Well, I guess Stan’s doing okay then.” So I think that was the acceptance right there.

dibujantes cómics familias novelas gráficas Hawái manga ocupaciones (empleo) Estados Unidos

Fecha: September 28, 2010

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: Lynn Yamasaki, Maria Kwong

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Stan Sakai nació en Kioto, Japón, y fue criado en Hawái. El ilustrador y escritor Stan Sakai es conocido por su creación del popular personaje de cómic, “Usagi Yojimbo”, en 1984. Desde 1987, una serie de cómics han detallado las aventuras de Miyamoto Usagi, un conejo samurái que vive entre fines del siglo XVI y principios del siglo XVII. Sakai es conocido por su incorporación de la historia y cultura japonesa reales, ganando un premio alguna vez por “tejer hábilmente hechos y leyendas a su trabajo”. Una exhibición de su trabajo fue organizada por el museo en el 2011. (Agosto del 2012)