Where did Usagi first appear?
(WWW Board December 2000) I had originally wanted to do a series based upon the life of Miyamoto Musashi, a 17th century samurai. However, after I sketched a bunny with his ears tied up in my sketch book I changed it from a human to a rabbit. Also, the similarity in names — Musashi/Usagi — was too good to pass up. (Comic Culture Vol 2 #2 Interview, Dec 1994) Well, oh, this is way back in 1983 I think it is, I had wanted to do a series, an Historical series based upon the life of Miyamoto Musashi, who was an actual seventeenth century samurai. But one day I created a rabbit and tied up his ears and I loved the design. It was really simple but no one had ever done it before. So instead of Miyamoto Musashi that character became Miyamoto Usagi. Usagi means rabbit of course. That’s how Usagi was born. (Comics Interview #44 Interview, August 1987) He appeared in Albedo #s 2, 3 and 4 and then in Critters. He’s also appeared in a color story for Doomsday Squad — I think it was #3 — and he’
