Stan Sakai (b. 1953)

Biography:

Born in Japan, raised in Hawaii and later settled on the continental USA.

Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

  • Stan Sakai
  • Type: Common Alternative Name
    Given name: Sakai Family name: Stan

Other Names:

  1. Stanley Masahiko Sakai Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Stanley Masahiko Family name: Sakai
  2. 坂井雅彦 Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: 雅彦 Family name: 坂井

Signatures:

  1. Just Sakai [in box] [generic]
  2. S. [generic]
  3. S. Sakai [generic]
  4. Sakai [generic]
  5. Sakai 1996 [generic]
  6. SAKAI [in box] [generic]
  7. SAKAI [Usagi Yojimbo]
  8. Stan [generic]
  9. Stan Sakai [generic]
  10. Stan [with Miyamoto Usagi]


Awards:

  1. 1991: Inkpot Award - [no name]
  2. 1996: Eisner Award - Best Letterer
  3. 1996: Eisner Award - Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition
  4. 2000: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Best Script
  5. 2002: National Cartoonist Society Awards (NCS Awards) - Comic Book Division
  6. 2007: Harvey Award - Best Letterer
  7. 2011: Shel Dorf Awards - Continuing Series of the Year
  8. 2012: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
  9. 2012: Shel Dorf Awards - Letterer of the Year
  10. 2014: Inkwell Awards - The All-in-One Award
  11. 2014: Premios Haxtur (Haxtur Awards) - Autor que Amamos (Author That We Loved)
  12. 2015: Eisner Award - Best Letterer
  13. 2016: Harvey Award - Best Cartoonist
  14. 2018: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
  15. 2020: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
  16. 2020: Eisner Award - Hall of Fame - Voter's Choice
  17. 2020: Ringo Awards - Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
  18. 2021: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
  19. 2021: Ringo Awards - Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
  20. 2023: Eisner Award - Best Lettering
  21. 2023: Ringo Awards - Best Letterer
  22. 2024: Ringo Awards - Best Letterer

Awards for Issues:

  1. 1987: Squiddy Award - Favorite Graphic Novel
    Epic Graphic Novel: The Death of Groo (1987 series)
  2. 2002: Squiddy Award - Best Anthology
    9-11 (2002 series) #1
  3. 2020: Ringo Awards - Best Single Issue or Story
    Usagi Yojimbo (2019 series) #6 [Standard Cover]
  4. 2022: Eisner Award - Best Publication for Early Readers (up to Age 8)
    Chibi Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis (2021 series)
  5. 2024: Eisner Award - Best Anthology
    Comics for Ukraine (2023 series)

Relations:

  1. Spouse - Julie Fujii
    Notes: Married 2015-11-17.
  2. Spouse - Sharon Sakai
    Notes: Married 1977, until her death in 2014.

Schools:

  1. Art Center College of Design [Pasadena, California] ? to ?


Degrees:

  1. B.F.A., University of Hawaii in None?


Art Influences:

Stan Sakai (b. 1953) stated influences by:
  1. Sergio Aragonés (b. 1937)
  2. Steve Ditko (b. 1927)
  3. Milo Manara (b. 1945)

Memberships:

  1. Comic Art Professional Society Type: member

  2. National Cartoonists Society Type: member

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