I've been reading a lot of Daredevil and Usagi Yojimbo lately. What do these two have in common, other than clear Japanese influence? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles of course!
Usagi Yojimbo has appeared in TMNT a number of times and the turtles guest appeared in Usagi once, in an episode in which they were teleported to Usagis world and wondered why everyone there was anthroporphic. Daredevil is a huge influence on TMNT. You can see this in such homages as the enemies who are called The Foot in TMNT (The Hand in DD), the origins (Daredevil and TMNT were born when a truck carrying radioactive waste crashed) and Splinter, who is a stick-wielding sensei in both. Even the red turtle, Raphael carries the sai of Elektra, who is also dressed in red.
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