Samurai Grandpa is a Samurai Comic Book by Eastin Deverna and Shawn Daley.
Ojichan is an old man who has lived a long life. In his youth, he was a Samurai, but now he just wants to settle down and be a grandfather in his family and live a life of peace. However, it's never really as simple as that, is it? When Ojichan shows up at his door, he finds his son Kyo dead, his daughter-in-law Harumi distraught over his murder, and his granddaughter Kimiko gone. He also finds a piece of paper on the ground, which has on it a symbol belonging to an old enemy from Ojichan's past.
His mission before him set, Ojichan sets out to go rescue his daughter. Along the way, he meets an eclectic cast of characters, friends new and old, and travels to lands he never knew before.
The comic was funded on Kickstarter on November 24th, 2016. It was published on June 26th, 2019.
Samurai Grandpa contains examples of:
- Cane Fu: Ojichan uses his cane as his weapon on his journey.
- Catapult Nightmare: Ojichan wakes up from a dream in this manner when it goes from a Flashback to a nightmare.
- Cool Old Guy: Ojichan. The man is an old samurai whos skills have not dulled with age. He's also on a quest to save his granddaughter, Kimiko.
- Cross-Popping Veins: Harumi has a small one on her temple when Ojichan tells her not to come on his quest.
- A Dog Named "Dog": One of Ojichan's old friends that he meets on his quest is a kitsune named... Kitsune.
- Dramatic Drop: When Ojichan gets home, he looks in a room, and drops the box he was carrying. The next panel reveals he saw Kyo lying on the floor from a wound he sustained and Harumi crying over him.
- Flashback: The comic contains a number of them, back to various points in Ojichan's life.
- Killed Mid-Sentence: In the comic's first flashback, a young Ojichan is confronted by an opponent, whom Ojichan decapitates before he can finish his sentence.Opponent: Stay your sword, Samurai. You do not want this fi—
- Meaningful Name: Ojichan is Japanese for "grandpa".
- Off with His Head!: In the first flashback of the comic, Ojichan kills an opponent by decapitating him.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Ojichan comes home to find his son, Kyo, has been murdered.
