Was told by the guy at my comic store that this was going to be the last Usagi Yojimbo for DARK HORSE comics and that Stan Sakai was moving his Usagi series over to IDW publishing. And while Usagi has always been done in the traditional black and white style, apparently the new series will be full color! Something to look forward to.
As for this last Dark Horse graphic novel, "The Hidden", the clerk also mentioned 'Stan went really hard inthe paint wiht the Christianity angle in thsi one". I remembered he'd done a story based on Christianity before, but this one was an entire story arc, this time instead of a crucifix, tracking down a Japanese-translated Bible.