Big comic
Big Comic ( Japanese ビ ッ グ コ ミ ッ ク , Biggu Komikku ) is a Japanese manga magazine , which, founded in 1968, is published every two weeks by Shōgakukan publisher and with the publication of his manga is aimed primarily at adult male readers.
The first issue of Big Comic published Shogakukan on February 29, 1968. Initially, a monthly publication was planned, but in April 1968 it was converted to a biweekly. Since then, the magazine has been published on the 10th and 25th of each month.
The magazine published works by a number of well-known illustrators, including Osamu Tezuka , Shōtarō Ishinomori , Sanpei Shirato , Takao Saito , Fujiko Fujio and Tetsuya Chiba . Big Comic also includes the long running manga series Golgo 13 .
The illustrator Shūichi Higurashi designed the cover of the magazine for over 40 years, from 1970 to 2011, each of which depicts a caricature of a well-known Japanese personality. He was therefore awarded a special Shogakukan Manga Prize in 1999 together with Makoto Muramatsu , the cover designer of the sister magazine Big Comic Original .
Published manga series
Ongoing
- Akabee , Hiroshi Kurogane
- C-kyū Salaryman Kōza , Keisuke Yamashina
- Cruise: Ishi Yamada Kōhei Kōkaishi , author Masao Yajima , draftsman Hiroyuki Kikuta
- Double Face , Fujihiko Hosono
- Gin no Shippo , Shinri Mori
- Golgo 13 , Takao Saito
- Hana China , author Yūji Nishi , draftsman Shinji Hikino
- Kamuroba-mura e , Mikio Igarashi
- Munakata Kyōju Ikōroku , Yukinobu Hoshino
- Ōgon no Rafu: Sōta no Stance , Tsuyoshi Nakaima
- Sōmu Busōmuka Yamaguchi Roppeita , author Norio Hayashi , draftsman Ken'ichirō Takai
- Taiyō no Mokushiroku , Kaiji Kawaguchi
- Sekuhara-kachō no Tsubuyaki , Tōru Nakajima
- Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime , author Masaharu Nabeshima , draftsman Mitsuo Hashimoto
Uneven publication frequency
- Chūshun Komawari-kun , Tatsuhiko Yamagami
- Osozaki Jijii , Yoshinori Kobayashi
- Uchū Kazoku Nobeyama , Jirō Okazaki
- Veterinarian Dolittle , author Midori Natsu , draftsman Kiyoshi Chikuyama
Completed / no longer in the magazine
- Ayako , Osamu Tezuka
- Barbara , Osamu Tezuka
- Big Wing , author Masao Yajima, draftsman Shinji Hikino
- Chikyū o Nomu , Osamu Tezuka
- Eagle , Kaiji Kawaguchi
- Eulogy to Kirihito , Osamu Tezuka
- Five , Riki Kusaka
- Gekiga ObaQ , Fujiko F. Fujio
- Gekitō Magnitude 7.7 , Takao Yamaguchi
- Gringo , Osamu Tezuka
- Happyaku Yachō Hyōri no Kewaishi , Shōtarō Ishinomori
- Hidamari no Ki , Osamu Tezuka
- Hotel , Shōtaro Ishinomori
- IL , Osamu Tezuka
- Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi , Fumi Saimon
- Kusakabe Shomei Kyūka Omiya-san , Shotaro Ishinomori
- Minotaur no Sara , Fujiko F. Fujio
- Mirai no Omoide , Fujiko F. Fujio
- MW , Osamu Tezuka
- Notary public Matsutaro , Tetsuya Chiba
- Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae , Shōtarō Ishinomori
- Sora! Flight attendant Monogatari , author Masao Yajima, draftsman Shinji Hikino
See also
- Big Comic Spirits , sister magazine
- Big Comic Superior , sister magazine
- Big Gold , former sister magazine
Individual evidence
- ↑ Big Comic Cover Artist Shūichi Higurashi Passes Away . Anime News Network, April 19, 2012.
Web links
- Official Website (Japanese)