Big Comic

Big Comic
ビッグコミック

Cover of April 25, 2008 issue
Editor in Chief Masaichirō Kurashina
Categories Seinen manga
Frequency Semimonthly on the 10th and 25th
Circulation 454,000 (2010)
First issue 1968-02-29
Company Shogakukan
Country  Japan
Language Japanese
Website big-3.jp/bigcomic/index.html

Big Comic (ビッグコミック Biggu Komikku) is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 1968-02-29 by Shogakukan in Japan.[1] It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th beginning in April 1968. It is paired with sister magazine Big Comic Original, going on sale in the weeks Big Comic Original does not. Circulation in 2008 was reported at slightly over a half-million copies.[2]

The magazine has published works by a number of well-known manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka, Shotaro Ishinomori, Sanpei Shirato, Takao Saito, Fujiko Fujio (A), Fujiko F. Fujio, and Tetsuya Chiba. Big Comic also serializes Saito's Golgo 13, which is the oldest manga series still in publication.

The front cover of the magazine featured a caricature of a famous individual by manga illustrator Shūichi Higurashi for more than forty years.[3] Higurashi's drawings were featured on the cover of Big Comic from 1970 until 2011.[3] Higurashi retired in the autumn of 2011 due to failing health.[3]

List of works

Currently serialized

These series appear according to a regular schedule in the magazine.

Irregularly serialized

These series are currently serialized, but have no specific schedule for when each chapter appears in the magazine.

Formerly serialized

References

  1. ↑ Schodt, Frederik L. (1996). Dreamland Japan: writings on modern manga. Stone Bridge Press. p. 97. ISBN 1-880656-23-X.
  2. ↑ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Big Comic Cover Artist Shūichi Higurashi Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-05-03.

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