Big Comic

***Big Comic*** (ビッグコミック, *Biggu Komikku*) is a semimonthly *seinen* manga magazine published since 18 February 1968 by Shogakukan in Japan. 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. but by mid-2015 had declined to 315,000, as part of an industry-wide trend in manga magazine sales.

The magazine has published works by a number of well-known manga artists, including Osamu Tezuka, Shotaro Ishinomori, Sanpei Shirato, Takao Saito, Fujiko A. Fujio, 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. Higurashi's drawings were featured on the cover of *Big Comic* from 1970 until 2011. Higurashi retired in the autumn of 2011 due to failing health.

## List of works

### Currently serialized

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

* *Golgo 13* (ゴルゴ13) by Takao Saito
* *Ōgon no Rafu: Sōta no Stance* (黄金のラフ〜草太のスタンス〜) by Tsuyoshi Nakaima
* *S - Saigo no Keikan* (S エス‐最後の警官‐) by Yoichi Komori and Yutaka Toudo
* *Shin C-Kyu Salaryman Koza* (新C級さらりーまん講座) by Keisuke Yamashina
* *Sōmubu Sōmuka Yamaguchi Roppeita* (総務部総務課山口六平太), written by Norio Hayashi and illustrated by Ken'ichirō Takai
* *Sekuhara-kachō no Tsubuyaki* (五月原課長のつぶやき) by Tōru Nakajima

### Irregularly serialized

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

* *Uchū Kazoku Nobeyama* by Jirō Okazaki

### Formerly serialized

* *A Distant Neighborhood* by Jiro Taniguchi
* *Akabee* by Hiroshi Kurogane
* *Ayako* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Barbara* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Big Wing*, written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Shinji Hikino
* *C-kyū Salaryman Kōza* by Keisuke Yamashina
* *Chūshun Komawari-kun* by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
* *Cruise: Ishi Yamada Kōhei Kōkaishi*, written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta
* *Double Face* by Fujihiko Hosono
* *Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President* by Kaiji Kawaguchi
* *Five* by Riki Kusaka, created by Yuzuru Hirayama
* *Gekiga ObaQ* by Fujiko F. Fujio
* *Gekitō Magnitude 7.7* by Takao Yamaguchi
* *Gin no Shippo* by Shinri Mori
* *Gringo* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Hana China* written by Yūji Nishi and illustrated by Shinji Hikino
* *Happyaku Yachō Hyōri no Kewaishi* by Shotaro Ishinomori
* *Hidamari no Ki* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Hotel* by Shotaro Ishinomori
* *I.L.* by Osamu Tezuka
* *The Laughing Salesman* (one-shot) by Fujiko A. Fujio
* *The Legend of Kamui*, written by Sanpei Shirato and illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto
* *Kamui Gaiden* by Sanpei Shirato
* *Kamurobamura-e* by Mikio Igarashi
* *Kobayakawa Nobuki no Koi* by Fumi Saimon
* *Kusakabe Shomei Kyūka Omiya-san* by Shotaro Ishinomori
* *Minotaurus no Sara* by Fujiko F. Fujio
* *Mirai no Omoide* by Fujiko F. Fujio
* *Munakata Kyōju Ikōroku* by Yukinobu Hoshino
* *MW* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Nakaharu Koko-kun* by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
* *Notari Matsutarō* by Tetsuya Chiba
* *Ode to Kirihito* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Osozaki Jijii* by Yoshinori Kobayashi
* *The Quest for the Missing Girl* by Jiro Taniguchi
* *Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae* by Shotaro Ishinomori
* *Sora! Flight Attendant Monogatari*, written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Shinji Hikino
* *Swallowing the Earth* by Osamu Tezuka
* *Taiyō no Mokushiroku* by Kaiji Kawaguchi
* *Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime*, written by Masaharu Nabeshima and illustrated by Mitsuo Hashimoto
* *Veterinarian Dolittle*, written by Midori Natsu and illustrated by Kiyoshi Chikuyama