Big Comic

Infobox Magazine
title = Big Comic ビッグコミック


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image_caption = Cover of April 25, 2008 issue
editor = Masaichirō Kurashina
editor_title = Editor in Chief
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frequency = Semimonthly on the 10th and 25th
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category = Seinen manga
company = Shogakukan
publisher =
firstdate = 1968-02-29
country = Flag |Japan
language = Japanese
website = http://bigcomic.jp/top.html
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nihongo|"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. It was originally launched as a monthly magazine, but switched to twice monthly on the 10th and 25th beginning in April 1968.

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 long-running "Golgo 13" manga. The front cover of the magazine always features a caricature by Shūichi Higurashi of a famous individual.

List of works

Currently serialized

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

*"Akabee", by Hiroshi Kurogane
*"C-kyū Salaryman Kōza", by Keisuke Yamashina
*"", written by Masao Yajima, illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta
*"Double Face", by Fujihiko Hosono
*"Gin no Shippo", by Shinri Mori
*"Golgo 13", by Takao Saito
*"Hana China", written by Yūji Nishi, illustrated by Shinji Hikino
*"Kamuroba-mura e", by Mikio Igarashi
*"Munakata Kyōju Ikōroku", by Yukinobu Hoshino
*"", by Tsuyoshi Nakaima
*"Sōmu Busōmuka Yamaguchi Roppeita", written by Norio Hayashi, illustrated by Ken'ichirō Takai
*"Taiyō no Mokushiroku", by Kaiji Kawaguchi
*"Sekuhara-kachō no Tsubuyaki", by Tōru Nakajima
*"Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime", written by Masaharu Nabeshima, illustrated by Mitsuo Hashimoto

Irregularly serialized

These series are currently serialized, but have no specific schedule for when each chapter appears in the magazine.
*"Chūshun Komawari-kun", by Tatsuhiko Yamagami
*"Osozaki Jijii", by Yoshinori Kobayashi
*"Uchū Kazoku Nobeyama", by Jirō Okazaki
*"Veterinarian Dolittle", written by Midori Natsu, illustrated by Kiyoshi Chikuyama

Formerly serialized

*"Ayako", by Osamu Tezuka
*"Barbara", by Osamu Tezuka
*"Big Wing", written by Masao Yajima, illustrated by Shinji Hikino
*"Chikyū o Nomu", by Osamu Tezuka
*"", by Kaiji Kawaguchi
*"Eulogy to Kirihito", by Osamu Tezuka
*"Five", by Riki Kusaka, created by Yuzuru Hirayama
*"Gekiga ObaQ", by Fujiko F. Fujio
*"Gekitō Magnitude 7.7", by Takao Yamaguchi
*"Gringo", by Osamu Tezuka
*"Happyaku Yachō Hyōri no Kewaishi", by Shotaro Ishinomori
*"Hidamari no Ki", Osamu Tezuka
*"Hotel", by Shotaro Ishinomori
*"I.L.", by Osamu Tezuka
*"The Legend of Kamui" (2nd series), written by Sanpei Shirato, illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto
*"Kamui Gaiden" (2nd series), by Sanpei Shirato
*"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
*"MW", by Osamu Tezuka
*"Notari Matsutarō", by Tetsuya Chiba
*"Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae", by Shotaro Ishinomori
*"Sora! Flight Attendant Monogatari", written by Masao Yajima, illustrated by Shinji Hikino