Big Comic

Big Comic is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan on February 18, 1968. It began as a monthly magazine but began publishing twice monthly on the 10th and 25th of each month in April 1968. It is partnered with sister magazine Big Comic Original, and it is available during the weeks that Big Comic Original is not.

Osamu Tezuka, Shotaro Ishinomori, Sanpei Shirato, Takao Saito, Fujiko Fujio A, Fujiko F. Fujio, and Tetsuya Chiba have all had works published in the magazine. Big Comic also publishes Saito's Golgo 13, the oldest manga series currently in print.

In 2008, circulation was believed to be slightly more than 500,000 copies. However, by mid-2015, it had dropped to 315,000 as part of an industry-wide decline in manga magazine sales. For nearly forty years, the front cover of the magazine featured a caricature of a famous person by manga illustrator Shuichi Higurashi.

Founded: 1968
Publisher: Shogakukan
Circulation: 163,167

Website: https://bigcomicbros.net/bigcomic/