Back Big Comic Original AST Big Comic Original Breton Big Comic Original Catalan Big Comic Original German Big Comic Original Spanish Big Comic Original French Big Comic Original Italian ビッグコミックオリジナル Japanese 빅 코믹 오리지널 Korean Big Comic Original Portuguese
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 Big Comic Original February 5, 2007 issue | |
| Editor-in-chief | Nakaguma Ichirō |
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| Categories | Seinen manga[1][2] |
| Frequency | Semi-monthly |
| Circulation | 504,333[2] (July–September, 2016) |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Company | Shogakukan |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Official website  |
Big Comic Original (ビッグコミックオリジナル, Biggu Komikku Orijinaru) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic does not.[3] Cover artwork usually features a dog or cat, and a haiku. The dozen or so manga serials running at any given time feature a wide variety of material, from historical dramas and suspense to sports and romance, with relatively little science fiction or fantasy.[citation needed]
Launched in 1972, it has published over 1000 issues, typically running to about 350 pages in a black-and-white, saddle-stapled format, selling for 340 yen (2015). More than 83% of readers are reported to be over 30 years old, with female readers comprising about a quarter of the total. Most readers are company employees.[4] Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500.[5]
- ^ Jason Thompson (2007). Manga: The Complete Guide. Del Rey Books. p. 327-239. ISBN 978-0-345-48590-8.
- ^ a b "Men's Manga" (in Japanese). Japanese Magazine Publishers Association. September 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ Frederik L. Schodt (1996). Dreamland Japan: writings on modern manga. Stone Bridge Press. p. 97. ISBN 1-880656-23-X.
- ^ Clements, Jonathan. "Manga Snapshot: Big Comic Original." NEO, Jan. 2011, p. 24-25.
- ^ Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.