is a Japanese manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to the manga magazine Big Comic, the biggest difference being that it goes on sale twice a month in the weeks Big Comic does not. 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.
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.Clements, Jonathan. "Manga Snapshot: Big Comic Original." NEO, Jan. 2011, p. 24-25. Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500.Japan Magazine Publishers Association Magazine Data June 2015. Retrieved Oct. 28, 2015.
Currently running manga series +TitleAuthor/ArtistPremieredFumi SaimonYū NakaharaHideo IuraMitsuo Hashimoto (original work by Masaru Miyazaki)Sensha YoshidaRichard Wu (story) and Mariko Nakamura (art)Yuniko KarashiChisa NomuraKenshi HirokaneUhei Aoki Minetarō MochizukiSan-Chōme no Yūhi Yūyake no UtaRyohei SaiganKazutoshi Hando (story), Issei Eifuku (story) and Junichi Nojo (art)Yaro AbeHideo IuraKeiko NishiKiyoshi Nagamatsu (story) and Enshu Takahashi (art)Juzo Yamasaki (story) and Kenichi Kitami (art)Masahito Kagawa (story) and Toji Tsukishima (art)
Manga artists and series published Mitsuru Adachi Jinbē (1992–1997) and Bōken Shōnen (1998–2005) George Akiyama Haguregumo (1973–2017) Nobuyuki Fukumoto The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! (2002–2006) Shin Kurosawa:Saikyō Densetsu (2013–2020) Mitsuo Hashimoto Station (1992–1996) Kenshi Hirokane and Masao Yajima Human Crossing (1980–1990) Shinichi Ishizuka Gaku: Minna no Yama (2003–2012) Hideo Iura Bengoshi no Kuzu (2003–2009) Ichimaru Okami-san (1990–1999) Okami-san Heisei Basho (2011–2013) Junji Ito No Longer Human (2017–2018) Eiji Kazama (1990–2022; with Nobuhiro Sakata) Kō Kojima Hige to Boin (1974–2004) Shinji Mizushima Abu-san (1973–2014) Motoka Murakami Ryuu Ron (1991–2006) Jiro Taniguchi Guardians of the Louvre (2014) Naoki Urasawa Pineapple Army (1985–1988; with Kazuya Kudo) Master Keaton (1988–1994; with Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki) Monster (1994–2001) Pluto (2003–2009) Master Keaton Remaster (2012–2014; with Takashi Nagasaki) Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams (2017–2018) Takatoshi Yamada Dr. Kotō Shinryōjo (moved from Weekly Young Sunday; 2008–2010) [on hiatus] Osamu Yamamoto Akagari: The Red Rat in Hollywood (2017–2021)
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