Big Comic (ビッグコミック, Biggu Komikku) is a semimonthly seinen manga magazine published since 28 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 Fujio (A), 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.
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, illustrated by Ken'ichirō Takai
Sekuhara-kachō no Tsubuyaki (五月原課長のつぶやき), by Tōru Nakajima
These series are currently serialized, but have no specific schedule for when each chapter appears in the magazine.
Uchū Kazoku Nobeyama, by Jirō Okazaki
Akabee, by Hiroshi Kurogane
Ayako, by Osamu Tezuka
Barbara, by Osamu Tezuka
Big Wing, written by Masao Yajima, 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, illustrated by Hiroyuki Kikuta
Double Face, by Fujihiko Hosono
Swallowing the Earth, by Osamu Tezuka
Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President, by Kaiji Kawaguchi
Ode to Kirihito, by Osamu Tezuka
Five, by Riki Kusaka, created by Yuzuru Hirayama
Galaxy Express 999, by Leiji Matsumoto
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, illustrated by Shinji Hikino
Happyaku Yachō Hyōri no Kewaishi, by Shotaro Ishinomori
Hidamari no Ki, Osamu Tezuka
Hotel, by Shotaro Ishinomori
I.L., by Osamu Tezuka
The Laughing Salesman (one-shot), by Fujiko Fujio A
The Legend of Kamui (2nd series), written by Sanpei Shirato, illustrated by Tetsuji Okamoto
Kamui Gaiden (2nd series), 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
Notari Matsutarō, by Tetsuya Chiba
Osozaki Jijii, by Yoshinori Kobayashi
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae, by Shotaro Ishinomori
Sora! Flight Attendant Monogatari, written by Masao Yajima, illustrated by Shinji Hikino
Taiyō no Mokushiroku, by Kaiji Kawaguchi
Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime, written by Masaharu Nabeshima, illustrated by Mitsuo Hashimoto
Veterinarian Dolittle, written by Midori Natsu, illustrated by Kiyoshi Chikuyama
