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...is so important. 'Rally Up Mankind' Photo: OSAMU TEZUKA Osamu Tezuka in his studio, 1962 From The Phoenix saga, which appeared in COM from 1967-1968. Photo: OSAMU TEZUKA Michio Yuki is a popular, charismatic banker by day and a...

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..."art" manga in Japan. It was popular enough during its heyday to inspire several imitators, including COM , founded by manga legend Osamu Tezuka, and Comic Baku. Over the years, Garo went through many artistic phases, including Shirato's...

In this article: Garo, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Viz Media, Allegation, Anti-authoritarianism, Class struggle, and The Comics Journal

...which is rare in girls' manga. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura and Yoko Kondo, her former assistants. She debuted in ''COM '' in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a mangaka. Her works are described as being pictorial...

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...instead. He originally began in doujinshi, and his first professional work was published in Osamu Tezuka's experimental manga magazine COM in 1967. With appearances in Garo and the serialized "Hideshi Hino's Shocking Theater" coming out in...

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was a manga magazine started in January 1967 by Osamu Tezuka. It was started in response to the success of ''Garo '' (which at that time was around its highest circulation), and as a way for Tezuka and other artists to showcase more...

In this article: Garo, Osamu Tezuka, and Phoenix

...with Tezuka fully embracing the style and doing more work aimed at older audiences. Eventually Tezuka would start up a magazine called COM, as his answer to Garo. With Gekiga being integrated into mainstream manga, and manga being...

In this article: Garo, Japan, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Yoshihiro Tatsumi