Essay cartoonWhat is (essay manga)?CartoonistI spelled out the events that happened around me and their impressionsComicthe work.Comic essayAlso called.Real comicsKind of.

Overview

literatureInessayIt was named after being likened to (essay).media Factory(CurrentKADOKAWA)of"Comic essay theater"Is it better to say" a comic based on the author's experience "that is different from the futu manga?"^[1]..Since the emphasis is on readability and theme rather than characters and production, there is a strong tendency to draw with simple and crushed patterns.

The content of the work is basicallyNon-FictionHowever, I used the appearance of an essay comicfictionWorks that are (egHiroko Nohara"Can I get divorced?") And works that are basically non-fiction but are drawn by interweaving creations and obscuring the truth (example:Sakura Tamakichi"Mantama Diary Series",Takayuki Mizuna"Good electronics]) Is not a few.

From ancient times, cartoonists sometimes drew extra comics that spelled out recent situations and actual experiences in books.the 1980sFrom then on, such manga began to be established as an independent work.Miho Takeuchi, a manga researcher,Girl cartoonmagazine"Ribon]1986Serialized fromsakuramomoko"Chibi Maruko-chanPoints out that the simple and simplified frame division and drawing lines have spread the essay comics to a wide range of people beyond the boundaries of girl readers.^[2].Nobunaga MinamiAppeared in the late 80'sPicture diaryWind cartoon (egTamako Akahoshi"Croquette communication",Natsuki Matsui"Mirin Hoshi Tsushin",gate"The Califlowers Talk") is regarded as a precursor to essay comics, and with essaysGag cartoonIn terms of fusingMiki"The rise of love』Is the beginning^[3].

the 1990sIn the first half, it was mainly serialized in childcare magazinesChildcare comics(Example:Tajima Milk"I angel you devil],Takako Aonuma"Mom likes Poyopoyo Zaurus],Kei Ishizaka"Baby came』) Established as a genre^[4]. Also,Seiko Otagaki Mini comicmagazine"Feature of the story"Illustration essay" that combines illustrations and sentences was announced at "Illustration and essay" to open up everyday observation manga.Nishihara Keiko OfLupo cartoon("Grudge Michelin''Torito travelogue"etcUnrulyWe will open up a new innovation.

the 2000sSince then, the magazine "Media Factory (currently KADOKAWA)"Da Vinci』Appoints the aforementioned Otagaki and others to spread the name" comic essay ".Among themSaori Oguri"Darling is a foreigner』(2002) IsInternational marriageIt became a big hit by drawing a special experience and everyday life, and became the basis of the style of "Comic Essay".After that, the number of cases where comics published on the web were published increased.Recently, manga awards limited to essay manga, such as the "Comic Essay Petit Award" held in collaboration with "Da Vinci", have appeared.

Representative work

Autobiographical comics

Cartoonistautobiography-MemoirsWork.

• Sazae's story(Hasegawa Machiko）
• Manga Road(Fujiko Fujio Ⓐ）
• Showa: A History of Comic(Mizuki Shigeru）
• A Drifting Life(Tatsumi Yoshihiro）
• Chibi Maruko-chan (sakuramomoko）^[5]
• Missing Diary(Hideo Azuma）
• Fish crawling on the ground(Hideo Azuma)
• My small mistake(Fukuman Shigeyuki）
• My small life(Shigeyuki Fukumitsu)
• Daughter of a guts frog(Yuko Otsuki）
• Ningen Karimenchuu(Taeko Uzuki）
• Pico Pico Boy(Rensuke Oshikiri）
• It's hard for my father to become a monster when he gets drunk()
• Distortion ()
• My fellow is a "boy's daughter"! (Nanami Igarashi）
• When I lost my mother, I wanted to eat the ashes.(Miyagawa satoshi）
• What is Kanmoku !? I escaped from the days when I couldn't speak^[6]()
• ()
• Become a rookie cartoonist, a mistress(Ebara Yuka + Fute)

Diary cartoon

A work by a manga artist depicting everyday life.

• Sekirara series (KERAEIKO）
• Shape of happiness(Sakura Tamakichi）
• Defense Mandama Diary(Tamakichi Sakura)
• Mysterious ball diary(Tamakichi Sakura)
• Loose ball diary(Tamakichi Sakura)
• Manga Mandama Diary Midnight Flight(Tamakichi Sakura)
• Well(Nishihara Keiko）
• How is my wife?(Shigeyuki Fukumitsu)
• Director misconduct(Moyoko Anno）
• Akabane, Kita-ku, Tokyo(Toru Seino）
• Osanpo Daiou(Masumi Sudo）
• Noble Farmer(Hiroshi Arakawa）
• Mayumi!(Mayumi Tanabe）
• Darling is a foreigner(Saori Oguri）
• Cat manga(Mari Koizumi）
• God's invisible gold ball (Koji Aihara）^[7]
• Thinking in New York (Akino Kondoh）
• You can do it by yourself ()
• (Rensuke Oshikiri)
• (Rensuke Oshikiri)
• ^[8](Yosuke Nagase）
• Hiroyuki Nishimura(Nishimura Yuka）
• Real manners lady diary(Ω child)

Report cartoon

A manga in which a manga artist actually interviews and spells out his impressions and introduces his own special experience.TravelogueIncludes things and fight against illness.

• Jirujiru Travel Report(Nekojiru）
• Elderly childbirth don't come !!(Motoko Fujita）
• Torito travelogue(Rieko Saibara)
• Can you do it(Rieko Saibara)
• In prison(Kazuichi Hanawa）
• The tree is now depressed.(Tenten Hosokawa）
• Japanese that Japanese people do not know(・Hebi-Zou）
• There is no gender! (Arai Sho）
• Everyone is sick.Ordinary people with a hard heart (Fujiomi Hiiragi）
• I'm not sick, I'm futu, go to the neurology department (Fujiomi Hiiragi)
• Yometre (Mayu Shinjo）
• Disappearance Diary 2 Alcoholic Ward(Hideo Azuma)
• Alchu Wonderland (Manshu Kitsuko）
• Pounding(Ami Shibata）
• Science people (Ok)
• Treated Janken Corps(Modern yoko）
• Good electronics(Takayuki Mizuna）
• Memoir planning thing (Taeko Uzuki)
• You're chubby(Suzuki miso）
• Money(Miso Suzuki)
• (Mariko Kikuchi)

Childcare cartoon

ParentingA manga about.

• Mother every day(Rieko Saibara)
• Parent stupid wall (Mayo Mineo）
• Soseji(Yamanoichi）
• Our 3 sisters(Matsumoto Pritts）
• Mitan series (Matsuzaki bookmark)

Pet cartoon

Pet(RarelyWild animals)ofObservationWas the subjectAnimal cartoon..It is also a kind of diary comic.

• Hamster research report(Daisetsu Shiwasu）
• Toripan(Tori no Nanko）
• You can't call me a cat.(Sugisaku）

Gourmet cartoon

Cooking/gourmet cartoonAmong them, the one in which the author himself appears.Report cartoonIt is also a kind of.

• Hiru no Saint Sake(Masayuki Kusumi-Haruki Izumi）
• Woman(Yuka Mine）
• Compliant Gohan(Morishige Takuma）

Current affairs cartoon

The author himself appeared in the work,Current affairsA manga that depicts his own view of.

• Gomanism Declaration(Yoshinori Kobayashi）
• Cultural Mankind Gyagu (Koji Aihara)
• Large citizen(Kimio Yanagisawa）

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