Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga

Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga

First English edition of Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, as published by Viz Media
サルでも描けるまんが教室
(Saru demo egakeru manga kyōshitsu)
Genre Comedy, Parody
Manga
Written by Koji Aihara, Kentaro Takekuma
Published by Shogakukan
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic Spirits
English magazine
Original run 1990 – 1991
Volumes 3

Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga (サルでも描けるまんが教室 Saru demo egakeru manga kyōshitsu) is a parody instructional book by Koji Aihara and Kentaro Takekuma. The series was serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits and in Viz Media's Pulp from May 2001 to August 2002.[1][2] Shogakukan published the manga's three tankōbon volumes between October 1990 and May 1992.[3][4] It is licensed in North America by Viz Media.[5]

Reception

Pat King from Animefringe commends the manga for its "excellent parody of the manga industry" and its artwork that "would be right at home in classic issues of Mad Magazine".[6] Johanna Draper Carlson from Comics Worth Reading comments on the "vulgar but funny" adult contents of the manga with its "nudity and various scatological gags".[7] Carlo Santos commends the manga for its "rundown of every major genre, by demographic" and praises the manga above other "How-to Art" books.[8]

Canadian cartoonist and writer Bryan Lee O'Malley described the book as a significant influence on the art style of his Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Viz PR for May '01". Anime News Network. 2001-01-21. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  2. ↑ "Pulp Ends in August". Anime News Network. 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  3. ↑ "サルでも描けるまんが教室―青春コミックス (1) (Big spirits comics)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  4. ↑ "サルでも描けるまんが教室―青春コミックス (3) (Big spirits comics)" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
  5. ↑ "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, Vol. 1 (Paperback)." Amazon.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2008.
  6. ↑ King, Pat (February 2003). "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga Vol.1". animefringe.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  7. ↑ Carlson, Johanna Draper (June 25, 2006). "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga". Comics Worth Reading.
  8. ↑ Santos, Carlo (2007-03-06). "Right Turn Only!! Kingdoms' Heart". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
  9. ↑ Hudson, Laura. "Bryan Lee O'Malley Talks 'Monkey Manga' with the Men Who Influenced 'Scott Pilgrim' Exclusive." Comics Alliance. July 14, 2011. Retrieved on September 6, 2011.
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