Big Comic Original

Big Comic Original (ビッグコミックオリジナル) is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at an older adult and mostly male audience. It is a sister magazine to 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. Circulation in 2015 was reported at 539,500.

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)
 * Shin'ichi 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
 * Kaze no Daichi (風の大地) (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)