Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga
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.
| 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[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Koji Aihara Kentaro Takekuma |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Big Comic Spirits |
| English magazine | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1990 – 1991 |
| Volumes | 3 |
Publication history
In Japan, the series was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits. Shogakukan later published the manga's three tankōbon volumes between October 1990 and May 1992.[2][3]
In the USA, the series was serialized in Viz Media's Pulp from May 2001 to August 2002.[4][5]
It is licensed in North America by Viz Media.[6]
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".[7] 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".[8] Carlo Santos commends the manga for its "rundown of every major genre, by demographic" and praises the manga above other "How-to Art" books.[9]
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.[10]
References
- Thompson, Jason (July 15, 2010). "Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - Even A Monkey Can Draw Manga!". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
- "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.
- "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.
- "Viz PR for May '01". Anime News Network. 2001-01-21. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- "Pulp Ends in August". Anime News Network. 2002-04-11. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga, Vol. 1 (Paperback)." Amazon.com. Retrieved on November 19, 2008.
- King, Pat (February 2003). "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga Vol.1". animefringe.com. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- Carlson, Johanna Draper (June 25, 2006). "Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga". Comics Worth Reading.
- Santos, Carlo (2007-03-06). "Right Turn Only!! Kingdoms' Heart". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- Hudson, Laura. "Bryan Lee O'Malley Talks 'Monkey Manga' with the Men Who Influenced 'Scott Pilgrim' Exclusive Archived 2011-08-18 at the Wayback Machine." Comics Alliance. July 14, 2011. Retrieved on September 6, 2011.