Other forms of media similar to my comic.

I shall look at comics and other forms of media that are similar to my idea, this may help me reinforce what I plan to do with my comic as well as provide ideas for what I could do with it, such as looking at similar examples in other media, I can see if any tricks they employ maybe useful and adaptable for a comic book.

Lucky Star by Kagami Yoshimizu


Lucky star is a four panel slice of comic made by Kagami Yoshimizu and published regularly in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine. The also made additional strips for other magazines for events as the series popularity grew.

Later, Kagami started to publish his strips in printed manga books which would be published by Bandai Entertainment, the books would contain additional content that did not feature in the magazines as well as a collection of all the advertizement strips.

An anime adaptation of Lucky Star was released in April 8th 2007 and ended in September 16th 2007. The anime was animated by Kyoto Animation and became one of their most popular series, second to K-ON!.

Manga itself follows the life of four young school girls and their friends from school onwards, the manga deals with real life issues such as sports, education, entertainment and life in general, present in a digestible and entertaining manner. Kagami has expressed in his series that each of his characters is a small part of himself, so he will always comment that when he does something it's this or that character talking.

Interestingly at the end of the manga and anime a fictional talk show will start and talk about the events that happened in the comic.

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K-ON! by Kakifly

Like many slice of life manga's in the modern era, K-ON started off in a magazine, this one being Houbunsha's Senien Manga magazine Managa Time Kirara between May 2007 and October 2010 issues. In 2008 the manga's were published in a book format that lasted four issues, with two brand new issues released in 2012.

Unlike LuckyStar, K-ON! did actually have a story and focus, the story resolved around a four girls reform a music club with the dream of hopefully being able to put on a live performance when they are older, much like LuckyStar, the series is more light hearted and hardly drops into tough subject matter or drama, mostly focusing on humor.

in 2009 only a year after the manga's launch Kyoto animation released an anime series which was 13 episodes, and then followed by a 26 episode second season in October 27th 2010 and then a movie in Dec 2011. K-ON! has been described as Kyoto animation's most popular anime series by fans, many whom hope was a return to with the release of Kakifly's two new books, K-ON College and K-ON Highschool. But no promises have been made or mentioned from either party.

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F.R.I.E.N.D.Sby David Crane and Marta Kauffman

To date, not one doesn't know what F.R.I.E.N.D.S is, but for the sake of explaining, F.R.I.E.N.D.S's was a tv sitcom that revolved around a group of friends who lived in the same area in Manhattan, America. The show had no over arching plot for the most part, it resolved around a new problem each day that the friends either solved or didn't. So for the most part the series worked like real life, no real demons to defeat, expect the ones we make for ourselves.

The series lasted for 10 seasons and 236 episodes since it's airing in 1993 Sep 22nd on NBC and last episode on May 6th 2004. When the series ended they tried to create a spin-off series from one of the fan favorites of the group, Joey Tribbiani, played by Matt Leblanc, sadly the show didn't take off and only lasted two seasons.

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Yotsuba&!by Kiyohiko Azuma

Yotsuba&! is an unusual slice of life comic and is probably the most original of them all, for Yotsuba&! follows the life of a five year old girl named Yotsuba who learns to discover the world around her along with her father and heir neighbors. Together they act silly, have fun, learn life lessons and explore the world through the unique eyes of a child.

On a personal matter, I have to say that Yotsuba&! is probably one of my favorite mangas to date and no matter how many times I've read it, It never stops to put a smile on my face.

Yotsuba was originally printed in ASCII Media Works's magazine Dengeki Daioh and is now collected in 12 volumes for people, the series is still very much ongoing.

Kiyhiko has refused to make Yotsuba&! into an anime despite it's mass popularity, claiming the medium isn't right for the story.