Nathan's Guide to Manga

The origin of the word "manga" is not well known, but we know it was made popular by the Japanese artist Hokusai Katsushika. He was a famous woodblock print artist in the 1800s and he worked in many different styles; one of them was cartoon style illustrations for story books. He described this style as manga and the name remained.

Most manga are featured as western style comic strips, which mostly feature large-eyed, nymph-like characters, that appear distinctly Japanese to Westerners, and is a medium that uses text and pictures to present a reading experience that in some ways simulates the experiences of watching an animated film.

There are 200 different manga magazines, with each carrying an average of 15 regular serials. Favourite manga serials have included Death Note by Takeshi Obata, Eyeshield 21 illustrated by Yuke Murata and Black jack by Osamu Tezuka.

Some popular manga reads are the Bleach series, Naruto, Dragonball and Dragonball z, One Piece and Fullmetal Alchemist.

Read Manga:
http://www.mangareader.net/
http://mangable.com/
http://unixmanga.com/

How to draw manga:
http://howtodrawmanga.com/
http://www.drawingnow.com/how-to-draw-manga.html
http://www.sketchheroes.com