Jin Kobayashi 小林尽 is a mangaka. His most famous work so far is School Rumble, He began drawing manga seriously during his college years, and won the Weekly Shonen Magazine's Rookie Award in 2001.
It was good. A few laughs, with at least one of them being very hardy. Despite the low-ish rating, these books are actually so fun to read. I'm just in so deep at this point that I love and look forward to reading about all the different scenarios these characters get caught up in.