週刊石川雅之

by Masayuki Ishikawa, 石川雅之

「世にも奇妙な物語」でドラマ化もされた『自分を信じた男2』他、計11本の短編を収録！　コメディーあり、ちょっといい話あり、時代劇ありと、内容はバラエティーに富んでおります。石川雅之ワールドの原点がここに！　カバーや本体表紙もきっちり収録！

230 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2003

About the author

Masayuki Ishikawa (石川雅之, Ishikawa Masayuki, born July 29, 1974 in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist best known for creating Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture and Junketsu no Maria.

Applied to the College of Arts, but was rejected. While working part-time at a transportation company, he got an interested in manga magazines, and between age 18 and 19, he started submitting to Weekly Young Magazine. In 1997, he debuted with "Japanese Government Maneuver Sqaudron Coumin V". In 1999, his "God's Animal Mountain", won the Chiba Tetsuya Award. In 2004, he began "Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture" in Kodansha's Weekly Evening magazine, which then brought him a level of fame. After "Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture" he started his work on "Junketsu no Maria", which became another success.

He is known for drawing fine details in a very thin line, something that he seems to do unconsciously and doesn't use assistants to help him in his work.