The Comiq
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| image = The Comiq cover.png
| caption = {{Transliteration|ja|Tankōbon}} volume cover
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| genre = Mystery, thriller{{cite web|title=The Official Website for The Comiq|url=https://www.viz.com/the-comiq|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708010216/https://www.viz.com/the-comiq|url-status=live}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = Kazuki Takahashi
| publisher = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher|NA=Viz Media}}
| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| imprint = Jump Comics
| magazine = Weekly Shōnen Jump
| magazine_en = {{English manga magazines
| NA = Weekly Shonen Jump
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| first = October 15, 2018
| last = November 26, 2018
| volumes = 1
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The Comiq (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi. It was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October to November 2018, with its chapters collected in a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume.
Plot
The story is set in near-future Japan, where prison inmates are assigned manga background art as part of their labor. Ryota Sakamaki, a novice {{Transliteration|ja|shōjo}} manga artist, relies on his editor to subcontract his background artwork to an exceptionally detail-oriented assistant. When police question him about a symbol in his manga linked to an unsolved murder from three years prior—the "Halloween Murder Case"—Ryota returns home to find his manuscript data erased and a spiked black pumpkin doll hanging outside his window. Forced into a mystery he does not understand, Sakamaki investigates the cold case.
The victim, a 22-year-old woman, was pushed to her death from a hilltop park on Halloween night. The confessed killer, Baba Katsuo, a then-23-year-old unemployed man, was swiftly arrested—but Sakamaki discovers he is his anonymous prison assistant. Visiting him in jail, Ryota learns Baba has been mute since the incident and has been using their manga collaboration to silently proclaim his innocence. The story unfolds as Sakamaki and Baba use manga clues to uncover the truth behind the murder.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Kazuki Takahashi, The Comiq was serialized in Shueisha's Shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 15{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yu-Gi-Oh! Manga Creator Kazuki Takahashi Launches Short Manga in Shonen Jump|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-05/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-launches-short-manga-in-shonen-jump/.137759|website=Anime News Network|date=October 5, 2018|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190124153918/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-05/yu-gi-oh-manga-creator-kazuki-takahashi-launches-short-manga-in-shonen-jump/.137759|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:高橋和希のサスペンスがジャンプで始動、新人マンガ家の連載が思わぬ波紋呼ぶ|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/303630|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=October 15, 2018|access-date=July 8, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708010215/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/303630|url-status=live}} to November 26, 2018.{{cite web|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|title=Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Takahashi Ends The Comiq Short Manga on November 26|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-18/yu-gi-oh-s-takahashi-ends-the-comiq-short-manga-on-november-26/.139634|website=Anime News Network|date=November 18, 2018|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=August 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816035139/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-18/yu-gi-oh-s-takahashi-ends-the-comiq-short-manga-on-november-26/.139634|url-status=live}} Shueisha collected its seven chapters in a single {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume, released on January 4, 2019.{{cite web|script-title=ja:高橋和希の新刊、新人マンガ家と獄中アシスタントが殺人事件の謎解き明かす|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/314820|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=January 4, 2019|access-date=July 8, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708010216/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/314820|url-status=live}}
In North America, the manga was licensed by Viz Media and published on their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|title=Viz's Shonen Jump to Publish Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator Takahashi's Short Manga, New RWBY Manga|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-06/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-yu-gi-oh-creator-takahashi-short-manga-new-rwby-manga/.137821|website=Anime News Network|date=October 6, 2018|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708010219/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-10-06/viz-shonen-jump-to-publish-yu-gi-oh-creator-takahashi-short-manga-new-rwby-manga/.137821|url-status=live}} Viz Media published the volume digitally on June 28, 2022.{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=Viz Announces Fall 2022 Book Releases Including Mission: Yozakura Family, Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Manga, Jujutsu Kaisen Novels|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-14/viz-announces-fall-2022-book-releases-including-mission-yozakura-family-thus-spoke-rohan-kishibe-/.182623|website=Anime News Network|date=February 14, 2022|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=February 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218001541/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-14/viz-announces-fall-2022-book-releases-including-mission-yozakura-family-thus-spoke-rohan-kishibe-/.182623|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|title=North American Anime, Manga Releases, June 26-July 2|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-30/north-american-anime-manga-releases-june-26-july-2/.187217|website=Anime News Network|date=June 30, 2022|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=September 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930192440/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-30/north-american-anime-manga-releases-june-26-july-2/.187217|url-status=live}}
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| VolumeNumber = 1
| RelDate = January 4, 2019{{cite web|title=THE COMIQ|url=https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881745-3|publisher=Shueisha|access-date=July 8, 2022|language=ja|archive-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708010217/https://www.s-manga.net/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-881745-3|url-status=live}}
| ISBN = 978-4-08-881745-3
| LicensedRelDate = June 28, 2022{{cite web|title=The Comiq|url=https://www.viz.com/read/manga/comiq-volume-1/product/7101|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-date=July 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706032421/https://www.viz.com/read/manga/comiq-volume-1/product/7101|url-status=live}}
| LicensedISBN = 978-1-9747-1005-8
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.shonenjump.com/j/rensai/comiq.html|Official website at Weekly Shōnen Jump}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{Anime News Network|manga|25767|noparen=true}}
{{Weekly Shōnen Jump - 2010–2019}}
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Category:Mystery anime and manga