MBQ (manga) explained

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Author:Felipe Smith
Publisher:Tokyopop (U.S.)
SoftBank Creative (Japan)
First:2005
Last:2007
Volumes:3
Subcat:Tokyopop
Oel:Y

MBQ is an original English-language manga created by Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga second-place winner Felipe Smith.

MBQ is an expansion of his second-place winning entry in the third Rising Stars competition. It is the story of a young man named Omario who is trying to earn a living making comics in the City of Angels.

Release

Written and illustrated by Felipe Smith, MBQ was published in North America by Tokyopop in three volumes from July 12, 2005, to October 9, 2007.

Volume list

MBQ ~What's up? 転・落・人・生!!!~ (distributed by eBOOK Initiative Japan Co,. Ltd. on PC and cell phone June 15, 2007)

MBQ-テイルズ・オブ・LA- 1.  (published by SoftBank Creative April 23, 2009)

Reception

Publishers Weekly named MBQ as one of the Best Comics of 2005.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Best Comics of 2005 . Reid, Calvin . Heidi MacDonald . Douglas Wolk . amp . 7 November 2005 . . 23 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090618041724/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6280956.html . June 18, 2009 .