Yoshihiro Yonezawa, 1953-2006

Comiket founder and manga critic Yoshihiro Yonezawa died yesterday from complications arising from lung cancer. A graduate from Meiji University, he founded Comiket (also known as Comic Market or CM), billed as the world's largest comic convention, in 1975. Other than its size, the twice-yearly Comiket is known for its unique focus on self-published work, driven largely by parodies and other re-workings of existing manga as opposed to original work.

As a critic, Yonezawa published on the subject of girls' manga in 1991, on boys' manga in 1996, and on Tezuka's work in 1997.

Yonezawa will be buried on October 7. He is survived by a wife, Eiko.
 
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