“Steve Jobs is now a manga comic book character courtesy of a new series that debuted today in Japan,” Lance Whitney reports for CNET.
“The first installment of the manga series known as “Steve Jobs” is now on Japanese newsstands in the April issue of a monthly publication called Kiss,” Whitney reports. “Created by award-winning manga author Mari Yamazaki, the book plays out as a manga version of Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Jobs.”
Whitney reports, “The first chapter is available on the Web thanks to Yahoo Japan’s online bookstore and shows Jobs talking to Isaacson about writing the biography.”
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AppleInsider reports, “A 14-page preview of the eponymous Steve Jobs manga was posted to the Web on Monday, with the first panels giving a look at how author Mari Yamazaki plans to to tell the tale of the late Apple co-founder.”
“Reportedly recognized as the official adaptation of Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography, the comic is being penned by noted manga artist and winner of the Manga Taishō and a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, Mari Yamazaki,” AppleInsider reports.
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews readers too numerous to mention individually for the heads up.]