Billy Bat

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Billy Bat (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki and illustrated by Urasawa. It was serialized in Kodansha's weekly seinen manga magazine Morning from October 2008 to August 2016, with its chapters collected into 20 tankōbon volumes. The story follows the comic book artist Kevin Yamagata as he draws the popular detective series "Billy Bat". When he learns he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he saw while serving in occupied Japan, he returns to Japan to get permission to use it from its original creator. Upon arriving there, however, he becomes embroiled in a web of murder, cover-ups, and prophecy that all leads back to Billy Bat. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Abrams ComicArts. Billy Bat won the 2012 Lucca Comics Award for Best Series, the 2014 Max & Moritz Prize for Best International Comic, the 2026 American Manga Award for Best New Manga, and the 2026 Harvey Award for...

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