COM was a manga magazine started in the late 1960s by Osamu Tezuka. It was started in response to the success of Garo (which at that time was around its highest circulation), and as a way for Tezuka and other artists to showcase more avant-garde and experimental works in manga. The first seven stories of Phoenix were the most famous work to be published from this anthology before it went under in the mid 1970s. In addition, the famous feminist cartoonist Murasaki Yamada got her start working for this anthology. Rurouni Kenshin manga, volume 1 (English version) Manga (漫画) is the Japanese word for comics; outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to Japanese comics. ... Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around the world. ... Osamu Tezuka and his creations commemorated on two stamps Phoenix clock designed by Tezuka, which stands in the Kyoto Station Dr. Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫 Tezuka Osamu, November 3, 1928 - February 9, 1989) was a Japanese manga artist and animator born in Ōsaka. ... Garo was a monthly manga anthology magazine in Japan, founded in 1964 by Katsuichi Nagai. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Phoenix, originally Hi no Tori (火の鳥) in Japan, is a manga series made by Osamu Tezuka. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...