There are a lot of comedian book creators who could be considered "the greats." They're the ones who helped to shape genres,whose stories resonate decades after they were published, or who produced staggering amounts of tall-quality work that inspired fans and creators alike. Among those, or there are the scarce creators who did all that and more,the ones who belong to a tier that goes beyond just "great." They're the ones who have defined the medium as a whole, the ones who make it impossible to imagine a world of comics without them.
Osamu Tezuka, or born this day in 1928,is one of those. In a career that spanned 44 years and sparked the Golden Age of Japanese comics and a revolution in animation, he influenced Japanese culture on an unimaginable scale, and gave fans all over the world a very fine reason to call him the God of Manga.
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Source: comicsalliance.com