MANGA: Independent >>> Mainstream

Becoming a Mainstream Mangaka!

There are a few ways to do this:

1. Go Mainstream Immediately
2. form a good doujin circle, make own incredible stories, get noticed and then get big.

Method #1 would be like stated in this article:
How to become a Mangaka

One Mangaka, Hiromu Arakawa, started by being an assistant to Etō Hiroyuki before coming up with her own mind blowing Full Metal Alchemist(click link for a review)


(image - Hiromu Arakawa's Full Metal Alchemist, one of today's best loved manga. One of my all time favorites XD )

Method #2 was proven by CLAMP

...and if you don't know who CLAMP is, search my old blog entries.
I'm getting lazy here >D Have Fun.