Manga: Independent who made it BIG

Here are some links I found that gave me more insight on how one of the most successful Doujinkas in came to be, and how they are still inspiring Manga readers world wide today:


Happy Birthday CLAMP!

Beginning as a group who drew fan manga, CLAMP have produced some of the best loved series ever to come out of Japan. Join Animefringe as we take a look back at this remarkable quartet of manga-ka.

Four Mothers of Manga Gain American Fans With Expertise in a Variety of Visual Styles

An Article of CLAMP interacting with Fans in America - also has interesting insights of other female mangakas that made it big (which i sadly will not speak about here. They were mainstream artists from the get go)

And also a forum of some fans discussing CLAMP's works - as you can see, I'm not the only one to think they did a great job at combining Shojo and Shonen =P