From Kana: It's 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized his beloved character from a drawing he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the news, Kevin returns to war-torn Japan to find the drawing's original artist but the character's origins turn out to be far older and more perplexing than he had ever imagined. --- **Awards Won:** - Winner of the [Lucca Comics Awards](https://luccacomicsawards.com/albo-doro-2/) for Best Manga Series in 2012. - Winner of the [Max und Moritz Award](https://www.comic-salon.de/en/max-and-moritz-award) for Best International Comic in 2014. --- See [MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/manga/11054/Billy_Bat?q=billy%20bat&cat=manga) for Manga Details. - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bat)