buddha

CREATOR

Name: Carlsen Comics (European comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in Denmark in 1899 as P.I.B. by Hjalmar Carlsen (1875-1951) and has since then changed name several times. It has subsidiaries in several European countries. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Carlsen in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation has always focussed on childrens' literature from diverse countries. The pages in this site are all examples from the German branch named Carlsen Verlag.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 2012. Ongoing.

This is a Japanese graphic novel version of the events that led up to the birth of the religious Indian leader Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), followed by his life's story that resulted in the foundation of the world religion known as Buddhism.