jojosbizarreadventure

CREATOR

Name: VIZ Media (Japanese comics corporation based in the USA).
Personal dates: Founded 1986 in California by Japanese born Seiji Horibuchi. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under VIZ in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation publishes Manga stories and uses a variety of logos; the one to the left is one of many.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 2005*. Stopped in 2010 after 16 issues.

The title character's real name is Jotaro Kujo nicknamed JoJo. He is a 17-year old punk boy, who is convinced that evil, monstrous, and invisible spirits known as Stands are after him, especially an immortal monster named Dio Brando AKA DIO. JoJo has to embark on perilous journeys and fight many battles in order to slay the evil.

* The initial Japanese Manga series has been published from 1986 and is still ongoing. It is divided into 8 main chapters, from which only arc 3, titled Stardust Crusaders, has been published in English.