Manga comics are known as interesting reading materials for students in learning. Due to the fact that
intensive reading in English teaching and learning has many problems especially dealing with limited class time
and uninteresting materials, teachers can develop manga comics as extensive reading materials to motivate
students to read enthusiastically. The present paper reports the development of prototypes of manga comics as
extensive reading materials for the tenth graders of senior high school. The research design was Research and
Development. The setting was class X-1 in the academic year of 2012/2013 of SMA Negeri I Bojonegoro, East
Java. This research used the validation questionnaire for the expert and the teacher and the try-out questionnaire
as the instruments to collect the data. The results of the research show that the drafts had to be revised in terms of
the manga comics’ components, the level of difficulty, and the self-assessment. However, the final products are
proven as good extensive reading materials for the tenth graders of senior high school and can enhance students’
motivation to read English texts.
Keywords: manga comics, extensive reading material
