Massive: Gay Japanese Manga And The Men Who Make It

This is a groundbreaking manga (Japanese comics) anthology by and about gay men put together by an award-winning team. Big burly lascivious and soft around the edges: welcome to the hypermasculine world of Japanese gay manga. Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It is the first English-language anthology of its kind: an in-depth introduction to nine of the most exciting comic artists making work for a gay male audience in Japan. Jiraiya Seizoh Ebisubashi and Kazuhide Ichikawa are three of the irresistibly seductive internationally renowned artists featured in Massive as well as Gengoroh Tagame the subject of The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga. Get to know each of these artists intimately through candid interviews photography context-providing essays illustrations and manga. Massive also includes the groundbreaking titillating work of gay manga luminaries Takeshi Matsu Fumi Miyabi Inu Yoshi Gai Mizuki and comic essayist Kumada Poohsuke. Partial color

Paperback: 280 pages

Publisher: Fantagraphics; 1 edition (December 18 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1606997858

ISBN-13: 978-1606997857

Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.9 x 10 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds