Massive gay japanese manga


Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It

December 23, 2021
Being gay, finding this collection at my local library instantly piqued my interest. Yes, it's racier than the content I typically read, but I'm more versed in BL manga, which is primarily written by straight women for straight women. This manga I'm more familiar with does own a gay audience, but because of the cultural framing surrounding homosexuality in Japan, a lot of interactions in BL and even in the gay manga here revolve around an explicit lack of consent. Homosexuality is still frowned upon in Japan, viewed as forbidden and adj. But the men of stories still want to act it and show themselves that way. It usually involves a seme forcing himself on an uke in BL, the result a scene more akin to assault than sex. But bashing that isn't going to do much; that would be ethnocentric and disregard the fact that for BL narratives, women are writing them to evade the patriarchal labels forced upon them by men. In my mind, as long as these gay stories are handled well by women, I will respect them whether

By Anne Ishii (Editor), Graham Kolbeins (Editor), Chip Kidd (Cover design or artwork by)

$35.00

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This is a groundbreaking manga 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 Itis 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 here, as well as Gengoroh Tagame, the subject of The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga. Acquire to know each of these artists intimately, through candid interviews, photography, context-providing essays, illustrations, and manga. Massivealso includes the groundbreaking, titillating work of gay manga luminaries Takeshi

Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It - Softcover

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This is a groundbreaking manga (Japanese comics) anthology by and about gay men, lay together by an award-winning team.

Big, burly, lascivious, and smooth around the edges: welcome to the hypermasculine world of Japanese gay manga. Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Produce Itis the first English-language anthology of its kind: an in-depth introduction to nine of the most exciting comic artists making verb 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 skillfully 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. Massivealso includes the groundbreaking, titillating function of gay manga luminaries Takeshi Matsu, Fumi Miyabi, Inu Yoshi, Gai Mizuki, and comic essayist Kumada Poohsuke. Partial color
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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 understand 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.*Mature Readers*