Massive
Subtitle: gay erotic manga and the men who make it
By: edited by Chip Kidd, Graham Kobeins, and Anne Ishii ; comics and interview translation by Anne Ishii ; photography by Graham Kolbeins
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781606997857
Subjects: Gay erotic comic books, strips; Gay men; Comic books, strips
Description: "Big, burly, lascivious, and soft around the edges: welcome to the hyper-masculine 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"--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Translated into English from the original Japanese.