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The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga Paperback – April 30, 2013

by Chip Kidd (Editor), Graham Kolbeins (Editor), Edmund White (Introduction),

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Violent, visceral and provocative, to say the least, Gengoroh Tagame's unquestionable talent for story and illustration is already the stuff of legend. His gay BDSM stories are now widely celebrated for both their virtuosic drawing and their unparalleled passion. Produced by a veteran Japanist--Anne Ishii--The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame is a project that began some years ago, when Ishii was translating Chip Kidd's personal Tagame collection and decided to reach out to him. Inspired by filmmaker Graham Kolbeins' online work with gay comics, the project took on new ambitious proportions, materializing in this exciting celebration of one of the world's most poignant erotic artists. This hefty Tagame omnibus includes ten English editions of short stories dating from the late 1990s to 2012. The newest work is an original story commissioned by Kidd himself: Tagame's very first foray into writing directly for an American reader. Celebrated novelist and biographer Edmund White contributes an introduction to the volume.
Gengoroh Tagame (born 1964) is a legend in gay comics throughout the world and in the American underground, where loyal fans have quietly shared foreign-language editions of his groundbreaking work in the outermost edges of bondage and pornography. Beyond the comic book format, Tagame's original artwork has been exhibited internationally and paired with the works of Tom of Finland. Tagame was also the founding Editor and Art Director of Japan's most widely circulated gay journal, G-Men.

Print length

256 pages
Language

English
Publisher

PictureBox
Publication date

April 30, 2013
Dimensions

7 x 1 x 10 inches
ISBN-10

0984589244
ISBN-13

978-0984589241
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ PictureBox; 1st edition (April 30, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984589244
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984589241
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.63 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 10 inches

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Nicky d'

Gay sex with several twists

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 8, 2013

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There are many Japanese gay manga artists. Until now, I've had to read them online to read any in English, and some of the translations are a little odd. Some are almost unintelligible. Takeishi Matsu is my favorite because I like romance and happy endings with my sex. You might get a little romance out of Gengoroh Tagame, you might even get an occasional happy ending (of some sort), but you sure as hell are going to get SEX. Tagame's drawings are not as finished as Matsu's but the rougher quality goes with the story lines of bondage, discipline, domination, and s&m. If you've read Tagame online and are worried that some of THOSE stories will be in the book, don't worry that your neighbors on the subway will throw you off the train. The really, really, really hardcore ones aren't in this book. But the ones that are aren't exactly vanilla. You still get the real Tagame, which is pretty damn hot. This is a larger size hardcover, which gives more room for the drawings. The English translation makes sense. Tagame writes notes about the stories and shows a delightful sense of humor. I really like Tagame's work overall, even though some of it turns me off, and I am very happy to have this book in my home library. Comics I enjoy reading over and over. I hope we see more gay manga in English. Takeishi Matsu please!

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Allen SmallingTop Contributor: Classical Music

Legal, sweaty, very rough, and compelling

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 18, 2017

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Gengoroh Tagame is a Japanese artist who specializes in "bara manga" (in this case, graphic-comic-style gay, and usually "bear," porn). When THE PASSION OF GENGOROH TAGAME was published in 2013, it was the first of his books translated specifically into English for an English-speaking audience, as opposed to the semi-illegal "scanlations" that had been going around. The author's themes almost always center around BDSM between gay men, so definitely not for the faint-hearted. (However, experts say this is not the roughest of his stuff.) Even so, Tagame's artistic style is always compelling. I keep hoping that his masterpiece, PRIDE, will go into full and legal English translation.

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Tom

Muscles & Bears

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 21, 2013

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Personally I've always been a fan of Tagame's art work. And I was so happy to see his comics translated in English. The art is beautiful, and the stories are cool. (It gets a little violent at times... and I'm just not a fan of blood and things of that nature.) But other than that, there are a few notes form the artist talking about each comic strip, plus some sketches. All in all If they come out with a 2nd Passion book, I will 100% buy it!

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Gary L. Magruder

Artistic Style Brutilizes

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 11, 2014

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I am an artist who is not locked into one approach to artistic expression . My own work is often graphically erotic. I find much Asian expression in the arts amazing. I am a gay man with decades of work behind and hopefully ahead . The work of this famous man just did not click for me. If brutality, both in content and style , is your delight then you will have found a passion to raise your rooftop to the clouds above. Otherwise, get a book on the works of an old master like Botticelli and follow the lines of beauty and let your imagination play.

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new yorker

Graphic in Every Way!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 1, 2013

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Beautifully done from cover to cover; interesting,erotic and violent. The stories range from the realistic to pure science fiction all with varying degrees of S/M and sexual violence.

Not for children

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mulder69

Excited to read it

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 19, 2013

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FINALLY, an English version of such beautiful, detailed Japanese artwork. As you know, NOT for the faint hearted. Please share OTHER English translations for Tagame and similar artists with others.

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Gonzalo J. Sadia

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2017

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interesting drawing process

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Ches Clark

All I've Come to Love About Gengoroh Tagame

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 23, 2014

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I've been a fan of this artist since I was living in Japan and got some of his manga second-hand, and then started buying issues of G-Men just to get the serial installments of his stories. This collection is more of the same. Definitely one-handed reading.

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MissWho

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 1, 2018

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A story for bedtime, with pictures. Don't forget to do the voices!

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Mr L Harris

Passion is the word!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 4, 2016

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Hot s&m action - I almost found it too much! Fantastic artwork-more real than Tom oF Finland

nathan rodney brown

Illustrations suited to the gay reader.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 19, 2014

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This is a brilliantly illustrated book by a great artist. Gengoroh Tagame has created a brilliant collection of stories beautifully illustrated for the gay reader. I do hope this is the start of a series of books and that more will follow in the future.
Well recommended.

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soundsgood

Really enjoyed this book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 3, 2014

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I really enjoyed this book. Some of the stories are too hard core but I love the way Tagame fits the erotic events in a context. I can't wait for the rest of Tagame's books to be translated to English.
If you like graphic erotic novels, this is a must have.

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John E. M. Lucie-smith

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 10, 2013

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He's the top Japanese erotic artist of his type. Nice to have the book in English.More collections by him, please

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