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# BOOK REVIEW: Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/book-review-massive-gay-erotic-manga-and-the-men-who-make-it/
- Published: 2016-08-30T10:16:33.000Z
- Updated: 2016-08-30T10:16:49.000Z
- Description: Big, burly, lascivious, and soft around the edges: welcome to this hyper-masculine world. Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It is an in-depth introduction to nine of the most exciting comic artists making work for a gay male audience in Japan.
- Author: Eric Page
- Tags: Arts, Books, In The South, News, Reviews, book review

[![front-cover](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/front-cover.jpg)](http://gscene.com/arts/books/book-review-massive-gay-erotic-manga-and-the-men-who-make-it/attachment/front-cover/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

**Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It**

**[Anne Ishii](http://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/anne-ishii?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**

Japanese erotic manga is in a world of its own and this first-of-its kind anthology shares and explains a wide cross-section of some of the best artists and story tellers working in the field today. Big, burly, lascivious, and soft around the edges: welcome to this hyper-masculine world. *Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It* is an in-depth introduction to nine of the most exciting comic artists making work for a gay male audience in Japan.

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**Jiraiya**, **Seizoh Ebisubashi** and **Kazuhide Ichikawa** are three of the irresistibly seductive, internationally renowned artists featured in *Massive*, as well as recognisable to a British audience – **Gengoroh Tagame**. The book uses frank interviews, photography, and some considered analysis to give us intimate insights into the artists along with many examples of their illustrations and seriously hot, sensual, and sexy manga.

[![jiraiya_best_couple](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/jiraiya_best_couple.jpg)](http://gscene.com/arts/books/book-review-massive-gay-erotic-manga-and-the-men-who-make-it/attachment/jiraiya%5Fbest%5Fcouple/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

*Massive* also includes the groundbreaking, titillating, heaving sweaty and in your face erotic work of gay manga luminaries **Takeshi Matsu**, **Fumi Miyabi**, **Inu Yoshi**, **Gai Mizuki** and comic essayist **Kumada Poohsuke**. Certainly worth a repeated rummage.

[![Massive](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/massive.jpg)](http://gscene.com/arts/books/book-review-massive-gay-erotic-manga-and-the-men-who-make-it/attachment/massive/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

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**Out now**

**For more info or to buy the book, [click here:](http://www.fantagraphics.com/massive/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**