Gengoroh Tagame is one of the most famous manga artists in the world. He is already mentioned in the same breath as Tom of Finland. Art magazine 032c wrote: "Tom of Finland's work looks like something
The concluding volume in the story of Yaichi, his daughter Kana, and how their meeting Mike Flanagan--Yaichi's brother-in-law--changes their lives and their perceptions of acceptance of homosexuality
The Contracts of the Fall is the latest collection of graphic stories from the skilled hands of master manga maker Gengoroh Tagame to be published in English. Featuring four epic tales of dominance, s
A mesmerizing coming-of-age and coming-out graphic novel by the genius writer-artist of the breakout hit My Brother’s HusbandSet in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda, a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His best friend and childhood confidante is Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should be) his girlfriend, and it would be the easiest thing to play along―she knows he’s gay but knows, too, how difficult it is to live one’s truth in his situation. Sora’s world changes forever when he meets Mr. Amamiya, a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop and is completely, unapologetically out as a gay man. A mentorship and platonic friendship ensues as Sora comes out to him and
From one of Japan's most notable manga artists: a heartbreaking and redemptive tale of mourning and acceptance that compares and contrasts the contemporary nature of gay tolerance in the East and the
***EISNER AWARD WINNER***Gengoroh Tagame's global sensation, now in one volume!Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, and father to their young daugh