Gengoroh Tagame THE PASSION OF GENGOROH TAGAME Bundle
A slipcased edition of Fantagraphic’s best-selling two volume series collecting the work of Gengoroh Tagame, the "Tom of Finland of Japan" and modern master of "bara" manga
The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in this two volume The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame series — the only English-language collections of Tagame's erotic work, celebrated around the world for its groundbreaking subject matter, masterfully crafted imagery, and unbridled exploration of bondage, lust, passion, and romance.
Vol. 1 includes ten short stories dating from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, with an introduction by celebrated novelist and biographer Edmund White, as well as an essay and jacket design by acclaimed novelist and graphic designer Chip Kidd. In Vol. 2, Tagame serves up what his fans love best: elaborate, sensational, beautifully rendered erotica and BDSM. Kings, monks, cops, athletes: no manly man is safe from the deliciously depraved fantasies within this treasure trove of long and short stories previously unpublished in English, accompanied by original essays and an exclusive new interview with the internationally renowned cartoonist.
Fantagraphic’s new two volume slipcased edition is a must-have for Tagame fans, as well as fans of bear cultures in general.
Please note: These book are a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.
Published by Fantagraphics, 2024
USA Import
Paperback in slipcase
688 b/w pages total
7.3" × 10.4"
"Pitch perfect…. A carnal explosion…. Tagame's art ultimately surpasses genre." - Lambda Literary
"[Tagame] demonstrates the ways in which sex and sexuality touch every aspect of our lives, and the way those things are, in turn, touched by other aspects of life." - The AV Club
"Mishima meets Mapplethorpe." - Hazlitt
A slipcased edition of Fantagraphic’s best-selling two volume series collecting the work of Gengoroh Tagame, the "Tom of Finland of Japan" and modern master of "bara" manga
The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in this two volume The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame series — the only English-language collections of Tagame's erotic work, celebrated around the world for its groundbreaking subject matter, masterfully crafted imagery, and unbridled exploration of bondage, lust, passion, and romance.
Vol. 1 includes ten short stories dating from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, with an introduction by celebrated novelist and biographer Edmund White, as well as an essay and jacket design by acclaimed novelist and graphic designer Chip Kidd. In Vol. 2, Tagame serves up what his fans love best: elaborate, sensational, beautifully rendered erotica and BDSM. Kings, monks, cops, athletes: no manly man is safe from the deliciously depraved fantasies within this treasure trove of long and short stories previously unpublished in English, accompanied by original essays and an exclusive new interview with the internationally renowned cartoonist.
Fantagraphic’s new two volume slipcased edition is a must-have for Tagame fans, as well as fans of bear cultures in general.
Please note: These book are a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.
Published by Fantagraphics, 2024
USA Import
Paperback in slipcase
688 b/w pages total
7.3" × 10.4"
"Pitch perfect…. A carnal explosion…. Tagame's art ultimately surpasses genre." - Lambda Literary
"[Tagame] demonstrates the ways in which sex and sexuality touch every aspect of our lives, and the way those things are, in turn, touched by other aspects of life." - The AV Club
"Mishima meets Mapplethorpe." - Hazlitt
A slipcased edition of Fantagraphic’s best-selling two volume series collecting the work of Gengoroh Tagame, the "Tom of Finland of Japan" and modern master of "bara" manga
The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in this two volume The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame series — the only English-language collections of Tagame's erotic work, celebrated around the world for its groundbreaking subject matter, masterfully crafted imagery, and unbridled exploration of bondage, lust, passion, and romance.
Vol. 1 includes ten short stories dating from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, with an introduction by celebrated novelist and biographer Edmund White, as well as an essay and jacket design by acclaimed novelist and graphic designer Chip Kidd. In Vol. 2, Tagame serves up what his fans love best: elaborate, sensational, beautifully rendered erotica and BDSM. Kings, monks, cops, athletes: no manly man is safe from the deliciously depraved fantasies within this treasure trove of long and short stories previously unpublished in English, accompanied by original essays and an exclusive new interview with the internationally renowned cartoonist.
Fantagraphic’s new two volume slipcased edition is a must-have for Tagame fans, as well as fans of bear cultures in general.
Please note: These book are a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.
Published by Fantagraphics, 2024
USA Import
Paperback in slipcase
688 b/w pages total
7.3" × 10.4"
"Pitch perfect…. A carnal explosion…. Tagame's art ultimately surpasses genre." - Lambda Literary
"[Tagame] demonstrates the ways in which sex and sexuality touch every aspect of our lives, and the way those things are, in turn, touched by other aspects of life." - The AV Club
"Mishima meets Mapplethorpe." - Hazlitt
