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One Korean publisher recently released the work of Gengoroh Tagame for the first time in Korea.  It is the "Brother's Husband" of Tagame, which runs in a non-gay comic magazine in Japan.  Considering his previous works, very few Korean could expect that any of his works could be officialy released in Korea.   

Recently I came to know a webcomics site where only gay-themed comic strips are posted. It's called Kaman Bongji, which means black (plastic) bag literally.  m.kkatoon.com I don't know it is universal or not, Koreans use black plastic bag when to carry purchased items which they want to hide.  Maybe this site is named such as a metaphor for Korean gays who are closeted.  Anyway, Gom Kim is a one of the comics writers on the site.  His comics is based on his interviews with gays who had come out.  I like the way he portrays the interviewees' lives and I love his artwork so~~~ much. 

Massive keeps on its collaboration with Jiraiya.  This is one of them, a swimsuit. 

This is one of the sold-out collaborations by Massive and Jiraiya.  I visit Jiraiya's personal blog occasionally, which helps me to order items before they are out-of-stock. The artwork was used for other collaborations like adult toy etc. 

These are another collaborations by Massive, Jiraiya and OC.  The images are from the cover art of G-men, a monthly gay magazine of Japan. 

It's been a while since I posted anything on this blog. Since last August, there have been many things in my life. I somewhat experienced the heaven and the hell. But right now I feel peaceful and I think that counts. Recently I purchased two lovely collaborations by Massive, seller of gay manga goods and Jiraiya(Jupiter of Japanese gay manga, I'd like to call him). It took only 9 or 10 days for me to receive these items. I lost a few pounds since last August so I ordered "S" size of them. And they fit a little tight. But who cares? Or dare I say it. Isn't it the point?

This is the cover of Samson , another gay magazine published in Japan. Samson is focused on elder, chubbier gay adults when compared to other gay magazines in Japan, G-men or Badi. Pontaro is known to draw the covers for Samson for two years from 2003 to 2004. Above is the cover drawn more than 10 years ago. As you can see, he is very talented and skillful in drawing chubby characters. I am sorry that he seemed to stop contributing his talent to any gay magazines.