Massive Goods
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Industry | Retail |
Founded | 2013 |
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Headquarters | New York, NY, United States |
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Products | Gay manga, clothing |
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Massive Goods (alternatively stylized as MASSIVE GOODS, or simply Massive) is a fashion brand and manga publisher. The company works with LGBTQ and feminist comic artists in Japan – particularly gay manga (bara) artists – to create products featuring their artwork, and English-language translations of their works.
History
Massive was founded in 2013 by Anne Ishii and Graham Kolbeins concurrent with the release of The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga (Picturebox), the first English-language publication of works by Gengoroh Tagame, which Ishii and Kolbeins co-edited with Chip Kidd.[1] Massive first released a line of t-shirts featuring artwork by Tagame and Jiraiya,[2] which gained popularity in the LGBTQ hip-hop scene.[3]
Fashion
In partnership with other brands, Massive has launched several fashion and accessory lines, primarily featuring Jiraiya's artwork. In June 2014, Massive, Jiraiya, and Opening Ceremony launched a product line to commemorate Pride Month which featured apparel, accessories, and a Tenga sex toy.[3][4] That same year, Mission Chinese Food and Massive released a t-shirt collaboration, also featuring art by Jiraiya.[5] A second collaboration with Opening Ceremony and Jiraiya, "Power-Up Massive", launched in 2015,[6][7] along with a line of swim briefs with artwork by Jiraiya created by Pretty Snake, the fashion brand founded by Project Runway contestant Joe Segal.[8]
Publishing
In December 2014, Fantagraphics published Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It, the first English-language anthology of gay manga.[9] Co-edited by Ishii, Kolbeins, and Kidd, Massive was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Anthology.[10]
In 2016, Massive co-produced with Koyama Press an English-language translation of What is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good For Nothing Artist and her Pussy, a graphic novel memoir by Rokudenashiko.[11] The memoir was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.[12] That same year, Massive began work with Pantheon Books on the English-language translation of My Brother's Husband, Gengoroh Tagame's first all-ages manga.[13] The first volume in the series, translated by Ishii, won an Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.[14]
Massive has additionally published several English-language translations of dōjinshi, including Cretian Cow by Gengoroh Tagame,[15] and Caveman Guu and Two Hoses by Jiraiya.[15][16]
Artists represented
- Gengoroh Tagame
- Jiraiya
- Seizou Ebisubashi
- Inu Yoshi
- Rokudenashiko
Publications
- The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga (2013),[lower-alpha 1] edited by Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins, and Chip Kidd; collecting works by Gengoroh Tagame
- Caveman Guu (2013), story and art by Jiraiya[15]
- Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It (2014),[lower-alpha 2] edited by Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins, and Chip Kidd; collecting works by Gengoroh Tagame, Inu Yoshi, Kumada Poohsuke, Takeshi Matsu, Jiraiya, Gai Mizuki, Fumi Miyabi, Seizoh Ebisubashi, and Kazuhide Ichikawa
- Cretian Cow (2015), story and art by Gengoroh Tagame[17]
- What is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good For Nothing Artist and her Pussy (2016)[lower-alpha 3], story and art by Rokudenashiko
- Two Hoses (2017), story and art by Jiraiya[16]
- My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (2017)[lower-alpha 4], story and art by Gengoroh Tagame
- My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 (2018)[lower-alpha 4], story and art by Gengoroh Tagame
- ↑ Published by PictureBox; re-printed in 2016 by Bruno Gmünder Verlag
- ↑ Published by Fantagraphics.
- ↑ Co-production with Koyama Press.
- 1 2 Published by Pantheon Books.
References
- ↑ Randle, Chris (December 31, 2014). "Size Matters: An Interview With Anne Ishii". The Hairpin. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Girl, Galore (June 27, 2014). "PRIDE: Anne Ishii of MASSIVE on Jiraiya Opening Ceremony Collection". Galore. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- 1 2 Trebay, Guy (June 23, 2014). "Opening Ceremony Turns to Manga Comic Artist for Gay Pride Week". The New York Times. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Torres, Eric (June 20, 2014). "Massive for Opening Ceremony". Gayletter. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Kolbeins, Graham (November 24, 2014). "MASSIVE x Mission Chinese Food". Gay Manga!. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Penzlein, Isabel Asha (June 24, 2015). "Power-Up Massive". Opening Ceremony. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑ Kolbeins, Graham (June 24, 2015). "MASSIVE for Opening Ceremony Summer '15 Lookbook". Gay Manga!. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Kolbeins, Graham (December 4, 2015). "MASSIVE x Pretty Snake". Gay Manga!. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Nichols, James (February 2, 2015). "'Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It,' Chronicles Gay Japanese Manga". The Huffington Post. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Asselin, Janelle (April 22, 2015). "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Kirby, Robert (April 28, 2016). "What Is Obscenity? The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy". The Comics Journal. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Schaub, Michael (February 22, 2017). "L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Zadie Smith and Rep. John Lewis; Thomas McGuane will be honored". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- ↑ Green, Scott (September 25, 2016). "Massive Goods Teams Up With Pantheon For Omnibus Of Canadian-Set "My Brother's Husband"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ↑ McMillan, Graeme (July 21, 2018). "2018 Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- 1 2 3 "Caveman Guu". Printed Matter. Retrieved September 2, 2018.
- 1 2 "TWO HOSES by Jiraiya". Massive Goods. Feb 14, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Cretian Cow by Gengoroh Tagame". Massive Goods. 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2018.