Otôto No Otto (My Brother’s Husband) chapter 1

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弟の夫 My Brother’s Husband, chapter 1.
Monthly Action magazine, 2014 November issue (September 25, 2014, on sale)

This is my first serialized manga on a general manga magazine. So there is no adult materials but the story includes gay issues (you know it by the title of the story and pink triangle T-shirt on the cover illustration). It is a complete new challenge for me to draw manga handling gay issues on modern days for mainly straight readers. Of course I wish that it will be interesting for gay readers too!
If you are in Japan, let’s go to a book store and look for the cover above, or the spine below with a bearish face as a sign (BTW, his name is Mike).
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And there is a reader’s present on the magazine. One winner will be able to get my original colored drawing with signature on Shikishi paper board. I’m sorry that to apply it must be very hard for non-Japanese speakers, so up the photo of it.
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My interview and drawings on NakedButSafe magazine

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My interview and several drawings are featured on the magazine, NakedButSafe #7. It is Greek photography based fashion and art magazine, and is available worldwide.
The article is total 12 pages, and I think that the interview is good and is well worth reading.
The magazine itself is very beautiful and cool too. If you are good in English, please get your copy from their website!
http://nakedbutsafe.com/
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‘Heroes in Peril’ from Class Comics

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Class Comics released gay erotic art pin-up collection in American comic style, Heroes in Peril, in two volumes, in PDF format.
The books include many full color illustrations of Class Comics’ heroes ‘in Peril’ by around 60 artists from the globe.
I joined this project, and draw one color illustration of ‘Deimos’ in peril, and it was published on Volume 2. (Sneak preview is below!)
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More detail and to purchase, please see the link below!

Here is the overview.
http://www.classcomics.com/ccn/2014/08/heroes-in-peril-volumes-1-and-2-now-available/

Here is direct link to the page of Volume 2.
http://www.classcomics.com/cart/product.php?productid=333

Talk show about gay film in Shinjuku

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Tomorrow, July 7th, I’ll be on the talk show about gay film as one of panelists. The show is the official pre-event of 23rd Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival what will start on July 12th.
Other panelists are Masamichi Yoshihiro (movie journalist) and Bourbonne (drag queen, essayist), MC is Bubblyna (drag queen, chief editor of gay portal site 2CHOPO).

Talk Show: TILGFF x 2CHOPO ‘Niji-iro (rainbow color) Theater’
July 7th, 2014 at AiSOTOPE LOUNGE
Door Open: 19:00
Event Start: 20:00 (~22:00)
Entrance Fee: 2,000 yen (drink not included)
No Need Reservation