The manga in G-men was especially important in making gay manga a marketable category in Japan. His work has been published in gay magazines such as Sabu, SM-Z and G-men. He was inspired by the American artist Bill Ward, and decided to publish his own art in 1986 under the Gengeroh Tagame pen name. RELATED: The Best Manga Reads for Pride, From Utena to Wandering Sonīefore starting his career in manga, Tagame studied graphic design and worked as a commercial art director. The genre features large, muscular, bear-like physiques and is mostly pornographic, involving fetishistic sadomasochism and domination. In contrast, gei-comi/bara is made for men interested in a type of macho fantasy. Gei-comi/bara isn't the same as yaoi or Boys' Love, which traditionally depicts slender bishonen and is targeted at a female audience. Tagame is a pioneer of the "gei-comi" (gay comic) genre, often refereed to outside of Japan as "bara." Tagame has criticized the term "bara" as negatively describing gay manga, but did later clarify that the word can be convenient when describing certain body types. Tagame is a co-founder of the G-men magazine and an openly gay artist.
His stories and art range from graphic, pornographic depictions of BDSM and hypermasculinity to all-ages manga addressing homophobia and unconventional families in Japan. Both as a mangaka and an art historian, Tagame has paved the way for different types of gay representation in the medium. Gengoroh Tagame is widely regarded as Japan's most influential creator of gay manga.
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