:Massive Goods
{{short description|American fashion brand and manga publisher}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Massive Goods
| logo = Massive Goods Logo.png
| type = Private
| industry = Retail
| founded = 2013
| fate = On hiatus (as of June 2019)
| founders = {{Unbulleted list|Anne Ishii|Graham Kolbeins}}
| hq_location_city = New York, NY
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served = {{Unbulleted list|North America}}
| products = Gay manga, clothing
| website = {{URL|massive-goods.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web |last=Randle |first=Chris |date=December 31, 2014 |title=Size Matters: An Interview With Anne Ishii |url=https://www.thehairpin.com/2014/12/size-matters-an-interview-with-anne-ishii/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930155549/https://www.thehairpin.com/2014/12/size-matters-an-interview-with-anne-ishii/ |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |access-date=September 2, 2018 |website=The Hairpin}} Massive first released a line of t-shirts featuring artwork by Tagame and Jiraiya, which gained popularity in the LGBTQ hip-hop scene.
On June 7, 2019, Massive went on hiatus. While the company continues to fulfill online orders, it is not presently planning new product launches or events.
=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. That same year, Mission Chinese Food and Massive released a t-shirt collaboration, also featuring art by Jiraiya. A second collaboration with Opening Ceremony and Jiraiya, "Power-Up Massive", launched in 2015, 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.
=Publishing=
In December 2014, Fantagraphics published Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It, the first English-language anthology of gay manga. Co-edited by Ishii, Kolbeins, and Kidd, Massive was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Anthology.
Massive has published several English-language translations of dōjinshi, including Cretian Cow by Gengoroh Tagame, and Caveman Guu and Two Hoses by Jiraiya.
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. The memoir was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 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. The first volume in the series, translated by Ishii, won an Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.
Massive Gay Manga, a publishing imprint set to launch under Bruno Gmünder Verlag in 2017, was cancelled following the dissolution of the company.
Artists represented
- Gengoroh Tagame
- Jiraiya
- Seizou Ebisubashi
- Inu Yoshi
- Rokudenashiko
Publications
- The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga. PictureBox, 2013; Bruno Gmünder, 2016. Edited by Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins, and Chip Kidd; collecting works by Gengoroh Tagame
- Caveman Guu. 2013. Story and art by Jiraiya.
- Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It. Fantagraphics, 2014. Edited by Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins, and Chip Kidd; collecting works by Gengoroh Tagame, Inu Yoshi, {{ill|Kumada Poohsuke|ja|熊田プウ助}}, Takeshi Matsu, Jiraiya, Gai Mizuki, Fumi Miyabi, Seizoh Ebisubashi, and Kazuhide Ichikawa
- Cretian Cow. 2015. Story and art by Gengoroh Tagame
- What is Obscenity?: The Story of a Good For Nothing Artist and her Pussy. Co-production with Koyama, 2016. Story and art by Rokudenashiko.
- Two Hoses. 2017. Story and art by Jiraiya.
- My Brother's Husband. Volume 1. Pantheon, 2017. Story and art by Gengoroh Tagame.
- My Brother's Husband. Volume 2. Pantheon, 2018. Story and art by Gengoroh Tagame.
- Gengoroh Tagame: Sketchbook. 2018. Collecting works by Gengoroh Tagame.
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References
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|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/fashion/opening-ceremony-turns-to-manga-comic-artist-for-gay-pride-week.html
|title= Opening Ceremony Turns to Manga Comic Artist for Gay Pride Week
|last= Trebay
|first= Guy
|date= June 23, 2014
|website= The New York Times
|access-date= September 2, 2018
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|url= http://www.tcj.com/reviews/what-is-obscenity-the-story-of-a-good-for-nothing-artist-and-her-pussy/
|title= What Is Obscenity? The Story of a Good for Nothing Artist and Her Pussy
|last= Kirby
|first= Robert
|date= April 28, 2016
|website= The Comics Journal
|access-date= September 2, 2018
}}
|url= http://gayletter.com/massive-for-opening-ceremony/
|title= Massive for Opening Ceremony
|last= Torres
|first= Eric
|date= June 20, 2014
|website= Gayletter
|access-date= September 2, 2018
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|url= https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/tables/854/39986
|title= Caveman Guu
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|date=
|website= Printed Matter
|access-date= September 2, 2018
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|url= http://blog.openingceremony.com/entry.asp?pid=11289&main062415
|title= Power-Up Massive
|last= Penzlein
|first= Isabel Asha
|date= June 24, 2015
|website= Opening Ceremony
|access-date= September 3, 2018
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|url= http://gaymanga.tumblr.com/post/122358945127/the-massive-for-opening-ceremony-summer-15
|title= MASSIVE for Opening Ceremony Summer '15 Lookbook
|last= Kolbeins
|first= Graham
|date= June 24, 2015
|website= Gay Manga!
|access-date= September 2, 2018
}}
|url= http://gaymanga.tumblr.com/post/102462364347/massive-x-mission-chinese-food-massive-has-teamed
|title= MASSIVE x Mission Chinese Food
|last= Kolbeins
|first= Graham
|date= November 24, 2014
|website= Gay Manga!
|access-date= September 2, 2018
}}
|url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/02/massive-gay-japanese-manga_n_6587654.html
|title= 'Massive: Gay Erotic Manga And The Men Who Make It,' Chronicles Gay Japanese Manga
|last= Nichols
|first= James
|date= February 2, 2015
|website= The Huffington Post
|access-date= September 2, 2018
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|url= http://comicsalliance.com/2015-eisner-award-nominations/
|title= 2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced
|last= Asselin
|first= Janelle
|date= April 22, 2015
|website= ComicsAlliance
|access-date= September 2, 2018
}}
|url= http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-latimes-book-prize-finalists-20170222-story.html/
|title= L.A. Times Book Prize finalists include Zadie Smith and Rep. John Lewis; Thomas McGuane will be honored
|last= Schaub
|first= Michael
|date= February 22, 2017
|website= The Los Angeles Times
|access-date= September 2, 2018
}}
|url= http://massive-goods.tumblr.com/post/134544468737/massive-x-pretty-snake-jiraiya-swim-briefs-get
|title= MASSIVE x Pretty Snake
|last= Kolbeins
|first= Graham
|date= December 4, 2015
|website= Gay Manga!
|access-date= September 2, 2018
|archive-date= June 1, 2016
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160601004203/http://massive-goods.tumblr.com/post/134544468737/massive-x-pretty-snake-jiraiya-swim-briefs-get
|url-status= dead
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|url= https://galoremag.com/pride-anne-ishii-of-massive-on-jiraiya-opening-ceremony-collection/
|title= PRIDE: Anne Ishii of MASSIVE on Jiraiya Opening Ceremony Collection
|last= Girl
|first= Galore
|date= June 27, 2014
|website= Galore
|access-date= September 2, 2018
|archive-date= September 4, 2018
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180904011243/https://galoremag.com/pride-anne-ishii-of-massive-on-jiraiya-opening-ceremony-collection/
|url-status= dead
}}
|url= https://massive-goods.com/products/cretian-cow-by-gengoroh-tagame
|title= Cretian Cow by Gengoroh Tagame
|date= 2015
|website= Massive Goods
|access-date= September 3, 2018
}}
|url= https://massive-goods.com/products/two-hoses-by-jiraiya
|title= TWO HOSES by Jiraiya
|date= February 14, 2017 |website= Massive Goods
|access-date= September 3, 2018
}}
|url= http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/09/25-1/massive-goods-teams-up-with-pantheon-for-omnibus-of-canadian-set-my-brothers-husband
|title= Massive Goods Teams Up With Pantheon For Omnibus Of Canadian-Set "My Brother's Husband"
|last= Green
|first= Scott
|date= September 25, 2016
|website= Crunchyroll
|access-date= September 7, 2018
}}
|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/2018-eisner-awards-complete-winners-list-1128983
|title= 2018 Eisner Awards: The Complete Winners List
|last= McMillan
|first= Graeme
|date= July 21, 2018
|website= The Hollywood Reporter
|access-date= September 7, 2018
}}
|url= https://massive-goods.com/products/gengoroh-tagame-sketchbook
|title= Gengoroh Tagame Sketchbook
|date= October 23, 2018
|website= Massive Goods
|access-date= October 23, 2018
}}
| url= https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vanguard-by-shopify-studios/id1437172914?mt=2
| title=The Asian Gay Thing
| website=Vanguard
| publisher=Shopify Studios
| host=Iddamsetty, Anshuman
| date=February 6, 2019
| time=15:40
| access-date=February 6, 2019
}}
|url= https://www.instagram.com/p/BybDQU6H5O5/
|title= Dear MASSIVE Family
|date= June 7, 2019
|website= Instagram (@massivegay)
|access-date= July 27, 2019
}}
}}
External links
- [https://massive-goods.com/ Massive Goods official website]
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