Jaraiya: Japanese Bear Artist [REDUX]
I've been an avid comic book and manga reader for years, going through great journeys with my favorite hero's and villains, but something was missing from my comic collection. I simply wanted more, something that fed my sexual bear nature and my love of thicker men. After many days of searching, I found an artist named Jaraiya, a well-known bear comic book artist in Japan. After looking at and reading his art work, I was overjoyed and amazed because, finally, a comic that peeked my sexual interest to the fullest. Jaraiya combines visuals and writing for maximum effect, and over the years, Jaraiya has led the bara, aka bear comics, to the next level. Because of his success, more people have joined the bara movement. So if you haven't joined the movement, you are missing a great experience.
Jaraiya Bio:
Born in 1967, Jiraiya is one of the most known japanese gay artists. Cartoonist and illustrator, he is one of the main contributors to the japanese cult magazine "G-men". His work is published in Japan as well as in Europe.
G-Men
I found this G-Men information on Wikipedia if you want to know more information about G-Men and and how to get therm here is another link: www.g-men.co.jp
G-men (ジーメン Jīmen?) is a monthly Japanese 0magazine for gay men. Gay magazines in Japan, along with much gay culture, are segregated by 'type' (e.g., muscular men, older men, specific occupations);
G-men was founded in 1994 to cater to gay men who preferred "macho fantasy", as opposed to the sleeker, yaoi-inspired styles popular in the 1980s, and focuses on "macho type" (muscular, bearish men) and gaten-kei (ガテン系, blue-collar workers). Like most gay men's general-interest magazines, G-men includes editorial and photographic material, as well as prose stories and manga. G-men was designed to encourage steady readership by presenting a more well-defined fantasy image, and by running serialized, continuing manga stories (as opposed to the one-shot stories standard in other in gay men's magazines) which
encouraged purchase of every issue. Gengoroh Tagame's work was an important influence on G-men's style; he provided the cover for the first 60+ issues, as well as manga stories for most issues. G-men was also one of the first gay men's publishers to offer collections of manga bound into tankōbon. The manga published in G-men, particularly Tagame's work, was influential in the development of manga for gay men as a marketable category.