a first of summers season 2 is out yay go read my woke BL
read afos in: korean / english / spanish
there are a lot of different themes and topics i explore this season that i hope you can resonate with in some shape or form... thank you for the support! i'm not the most confident person when it comes to their work so it means a lot to me that some of you read what i put out into the world.
i'd also love it if you followed me on twitter! it's where i'm more active about afos -> https://x.com/pppanghouse
im curious! what made you decide you wanted the couple in your syory to be an age gap? i always assumed youd write either ever write something truly beautifully tragic or old man yaoi 🤔
hmm interesting question. i mean i could go on about how i wanted to see if could tackle a more nuanced approach at age gaps and the differences in life experiences and the hurdles that follow age gaps etc but honestly the initial idea came because of the aesthetic differences between the two leads and because i was infatuated with the idea of an unsuspecting middle aged salaryman getting dick who said that
and yeah i like my shonen yaoi tragic but even with hashimada and satosugu i tend to build my own slice of life au in my head, like the hashimada farmers au and i have a whole sashisu au in my head where they all visit suguru's parents during a summer vacation. i enjoy stories about regular, normal people grappling with everyday problems and figuring out how to live life
I used to follow you like like two/three years back for your jojos art before I lost my old account, then like two weeks ago oomf tells me to read this bl, I think its rlly good but the artsyle is familiar, come back on here and I was right, its legit you!! like fr!!
I just wanted to say that ‘a first of summers’ means so much to me. I find myself, (salaryman by day, Real Cowboy by night) relating to the characters, and am rooting for them to push through all their life’s problems. Meeting your characters has become motivation for me to do the same. Love the art as well. Everything about it. From the colours to the way you draw characters, to the way you have carefully captured intimate touches. I’m enamoured. Life is now good. Keep up the great work! <3
wowow thankssss. it was important to me that i write about regular people who try — to be better, to be good, and to give each other something. it's just way more interesting to me, and i think we all need that kind of attitude in life!
usually im kind of repulsed by age gap stories but i have to say man you wrote it so well I'm enjoying it theyre so cute🙏
hey now this makes me happy because i know why age gaps even among grown ups can be a contentious topic. at the end of the day it's bl so it's got the beats of a bl plotline, but i still wanted to tackle their age gap carefully in a way that isn't exploitative but still feels realistic. if you felt that their dynamic was well written then maybe i'm on the right track 👍
hi! i have a question 🐒 is “pppanghouse” the name of a company or a pen name for your comic? hope i didn’t sound too stupid just curious! 😭 don’t want to misinterpret anything 🥹 (also very proud of you for being vulnerable and sharing your comic with everyone 🧚♀️🫶 can’t wait to read your comic on lezhin!!! 💗)
pppanghouse is kind of a wordplay/translation of the word 빵집 (which is the pen name i use in lezhin kr) and it means bakery! i came up with it because i wanted to make stories that make u feel like you’re eating bread yes i’m corny as heyylllleee
wait are you both the author and the artist of a first for summers? somehow it didnt really click until i read your post, i thought you just did the art for it (yes your art is very recognizable!!!! the colors especially ❤️)
yes i do the cooking yes i do the cleaning i'm doing everything on my own here so will you hold my hand and read my bl manga together? this could be us
....hi everyone......... i know that some of you already know about this but i have a bl comic that is currently being published on lezhin. it's called "처음의 여름" or "a first of summers". it's explicit and i'd be really happy if anyone who is interested in this type of thing or my art gives it a read.
you can read the english version at: https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/first_summer
(or the korean version here if you're into that): https://lezhin.com/ko/comic/first_of_summers
you can also follow me on twitter: https://x.com/pppanghouse
i have gotten many messages asking me if i was the one behind a first of summers (because apparently my art style is very recognizable i can't hide from you guys!!), and i've been ignoring them for months (sorry, everyone) because i was never fully proud of the work that i was putting out there. i still don't think i am at a point where i can confidently promote my work like a normal person would because me and shame are like this -> 🫂. but i am working on getting better at managing my shame and making this post is a step towards that goal. in a way, i felt more reluctant to post about it here because i see the connections i've made on tumblr as real tangible friendships rather than parasocial ones so it's even more embarrassing.
as a lover of yaoi, slice of life and queer media, i tried to make something that i personally would like to read, in an art style that i would have found inspirational when i started digital art. here are some panels that i am kind of proud of ahh hee hee
to be honest it feels very very weird to "make a story" and "share it with people", because i've never done something like this before and having to offer my personal themes and internal symbols to people in the hopes that some of you may resonate with them feels like i'm running down the street with my whole ass out in the open. idk how people do this.
also, i know a lot of you consume media illegally and i know that i alone can't stop you from doing that. which is why i'm all the more thankful to anyone who chooses to support me by buying the chapters on the official websites. i'm slowly learning that this (working on stories and drawing) might be something i want to keep doing and get better at, so i'm so deeply grateful to those who make that possible for me by supporting me financially. it always feels super nice when people show appreciation for my art and recommend it to other people and talk about it.
anyways, so that's me. i have a lot more to say but this post has already gotten long enough, and none of it includes any information on what the comic is about lol so here's a short synopsis: hyeonseon is a 40yo divorced salaryman who, after having a bit of a midlife crisis about where he is at in life, decides to learn electric guitar. his teacher, yeoreum (which means summer) is a 24yo college student who is also having a bit of a crisis of his own aaaand falls for the older dude. uhhhh and as i said it's explicit they are fucking it oppa homo style, and it does deal with themes related to age gaps but please don't come for meeeee!!!!!!!! i tried to make it tasteful and chose to work with age gaps because i had something to say about the concept of adulthood/life, also i enjoy a dude who's a little old getting dicked down by a younger lad what do you want me to say, damn......
if you have any nice things to say about my work then weeheee please go ahead, thank you
