#art by koogi

[hot-sad-moms-near-u]

Woke up in a cold sweat this morning and proceeded to outline the horrors my realization.

[katzeni]

🎃

Sangwoo turned Seungbae into a dog . He isn’t too happy about it

[gah-who-are-you]

Imagine a world where they weren't traumatized and instead had a happy life as friends. Where they went to amusements parks for the hell of it, just because they felt like it. Where the only reason Sangwoo might have bruises or scars is due to playing a sport. Where Yoonbum had eye bags due to studying all night and being studious. But yeah, I really just wanted to draw something nice where the two are, in a way, a form of peace. After reading killing stalker it honestly impacted me in a way. (Not in a bad way don't worry) I've come to really like the manhwa and will reread it when I can. This is not me shipping Yoonbum and Sangwoo.(Reminder that Sangwoo is straight and the author confirmed it. Also I'm sorry for the quality :')

[coffyao]

[yutamayo]

Can't sleep (it is 5:43am) so currently starting the analysis as I read through the first volume of Killing Stalking Deluxe and I feel I just NEED to say. Maybe it's harder to fully appreciate when reading through a screen/online like most have, but genuinely having this shit in my hands and being able to see the actual art...

Koogi is genuinely an artist like that ART is high key so fucking good like it's not even funny and reading the physical manga has beyond solidified my belief that the art in Killing Stalking is maliciously underrated. Genuinely. This shit is fucking beautiful. Like. Genuinely the drawing alone. Like. Jesus Christ Koogi is a fucking artist.

[oongiboongi7]

Ynkk travelling (4/4)

Airport ready to go home - they brought home with them…

[mxooki]

[eministic]

hehe some plushie kougs for art fight! kudos if you get the visual reference (title of attack is: 'cause I'm a lady, that's why)

none of these three plushie kougras belong to me, because, alas, despite my handle here, I have no plushie kougs of my own U_U

edit: :0 koogy on the right belongs to @luvlorne

[sneezemonster15]

I was talking to this manga nerd, who, once I told them I was a Naruto fan, apparently interpreted it as me being a fan of bl manga about two fucked up characters with a fucked up dynamic, and then they recced me this manhwa called Killing Stalking by the artist Koogi. I read the first few chapters and I was like - .....this is nothing like Naruto....

It's also hardly bl, well there's sex in it, but it's not...love making. The author doesn't call it bl either and I can see why. Now, the art is so good and the plot is engaging enough to make me find out why these characters are the way they are but I can tell it's gonna get so much darker and I don't know if I am ready for that kind of fuckedupness just now. But I also kinda wanna find out....

[lgbtqmanga]

New Releases Dec. 10, 2024

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The hit homosexual drama Hiru no Yume is back, and this time on the big screen. Asami Hayama and Yuki Shirasaki are, of course, returning to their leading roles. Their on-screen love affair was the talk of the season last winter. However, most people don’t know Hayama and Shirasaki are following their characters’ example off-screen. This is a problem on set when a new cast member, Yamase, gives Shirasaki attention that stirs Hayama’s jealousy.

Be My Worst Nightmare! (manga) vol. 1 by Michelle

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The Disabled Tyrant’s Beloved Pet Fish: Canji Baojun De Zhangxin Yu Chong (novel) vol. 3 by Xue Shan Fei Hu

When Prince Jing is sent to quell the disturbance at the western border, there’s no question that Li Yu will accompany him—as his boyfriend and as his pet fish! Li Yu’s mission is to help Prince Jing secure his position as heir to the throne. However, the new couple is in for a surprise when Li Yu makes a much bigger splash in the imperial line of succession: even male fish can lay eggs now! With four bouncing baby fish in tow, Li Yu and Prince Jing must work extra hard to dam the trouble brewing at the border. Despite the challenges, Prince Jing is determined to make Li Yu his official consort. Will the emperor approve of this unusual union? And how will Li Yu and Prince Jing protect their new family from the treacherous machinations of the imperial court?

I Can't Say No to the Lonely Girl (manga) vol. 5 by Kashikaze

Ayaka is the ideal overachieving student, but nerves threaten to derail her academic dreams. Sora offers hands-on guidance to manage performance anxiety and proposes a drastic punishment for failing the upcoming exams. “You won’t be allowed to touch me for a month.” Can Ayaka handle the pressure? Self-restraint is going to be a struggle, but it’ll make the reward all the sweeter.

Killing Stalking: Deluxe Edition (manhwa) vol. 8 by Koogi

Seungbae has hit rock bottom—but things get a lot worse when he receives a phone call informing him of Chief Kwak’s suicide. Seungbae isn’t convinced that Kwak killed himself, though. In fact, he’s pretty sure he knows who did kill Kwak. Fueled by anger and grief, Seungbae sets out to put Sangwoo behind bars once and for all.

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady (manga) vol. 6 by Piero Karasu with art by Yuri Kisaragi

Algard Von Palettia, the prince of the kingdom of Palettia, is Anisphia’s brother and the sole inheritor to the throne. But in a kingdom where royalty and nobility is determined by one’s aptitude with magic, Algard has grown disillusioned—with his sister, with magic, and with the world. The two siblings shall finally clash in a battle over their hope and despair for the future!

The Metalhead Next Door (manga) by Mamita

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No Love Zone (manhwa) vol. 2 by Danbi

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The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter (manga) vol. 5 by Yatsuki Wakatsu with art by Kazuki Irodori and Kikka Ohashi

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[katzeni]

you poor thing, it must suck to be you

[nightshadehoney]

I never watched James Somerton's shitty Killing Stalking video because I was trying to be good to myself and avoid something that I knew would make me very angry. In fact, I never watched any of his stuff because the fact that he made a video like that was enough to discount any thing he ever had to say (also I heard about the Celluloid Closet plagiarism).

But man, is the James Somerton discourse bringing a lot of Killing Stalking-related feelings back up for me. Because I'm mad; I'm still so mad. There are a suprising amount of people on social media who are saying they never watched any of his stuff except for the Killing Stalking video. I'm annoyed not just to find out that the vid had that sort of reach and influence, but also because Somerton's unmasking hasn't seemed to make people reasses the validity of the kind of thing he was saying. People are just now being like "hmm I think this guy might have Issues With Women" but that doesn't warrant any reflection on what exactly the motivation is of people who complain about women enjoying a niche webcomic? Because I don't actually believe you're concerned about the influence of some obscure piece of media when you advertise its existence to your large audience many of whom had not heard of it and would never have heard of it but for your transparent outrage porn video. It's rage bait and the target was women that are perceived as straight. A big channel has publicized the fact that they excised a section that endorsed the opinions in this video from their own because they became aware of Somerton's plagiarism and dishonesty (presumably; if it was actually because they recognized his views were coming from a sexist place I would welcome a clarification). And you know, I don't think that's a good look actually. That you needed to be told he was a bad person and couldn't idependently put together that the misogynist man was saying misogynist things.

The comic ended years ago and the fandom has gone mostly quiet, but to this day people are still the peddling the"fujoshi/stupid teenage girls who don't know what's good for them are shipping these characters because they are too braindead to realize it's not a romance; it's a horror, two things I believe are mutually exclusive. I am smarter than all of these cringe degenerates" bullshit. It's in the comments of the hbomberguy video even; one comment was such a gross misrepresentation of the series that my friend needed to talk me down from getting into a pointless youtube comments argument (bless him) because these people are officially making me lose my marbles.

This narrative is full of shit, it's demonstrably not fucking true. You can go on the artist's twitter right now and its full of her retweeting shippy fanart of that pairing readers were apparently never intended to ship.

(I don't think Koogi knows or cares about James Somerton; she just reblogs the works of fans who tag her. This made me laugh though).

Now this is all speculation because he died decades before social media existed, but I think if Nabokov was alive today his twitter would not be full of Humbert Humbert x Dolores Haze fanart. And yet, I have unironically seen people compare shipping Sangwoo and Bum in Killing Stalking with the misreading of Lolita as a precocious sexual temptress more than once.

And this isn't me saying that Killing Stalking is the disgusting"pro-sexualized abuse" comic that tumblr purity police used to characterize it as either. One of these days I'm going to go truly bonkers and end up banging pots and pans on the street corner, yelling at random innocent passerbys about how stories about romantic and sexual relationships are not required to be Hallmark movies. You can make art about the negative, dark, and troubling parts of these feelings and relationships without creating a pat morality tale. You don't need to approach media analysis like your 7th grade teacher has assigned you an essay on explaining what a novel's "message" is.

Nobody, not the author and not the fans, genuinely thinks that Sangwoo and Bum have a healthy or aspirational relationship. This hypothetical person that does not understand the relationship is toxic doesn't exist. Because girls and women, even the ones having cringey fandom fun on tiktok or whatever, are not so stupid and naive that they are unware that breaking someone's legs and locking them in a muder basement is bad. The type of concern troll rhetoric Somerton employed in his video is directed near exclusively at women interested in men and there's a reason for this. Women are not responsible for abuse that men do to them; nobody is responsible for their partner abusing them. If I never saw people spit this bullshit again it would be too soon.

[turnipoddity]

I finally figured out what your art style reminds me of!!! Killing Stalking by Koogi.

REALLY??? looking at their art again i don’t think so… but hey!! I take it as a compliment their art is so pretty!!! 😭🌸

[yutamayo]

When I get confident enough in my digital art I swear on my life I'm going to draw, print in color, and glue down the exact fill-in dick for every blank/whiteout of every single cock in the Killing Stalking Deluxe volumes.

You know what they say; if you want something done right, do it yourself.

[oongiboongi7]

neither of them find it easy to wake up in the morning

[zehecatl]

sometimes i think about this art, and i feel unhinged. in the brain. like what even is the POINT KOOGI. WHY DID YOU DRAW THIS. THE FUCKING SWEATER. THE WAY BUM IS CURLED UP ON HIS CHEST. SANGWOO'S EXPRESSION????

WHAT WAS THIS FOR...