Kim Young-oh

Infobox comics creator
name = Kim Young-oh
영오김

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Kim Young-oh (영오김) (b. April 19, 1976) is a South Korean manhwa writer and illustrator. [ [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=56982 Kim YOUNG-OH - Anime News Network ] ]

Works

His first work (with Jeon Sang-Young (전상영) writer) was the "High School" (발작 "Bal Jack") a 12 volumes action, comedy and shounen manhwa.

Kim is responsible for creating the Banya stories of "" (폭주배달부 반야, "Pok Ju Baedal Bu Banya") of which there are five volumes. Originally highly successful in South Korea, they tell of the adventures of Banya, a speedy, wild and savvy teen-age hero working for the Gaya Desert Post Office with its motto "Fast. Precise. Secure." with all the romance of the unstoppable pony express of the American wild west.

He began the stories in 2004, and Dark Horse Comics in the United States published the first volume in September 2006 with the next four volumes of "Banya", in just over a year.

Current project

Kim is now working on "Ear" (귀 (鬼) "Gwi (Gui)") as illustrator with Oh Rae Balg Eum (오래밝음) writer which started in 2006 and is ongoing. This is a seinen fantasy manhwa. The chapters are published in "Booking" anthology. As of June 2008, three volumes have been published.

Family

The Banya comics feature a short note from the author as Kim includes a heartfelt dedication to his own mother for her "selfless sacrifices" to him throughout her lifetime. [ [http://anime.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=4037 review by Serdar Yegulalp 2007] ]

ee also

*Manhwa
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*Shōnen
*Action genre

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