Doha Kang
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Doha Kang is a manhwa
artist of South Korea
. Kang wrote The Great Catsby
and Romance Killer. Until presenting The Great Catsby on Daum, one of major internet portals of South Korea in 2005, Kang had used his birth name, Kang Seong-su for his work. He is also the spouse of a famous manwha artist, Won Soo-yeon (원수연), author of Full House which was adapted into the same titled drama. Won is 8 years senior than Kang and they have two children.
In 1987 Kang won the Myeongrang Manhwa Artist Award for his work, Father and Son (아버지와 아들) in the 4th New Manhwa Artist Award that was held by monthly magazine, Bomulseom (Treasure Island)'s publishing company. At that time he still was a junior high school student. Although he got down to business as a manhwa artist right upon the graduation, he decided to become one when in the junior year of middle school, 1983. For the reason, the last digits of his mobile phone
number are 1983.
Manhwa
Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...
artist of South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. Kang wrote The Great Catsby
The Great Catsby
The Great Catsby is a Korean web comic written by Doha . Daum published the comic in its original Korean on the internet. Netcomics, which holds the translation publication rights, published the comic in six volumes and on the internet in English. The title is a play on the classic novel by F...
and Romance Killer. Until presenting The Great Catsby on Daum, one of major internet portals of South Korea in 2005, Kang had used his birth name, Kang Seong-su for his work. He is also the spouse of a famous manwha artist, Won Soo-yeon (원수연), author of Full House which was adapted into the same titled drama. Won is 8 years senior than Kang and they have two children.
In 1987 Kang won the Myeongrang Manhwa Artist Award for his work, Father and Son (아버지와 아들) in the 4th New Manhwa Artist Award that was held by monthly magazine, Bomulseom (Treasure Island)'s publishing company. At that time he still was a junior high school student. Although he got down to business as a manhwa artist right upon the graduation, he decided to become one when in the junior year of middle school, 1983. For the reason, the last digits of his mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
number are 1983.
Awards
- 2006, Best Readers' Award
- 2005, Best Korean Manwha, Korea Culture & Content Committee
- 2005, Our Manwha Award of Today
- 2004, Independent Best Art in the Year's Art Award
- 2001, Our Manwha Award of Today