Kang Full

Kang Full
강풀
Born Kang Do-young
December 7, 1974
Nationality South Korean
Pseudonym(s) Kang Pool
Kang Full
Hangul 강풀
Revised Romanization Gang Pul
McCune–Reischauer Kang P'ul
Birth name
Hangul 강도영
Hanja 康道永
Revised Romanization Gang Doyeong
McCune–Reischauer Kang Toyŏng

Kang Full (or Kang Pool, Hangul: 강풀) is the pen name of Kang Do-young (born December 7, 1974), a South Korean webtoon artist. Though he had no formal training in art or writing, Kang launched a website in 2002 to display his comics. Kang's webtoons quickly drew attention, resulting in several film adaption based on his works.

Career

Regarded as a "first generation" webtoon artist, Kang had no formal teaching in either writing or drawing comics. His interest stemmed from painting wall posters for the student body at Sangji University, turning them into eye-catching comics in order to attract attention. As a student, he earned the nickname Kang Full by often wearing green clothes, 'full'(풀) meaning 'grass'(풀) in Korean.[1]

Kang decided to become a comic artist prior to his graduation, but initially received little interest from publishers. In April 2002, he launched a personal website and began posting his work online, to great success. By 2008, his comics had reached in excess of 300 million page views. Kang has also drawn attention from the Korean film industry, and several films, including APT, BA:BO, Hello, Schoolgirl, Pained, The Neighbor, and 26 Years, have been based on his work.[1][2] He has also been hired as the screenwriter for a prequel to the 2006 film The Host.[3]

Besides webtoons, Kang has also created several comic books oriented to kids. His picture book Hi, Friend has been nominated as a 14th popular book for a very short time.[4]

Bibliography

YearEnglish titleHangul
2003Love Story순정만화
2004 Fool바보
Apartment아파트
2005Timing타이밍
200626 Years26년
2007I Love You그대를 사랑합니다
2008Neighbor이웃사람
2009Again어게인
2010Every Moment of Your Life당신의 모든 순간
2011Lamp Shop조명가게
2013Witch마녀[5]

Screen adaptations

  • 순정만화 (Hello schoolgirl) 2008 [6]
  • 아파트 (Apartment) 2006 [7]
  • 바보 (Ba;Bo) 2008 [8]
  • 26년 (26 year) 2012 [9]
  • 그대를 사랑합니다 (I love you) 2010 [10]
  • 이웃사람 (The Neighbors) 2012 [11]
  • Timing (2014)

References

  1. 1 2 Comic artist Gang Do-young, KBS World, March 5, 2008. Retrieved on April 12, 2008.
  2. ↑ Lee, Claire (23 November 2012). "Movies based on webtoons flourish". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
  3. ↑ Darcy Paquet, Korean film industry hot for sequels, Variety, February 28, 2008. Retrieved on April 12, 2008.
  4. ↑ "<베스트셀러> 강풀 그림책 단숨에 14위" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  5. ↑ "강풀, 다섯번째 순정만화 시리즈 '마녀' 발간". Yonhap News. 2013-03-12.
  6. ↑ 영화순정만화
  7. ↑ 영화아파트
  8. ↑ 영화바보
  9. ↑ 영화26년
  10. ↑ 영화그대를사랑합니다
  11. ↑ 영화이웃사람
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