Lee Hyun-se

Lee Hyun-se (Template:Langx; Hanja: 李賢世; born June 13, 1956) is a South Korean cartoonist, and the former president of the Korea Cartoonist Association. He is currently the chairman of KOMACON and a professor at the Department of Comic Animation at Sejong University.

Lee is Korea's leading comic ("manhwa") artist. His works have commented on current events and embraced public frustrations.

Early life and education

Lee was born in Uljin, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. He grew up in Gyeongju, South Korea, graduating from graduated from Wulseung Elementary School (Template:Langx), Gyeongju Middle School (Template:Langx), and Gyeongju High School (Template:Langx).

Career

Lee debuted in 1978 with The River Knows (Template:Langx) that covers the Vietnam War. His major works include A Daunting Team (Template:Langx), Mythology of the Heavens (Template:Langx), Ring of Hell (Template:Langx), Nambul: War Stories, Armageddon (Template:Langx), Police (Template:Langx), Birdie (Template:Langx), and others. Actor Joe Sang-gu is an old friend of Lee Hyun-se, and he is the real model for Oh Hyae-sung / (Kkachi), the main character of A Daunting Team.

Filmography

• 1978,The River Knows (Template:Langx)
• 1979, Kkachi in Shimonoseki (Template:Langx)
• 1980, The Wind that Blows the Ground (Template:Langx)
• 1981, The Last Light of Shimonoseki (Template:Langx); Kkachi's Fifth Season (Template:Langx)
• 1982, Kkachi's Blue Crab Apple (Template:Langx), A Jackdow of the Border (Template:Langx), A Dauntless Team (Template:Langx); Made the cover of the first issue of monthly publication, Treasure Island (Template:Langx)
• 1983, Ring of the Wild (Template:Langx); Kkachi's Glass Jaw (Template:Langx); Ring of Hell (Template:Langx)
• 1984, Wanderer Kkachi (Template:Langx); Kkachi's Sunny Spot (Template:Langx); The Firebird's Fighting Spirit (Template:Langx)
• 1985, The High School Baseball Team (Template:Langx); Thawing (Template:Langx; Hanja: 解氷)
• 1986, Bow (Template:Langx; Japanese Ver.); Run! (Template:Langx); Emperor (Template:Langx; Hanja: 帝王)
• 1987, Sing a Dawn, Lions (Template:Langx); Fury of Kkachi's Head (Template:Langx); The Kosmos that Blooms in Winter (Template:Langx); Childish Kkachi (Template:Langx); Roughly Unfortunate Fellows (Template:Langx)
• 1988, Report on the Daughter-in-Law's Rice Paste (Template:Langx); Boss (Template:Langx); Armageddon (Template:Langx) serialized in IQ Jump; Blue Angel (Template:Langx); Karon's Dawn (Template:Langx); Made the cover of the first issue of a monthly publication, IQ Jump (Template:Langx)
• 1989, Dancing Larva (Template:Langx)
• 1990, Chick Rhapsody (Template:Langx)
• 1993, Nambul: War Stories; Police (Template:Langx)
• 1994, Steep Cliff (Template:Langx; Hanja:峭崖)
• 1995, Armageddon (Template:Langx; Animation); Golden Flower (Template:Langx); Love Collection (Template:Langx) serialized in the newspaper Kyunghyang Shinmun (Template:Langx; Hanja: 京鄕新聞)
• 1997, Mythology of Heaven (Template:Langx)
• 1999, Dark Dragon (Template:Langx) serialized in The Seoul Daily Sports (Template:Langx); Made the National Police Agency character, Podori (Template:Langx)
• 2001, Serializing Mythology of Heaven (Template:Langx)
• 2004, Animal Drawing (Template:Langx)
• 2005, Serializing Wolf's Blood (Template:Langx), Made Korean History (Template:Langx)
• 2007, Serializing Birdie (Template:Langx)
• 2009, Serializing Bijeongsigong (Template:Langx); Changcheonsuhoui (Template:Langx)
• 2010, Serializing Red Fatale (Template:Langx)

Awards

• 1994, Awarded The Fourth Korean Comic Achievement Award (Template:Langx)
• 1999, Awarded The Third Asia Comic Contest (Hong Kong, Template:Langx) Achievement Award
• 2002, Awarded The Second Gobow Comic Award (Template:Langx)
• 2006, Awarded The Metropolis of Seoul Culture Award (Template:Langx)
• 2007, Awarded Korea Content Awards (Template:Langx) President's Award in the Field of Comics

See also

• Hand of the Dragon

External links

• Lee Hyun-se's Oh Hye-sung