“The vivid description will take you right back to ancient China!”

This is a graphic novel for children. Easy-to-read cartoon based upon The Romance of Three Kingdoms, the most widely read classic in East Asia. Very fun to read, this graphic novel is greatly enjoyed by kids as well as adults. What grasps the reader the most is the strong and passionate actions -- they say it is like watching an action movie. This series is based on renowned writer Hwang Sok-yong version which he spent seven years to complete in order to reflect the original literary power to the full. This comic book is for today’s children while retaining the literary value and intriguing details of the original Three Kingdoms saga.

About the Author
HWANG Sok-Yong: Born in 1943, He made his literary debut when he was in high school. He started to actively write novels after The Tower won an award given by a daily newspaper in 1970. Hwang emerged as one of the leading contemporary Korean writers with such masterpieces as Strange Land and Jang Gil-San. For The Shadow of Arms he received the Manhae Literary Award and Daesan Literary Award for The Guest. His works have been translated into many languages.

LEE Chung-Ho: Lee’s My Love and Ka-kung are regarded as the key players in the country comics boom that produced million-sellers. With these two back-to-back hit comics, Lee was called the most prominent cartoonist in the 1990s.
 

An impressive story of Jang Gil-san, who robs evil rich people to save ordinary people from their day to day sufferings.

The 1970s in Korea was a period when the dictatorial government suppressed the public. In this book, the author creates a similar situation in the 18th century and centers his story around Jang Gil-san, who actually lived at that time. From Jang’s birth in the family of the lowest social class to his manhood as Korea’s Robin Hood who only robs evil rich people to help the suppressed, the author impressively shows how one individual can spread his words and determination throughout the whole nation.

About the Author
HWANG Sok-Yong: Born in 1943, He made his literary debut when he was in high school. He started to actively write novels after The Tower won an award given by a daily newspaper in 1970. Hwang emerged as one of the leading contemporary Korean writers with such masterpieces as Strange Land and Jang Gil-San. For The Shadow of Arms he received the Manhae Literary Award and Daesan Literary Award for The Guest. His works have been translated into many languages.

K Tae-Hyeong: Born in Busan in 1969. K made his debut with Uncontrollable Partner. He won the Wunpyeong cartoon Award in 1996.
 

Small misunderstandings between the two lovers.

How do the main characters of the famous story live happily ever after? After the romantic hugs and kisses, Full House is back! Get ready to feel your heart pounding again. Full House II picks up where it left off in the first story that captivated numerous girls in the 1990s. Full House I has been made into a TV soap opera in Korea, broadcasted throughout Asia, and the graphic novel was also published in the United States, China, Japan and Vietnam. Full House II is being made into a soap opera in 2007.

About the Author
WON Soo-Yon made her debut in 1987 with The Afternoon of Shadow. Won has established a firm stance her smooth drawings and captivating stories.
 

- Currently being made into a movie
- Winner of the 2006 Pucheon Cartoon Awards

A sweet recipe by Toma about the sophisticated emotions between love and friendship!

Crackers is a trendy cartoon that tells the story of their work, independence, love the new generation. They fall in love and stay awake on their newfound love, get thrown into work that they don? want to do, always think of their dreams but worry about how they are going to pay next month’s rent. The book is named after the OST of Cracker by a group of young Korean and Japanese musicians.

About the Author
Born in 1977, Toma is an active cartoonist and an illustrator.
She became popular with her online cartoon My Teacher and Me.
Her website address is www.tomashow.com

A childrens animated version of Salmon, a fairy tale for adults about the journey that salmons take back home to teach readers the precious value of ‘Me and My life’.

Silver Salmon wonders at the fact that salmons go back home despite countless obstacles only to lay eggs, and questions how laying eggs can be the only purpose of a salmon’s life. When he hears a story from Green River about his father, however, he comes to ponder on the meaning of what his father said, that there’s a path salmons must take. Finally, Silver Salmon arrives at the upper part of the river by leaping over the waterfall, instead of taking the convenient, manmade waterway. There, Silver Salmon lays eggs, together with Clear-Eyed Salmon, and
dies. With time, winter comes around, and little baby salmons are growing, waiting for spring to come, underneath the thick slab of ice.
 

Luna, an ordinary, timid girl, talks about how to have fun at work.

This book is a collection of one-page, non-fiction cartoons dealing with the work life and daily life of a female copywriter in her twenties, who calls herself a timid salary girl. The collection is full of stories about communication with people around her, good-natured complaints about difficulty at work, and a sense of fulfillment about living each day to the fullest. It presents in full view the kind of life led by office workers today, who divide their little time between entertainment such as the internet, cartoons, music, and books,, and late hours at work. It has gained full support of young office workers, with great lines and comic expressions about work and everyday life that they can sympathize with 100. It is now published as a book, thanks to the salary girls and boys who say they always turn on the computer go onto her homepage, www.lunapark.co.kr the first thing at work, and a planner based on her cartoons has also been produced.

About the Author
HONG In Hye became a copywriter because she enjoys communicating with people; that wasn’t enough, however, so she began to draw cartoons. She hates sentimentality, and loves Ju Seong-chi. She is passionate about everything from work, cartoons, to play. She frequently updates her diary on her homepage, and her cartoons can also be seen on various online magazines and newspapers. www.lunapark.co.kr
 

A collection of short stories about the search of the meaning of coming of age and adulthood told through the medium of riding passed the stages of life as on a classic scooter.
Ever since Bye Bye Vespa first came out in 2002, it has been known even now by a growing number readers as “the best story of my life” through word of mouth on the Internet. The animation version of Bye Bye Verspa was shown on the stage of a fashion show in 2007. Bye Bye Vespa treats those delicate matters that pop up in the process of coming of age in ways that warms the heart and wells the eyes.

Appearing among this collection of stories include the quite well-known enough characters of Tom and Jerry, which are as popular as the popular icon of Mickey Mouse, but which appear in special and under new circumstances.

Bye Bye Vespa: A story of the young man who comes to the realization that he cannot remain a boy forever and comes to a decision to leave both the rock band in which he was ready to give his life and the girlfriend who only caused him heartache and trouble. He then leaves on a final trip on his Vespa scooter, which he managed to buy with all of the money that he was able to scrape together.

Tom & Jerry’s Love: The now all grown-up Jerry (a female character) finds by accident a picture of Tom, a boy who broke her heart when she was a young girl, while she is cleaning house. Jerry looks back to that period of time when she was so blindly in touch with Tom and discovers something new and truthful about herself.

Snow Riding: the harshness of reality that has been forced on a young boy and girl through the incoherence and inconsistencies of life dons on them as they decide to return from the top of a mountain without bringing back with them a stray cat that they found fatally ill.

About the Author
PARK Hyung-dong is active as a comic book artist, illustrator, and director of animation films. Since 1998, Park Hyung-dong has been continuously active in releasing works of short stories that have literary and musical appeal and as a theme that he treats. There are ‘Jukebox’ and ‘Bossa Nova’ among his other works of comic books, which were part of anthologies of short stories, and he served as the character designer in charge in the animation, ‘Millenium Vixen, A Shower in a Starry Night,’ while he served as the director in charge in the animation called, ‘My Friend in the Raincoat Season 2.’
 

* Supported by the Seoul Animation Center

Read about the fading Goguryeo history in this comic book, drawn with traditional watercolor techniques!

Haemosu, the founder of North Buyeo, comes down from the heavens and rules over the world. But realizing that he does not have long before he has to return to the heavens, Haemosu heads for the island of Yeon (Sparrow) to leave a mark on the world. Wiman, hoping to take advantage of Old Joseon’s collapse, waits for Haemosu to return to the heavens and prepares an army. Yuhwa, the daughter of the island’s leader, Habaek, meets Haemosu. Haemosu returns to the heavens and the entire world falls into chaos. But the mark that Haemosu left in this world later on becomes the root of Goguryeo, the most powerful nation in East Asia.

About the Author
O Youn studied Asian painting at Chugye University for the Arts and graduated from the Korean people’s history department in the social education institute of Myongji University, where he is currently a professor of cultural contents.
O serialized comics and illustrations in Big Jump, Young Jump, Sunday Seoul, and The Kookje Daily News.
O was given the comic book award by the Korean Cartoonists Association in 2004. He traveled throughout old Goguryeo lands to gather materials for the illustrations in the book.