Michael Cho (illustrator)

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Cho at the 2017 WonderCon.

Michael Cho is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist. He has been nominated for a number of awards and had his work positively reviewed.

Early life[]

Cho was born in South Korea but emigrated to Canada at the age of 6.[1] He has said "In some ways I learned to read English by reading comic books. And of course, I copied all the drawings."[2]

Career[]

Cho's artwork appears in a number of different genres. He has painted book covers for Random House/Knopf[1] and Penguin Books.[3] His cover for White Noise has been called a "remarkable" design that "masterfully captures"[3] aspects of the novel. He is the creator of the webcomic Papercut,[4] has done illustrations for The New York Times Book Review, and has created comics work for Taddle Creek literary magazine.[1]

His work retains classic comic book aspects and "evokes the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein and aesthetics of Silver and Bronze age superhero comics in equal measure."[3] He has provided cover art for several DC Comics reprint collections[5] and drew the 1940s variant cover for Action Comics #1000 (June 2018).[6]

Awards and nominations[]

  • Silver Medal for "Stars" at the 2007 National Magazine Awards[7]
  • Honourable Mention for "Night Time" in the Words and Pictures category of the 2004 National Magazine Awards[7]
  • Papercut was nominated for a Joe Shuster Award in the webcomics category.[4]
  • A story included in The Best American Comics 2010[1]
  • Won a Joe Shuster Award in the cover artist category[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Gaiman, Neil, ed. (2010). The Best American Comics 2010. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 318. ISBN 978-0547241777.
  2. ^ Hooper, Terry. "Finding Max Finder Artist Michael Cho". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Semley, John (December 12, 2009). "Interview with Michael Cho". Maisonneuve. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Joe Shuster Award 2009 Nominees and Winners". Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association. n.d. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.
  5. ^ Michael Cho at the Grand Comics Database
  6. ^ "DC Unveils Final Variant For Action Comics #1000". Previews. Diamond Comic Distributors. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "About Taddle Creek". Taddle Creek. n.d. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.
  8. ^ Arrant, Chris (September 5, 2017). "2017 Joe Shuster Awards Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.

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