Irene Koh is a

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and g ...

from

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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

. She has previously worked with large comics publishers like

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

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, and

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

. She was the main artist for Turf Wars trilogy of ''

The Legend of Korra ''The Legend of Korra'' (abbreviated as TLOK), also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' or simply ''Korra'', is an American anime-influenced animated television series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelode ...

'' comics.

Biographical information

Koh was born on September 18, 1990, in

Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of ...

. Since then, she has lived in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

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and

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. She resides in the

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, where she continues to work as a comics artist. She went to school at the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration in 2012.

Career

Koh has had her work featured in comics published by

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Grou ...

, and Stela. As of November 2017 she is the main penciller and inker for ''The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars'' comics. Koh is also the creator of the comic ''Afrina and the Glass Coffin''. She has also worked on comics such as ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey and April'', ''Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman'', and ''Secret Origins #10: Batgirl''.

Bibliography

* ''

Batgirl Batgirl is the name of several superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies to the superhero Batman. Although the character Betty Kane was introduced into publication in ...

(2011) vol. 01: "Batgirl of Burnside"'', penciller * ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey and April (2015) #1-4'', main artist * ''Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman (2014) #45: 'Besties' part 1 of 3'', penciller and inker * ''Secret Loves of Geek Girls (2015) #1'', writer * ''Another Castle (2016) #1, cover artist'' * ''Fresh Romance: The Only One (2017) One-Shot'', penciller and cover artist * '' The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (2017—2018) Part One – Part Three'', artist * ''Afrina and the Glass Coffin'', creator

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koh, Irene South Korean female comics artists Living people 1990 births Rhode Island School of Design alumni