Kang Full (or Kang Pool, ) is the

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of Kang Do-young (born December 7, 1974), a

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 ...

webtoon Webtoons (), are a type of digital comic that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones. While webtoons were mostly unknown outside of Korea during their inception, there has been a surge in popularity internationally ...

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 Sangji University (상지대학교) is a private university located in Wonju, Gangwon Province, South Korea. Established in 1955, it has seven colleges and six graduate schools. Its top areas of study are Oriental Medicine (one of only 11 in the ...

, 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.Comic artist Gang Do-young
, ''KBS World'', March 5, 2008. Retrieved on April 12, 2008. 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 Apt. is an abbreviation for apartment. Apt may also refer to: Places * Apt Cathedral, a former cathedral, and national monument of France, in the town of Apt in Provence * Apt, Vaucluse, a commune of the Vaucluse département of France * A ...

'', '' BA:BO'', ''

Hello, Schoolgirl ''Hello, Schoolgirl'' (; literally " pure/romantic comic," the Korean version of shōjo manga) is a 2008 South Korean film. Adapted from '' Love Story'', a popular webtoon by Kang Full, it is the second film directed by Ryu Jang-ha. It stars Yoo J ...

'', ''

Pained ''Pained'' (; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and ...

'', '' The Neighbor'', and '' 26 Years'', have been based on his work. He has also been hired as the

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for a

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to the 2006 film '' The Host''. 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.

Bibliography

Screen adaptations

* 순정만화 (Hello schoolgirl) 2008 * 아파트 (Apartment) 2006 * 바보 (Ba;Bo) 2008 * 26년 (26 year) 2012 * 그대를 사랑합니다 (I love you) 2010 * ''The Neighbor'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2014) * '' Moving'' (2022)

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Kang Full
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