Oh Seong-dae

Oh Seong-dae
Nationality  South Korea
Area(s) webtoon artist
Pseudonym(s) Seongdae Oh
Notable works
 The Cliff, My Wife's Memories, Beauty Water
Oh Seong-dae
Hangul 오성대
Hanja 吳城垈
Revised Romanization O Seong Dae
McCune–Reischauer O Sŏng Dae
This is a Korean name; the family name is Oh.
Oh Seong Dae
Oh seung dae

Oh Seong-dae (Hangul: 오성대, Hanja: 吳城垈) is a South Korean webtoon artist. His notable works are The Cliff, My Wife's Memories and Beauty Water.

Career

He developed a love of drawing when he was in primary school. He graduated from Seoul National University of Science and Technology . He also studied subjects about the arts. He started working as a designer, but he quit shortly afterwards. He came across the comic competition held by NAVER, which gave him the chance to debut.[1]

From October 2009 to November 2010, Writer J was serialized in NAVER Webtoon.

From April 2011 to August 2012, Rum Chocolate was serialized in NAVER Webtoon and from July to August 2011, The Cliff was serialized in NAVER Webtoon.

May 2013 onwards, Tales of the Unusual, containing several short stories, has been serialized in NAVER Webtoon. In June of the same year, the movie Horror Stories 2 was released. One of the stories is adapted from The Cliff.

From July to August 2014, the Chinese and English translated version of The Cliff was serialized in LINE Webtoon. From July of the same year to now, the English language version of Tales of the Unusual has also been serialized in LINE Webtoon and in August 2014, Sina Weibo user Yaoyaoxiaojing (妖妖小精) translated My Wife's Memories into Chinese and posted it on her Weibo. 550,000 people had shared the comic just after two days she had posted it,[2][3] making it an instant hit among the Chinese community, and gaining him fame. From October 2014 onwards, the Chinese translated version of Tales of the Unusual has been serialized in LINE Webtoon.

In February 2015, Oh Seong-dae attended the Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival with another webtoon artist massstar. Both of them hosted autograph sessions in the booth of LINE Webtoon.[1][4][5] In June 2015, Sina Weibo user Hanmansimida (韩漫思密达) translated Beauty Water into Chinese and posted it on her Weibo. As the story is close to our life and voices concerns about the present situation, it had been viewed by 1,000,000 people,[6][7][8] making it an instant hit among the Chinese community, and gaining him fame just like last time. After knowing this, Oh Seong-dae thanked the Chinese readers on Facebook in Chinese.[9] He also meet webtoon fans at Comic festival in 2015 October .

Works

Short comic

Long comic

Screen adaptations

References

  1. 1 2 "【TiCA15】LINE Webtoon《觸不可及》及《奇奇怪怪》漫畫家獨家專訪" [[TiCA15] Exclusive Interview of the LINE Webtoon Artists: Writers of unTouchable and Tales of the Unusual] (in Chinese). Gamer. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  2. ↑ 洋蔥滿點！故事「妻子的記憶」感動55萬網友：我哭好慘 [Full of Onions! Story My Wife's Memories Touches 550,000 People's Heart: I cried so badly] (in Chinese). ETtoday. 2014-08-29. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  3. ↑ 超催淚靈異故事 《妻子的記憶》用哭50萬人 [Tear-jerking Supernatural Story My Wife's Memories: 500,000 People Shed Tears] (in Chinese). Apple Daily. 2014-08-27. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  4. ↑ "「LINE Webtoon 每日漫畫」宣布參加 2015 動漫節" [LINE Webtoon Announce Participating 2015 Comics and Animation Festival] (in Chinese). Hong Kong Silicon. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  5. ↑ "雙韓作家來台會粉絲，LINE Webtoon 首度進台北國際軍動漫節" [Dual Korean Writer Come to Taiwan to meet their fans, the First Time LINE Webtoon Joining Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival] (in Chinese). Hong Kong Silicon. 2015-02-11. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
  6. ↑ 重口味漫画最适合深夜转发？ (in Chinese). 文汇报. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  7. ↑ 你看过奇奇怪怪漫画《整容液》但一定不了解吴城垈 (in Chinese). 北青网. 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  8. ↑ 朋友圈疯传恐怖漫画《整容液》 韩国漫画家讽刺整容业 (in Chinese). 观察者网. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  9. ↑ "오성대 added 2 new photos." (in Chinese). 吳城垈. 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-09.

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