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Frank Cho

Frank Cho at the 2010 WonderCon.
Born Duk Hyun Cho[1]
December 2, 1971 (1971-12-02) (age 40)
Seoul, Korea
Nationality American
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works Liberty Meadows
Awards 2006 Haxtur Award for Best Artist
2006 Haxtur Award for Best In Show
2001 National Cartoonists Society’s Award for Best Comic Book
2001 National Cartoonists Society’s Award for Best Book Illustration
Charles M. Schulz Award for Excellence in Cartooning
Max & Moritz Medal for Best International Comic Strip
Official website

Frank Cho, born Duk Hyun Cho,[1] is a Korean-American comic strip and comic book writer and illustrator, known for his series Liberty Meadows,[1] as well as for books such as Shanna the She-Devil, Mighty Avengers and Hulk for Marvel Comics, and Jungle Girl for Dynamite Entertainment. The artist is noted for his figure drawing, precision lines, and depiction of well-endowed women.[2]

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[edit] Early life

The second of three children, Cho was born near Seoul, Korea in 1971, but moved to the United States at the age of six, and was raised in Beltsville, Maryland.[3][4] After graduating from High Point High School in 1990,[5] he attended Prince George's Community College and was offered a scholarship to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, which he declined because he disliked the school's academic focus.[4] Cho ended up transferring to the University of Maryland School of Nursing, which he says was his parents' idea.[5] Cho would ultimately graduate with a B.S. in Nursing[1][4] in 1996.

[edit] Career

Cho received no formal training as an artist.[4] He got his start writing and drawing a cartoon strip called "Everything but the Kitchen Sink" in the weekly Prince George's Community College Newspaper The Owl, where he was also comics editor. He then started drawing the daily strip University2 for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at the University of Maryland, College Park.[5]

During his final year in college, in 1994 or 1995, Cho received his first professional comic book assignment, doing short stories for Penthouse Comix with Al Gross and Mark Wheatley. Cho conceived of a 6-part "raunchy sci-fi fantasy romp" called "The Body", centering on an intergalactic female merchant, Katy Wyndon, who can transfer her mind into any of her "wardrobe bodies", empty mindless vessels that she occupies to best suit her negotiations with the local alien races that she encounters while traveling the galaxy trading and seeking riches. According to Cho, he was only hired for the art chores, but ended up writing much of the humor in the story. The story was never published due to various reasons stemming from Penthouse Comix' financial troubles.[6]

After graduation, Cho adapted elements of this work for use in a professionally syndicated strip, Liberty Meadows. Cho signed a fifteen-year contract with Creators Syndicate,[5] which he later realized was unusually long and, perhaps jokingly, blamed on having a bad lawyer.[4] Growing tired of newspaper censorship, Cho severed his contract with Creators Syndicate, and ultimately converted Liberty Meadows to a monthly publication.

In 1999 Cho attracted controversy when, while serving as one of the jurors for the third annual Ignatz Awards, which are by awarded to small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers he nominated his own book Liberty Meadows. Writer Ed Brubaker, one of the original jurors and developers of the award, criticized that year's jury for their lack of support and acknowledgement of independent works, and for allowing self-nomination. Brubaker also questioned whether the guidelines he and Expo board member Chris Oarr had developed for the Awards were provided to that year's judges. The Comics Journal reacted to this by saying that this revealed some flaws in the Ignatz nomination system, but Cho defended his decision by explaining that few of the submissions he received as a judge were deserving of nomination, and that the Ignatz coordinator he consulted instructed him to use his own judgment, as there were no rules against self-nomination.[7] Cho eventually won two Ignatz Awards that year for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Comic, and although he did not cast the winning vote, he regrets his self-nomination as a mistake he would never again repeat.[8]

Cho drew a new version of Shanna the She-Devil in 2005 for Marvel Comics. His Shanna series was originally meant to feature uncensored nude drawings of the heroine, but Marvel later decided against this, and had Cho censor his already completed pages for the first five issues. However, Cho has indicated on his website that Marvel plans to release in a hardcover collection under its MAX imprint, which will contain the uncensored artwork.[9]

Frank Cho pencilled issues 14 and 15 of New Avengers for Marvel Comics. These issues include trademark Cho-isms; the character of Wolverine is depicted wearing a t-shirt that bears the logo "Beltsville", and many Liberty Meadows characters make cameo appearances.[citation needed]

He illustrated the first six issues Marvel Comics' 2007 relaunch of Mighty Avengers with writer Brian Bendis. He is the plotter and cover artist of Dynamite Entertainment's Jungle Girl.

Cho drew issues 7-9 of Hulk, which were published in 2009.

In 2010 - 2011, Cho illustrated writer Jeph Loeb's run on New Ultimates for Marvel Comics. In 2011 he worked on the miniseries X-Men: Schism with writer Jason Aaron.

[edit] Personal life

Cho lives in Ellicott City, Maryland with his wife, Cari, and their daughter, Emily.[10]

[edit] Books

  • Apes and Babes Volume 1, Image Comics, 2009 (author)
  • Modern Masters Volume 14: Frank Cho, TwoMorrows Publishing, 2007 (illustrator)

[edit] Awards

[edit] Nominations

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Interior work

[edit] Cover work

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Hille, Karl B. (2007-09-03). "Two centuries at the heart of Baltimore". The Washington Examiner. http://www.examiner.com/a-913735~Two_centuries_at_the_heart_of_Baltimore.html. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 
  2. ^ Personal Liberties: Comic book artist Frank Cho has made a career of being bawdy and bold
  3. ^ a b Nolen-Weathington, Eric. Modern Masters Volume 14: Frank Cho TwoMorrows Publishing; 2007
  4. ^ a b c d e Tobin, Suzanne (moderator) (2002-01-04). "Comics: Meet the Artist: With Frank Cho". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/01/style/comics010402.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 
  5. ^ a b c d e Daly, Sean (1997-06-06). "Brandy, You're a Fine Girl". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=12813. Retrieved 2008-03-21. 
  6. ^ Cho, Frank (January 8, 2012) "Frank Cho’s First Professional Comic Work". Apes and Babes.
  7. ^ McKenney, Craig. "Ignatz Under Fire: Cho Defends Self-Nomination". The Comics Journal. October 22, 1999
  8. ^ Carter, R.J. "Interview: Frank Cho: Taking Liberties". The Trades. January 1, 2002
  9. ^ Cho, Frank. "Shanna the She-Devil: uncensored MAX edition news". Apes and Babes. March 24, 2010
  10. ^ Liberty Meadows Book 1: Eden 2002. Image Comics
  11. ^ a b c d e Yergen, Debra. [Comic Creator Frank Cho Wins Top Spain Comic Convention Award: 30th Annual Asturias Convention Well Attended by Comic Creators and Fans "Comic Creator Frank Cho Wins Top Spain Comic Convention Award: 30th Annual Asturias Convention Well Attended by Comic Creators and Fans"] Lifestyle; July 31, 2010
  12. ^ a b c d "More 2006 Comics And Art Awards" The Comics Reporter; November 7, 2006
  13. ^ a b National Cartoonists Society Awards; Hahn Library; Accessed August 1, 2010
  14. ^ a b "IGNATZ AWARDS". The Comics Journal. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  15. ^ a b "1999 Ignatz Award Recipients". Small Press Expo. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  16. ^ a b c 2006 Harvey Award Nominees The Harvey Awards; Accessed August 1, 2010
  17. ^ "2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees Winners" Accessed August 1, 2010

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