Kim Young-oh


Kim Young-oh is a South Korean manhwa writer and illustrator.

Works

His first work was the High School a 12 volumes action, comedy and sonyeon manhwa.
Kim is responsible for creating the Banya stories of of which there are five volumes. Originally highly successful in South Korea, they tell of the adventures of Banya, a speedy, wild and savvy teen-age hero working for the Gaya Desert Post Office with its motto "Fast. Precise. Secure." with all the romance of the unstoppable Pony Express of the American wild west.
He began writing stories in 2004, and Dark Horse Comics in the United States published the first volume in September 2006 with the next four volumes of Banya, in just over a year.
Kim's most recent work is Ghost Gwi as illustrator with Oh Rae Balg Eum writer which started in 2006 and finished in 2008. This is a seongin fantasy manhwa. The chapters are published in Booking'' anthology. Five volumes have been published.
Park Joong Gi was once his assistant

Family

The Banya comics feature a short note from the author as Kim includes a heartfelt dedication to his own mother for her "selfless sacrifices" to him throughout her lifetime.