Haeng-Seok Go

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An icon of the era who dominated comic book rental shops in the 1980s.

Born in Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, in 1948. After completing his military service, he moved to Seoul in his mid-twenties and studied under cartoonist Choi Kyung for two years and Park Gi-Jeong for seven. He later set up a small comics studio and worked as a rough sketcher before deciding to publish his own work. In 1981, at the age of 34, he debuted with the children's comic book "Daddy, Daddy, My Daddy."