Michael Cho (illustrator)

Michael Cho is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist. He has been nominated for a number of awards and had his work positively reviewed.

Cho at the 2017 WonderCon.

Early life

Cho was born in South Korea but emigrated to Canada at the age of 6.[1] He has said "In some ways I learned to read English by reading comic books. And of course, I copied all the drawings."[2]

Career

Cho's artwork appears in a number of different genres. He has painted book covers for Random House/Knopf[1] and Penguin Books.[3] His cover for White Noise has been called a "remarkable" design that "masterfully captures"[3] aspects of the novel. He is the creator of the webcomic Papercut,[4] has done illustrations for The New York Times Book Review, and has created comics work for Taddle Creek literary magazine.[1]

His work retains classic comic book aspects and "evokes the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein and aesthetics of Silver and Bronze age superhero comics in equal measure."[3] He has provided cover art for several DC Comics reprint collections[5] and drew the 1940s variant cover for Action Comics #1000 (June 2018).[6]

Awards and nominations
  • Silver Medal for "Stars" at the 2007 National Magazine Awards[7]
  • Honourable Mention for "Night Time" in the Words and Pictures category of the 2004 National Magazine Awards[7]
  • Papercut was nominated for a Joe Shuster Award in the webcomics category.[4]
  • A story included in The Best American Comics 2010[1]
  • Won a Joe Shuster Award in the cover artist category[8]

References
  1. Gaiman, Neil, ed. (2010). The Best American Comics 2010. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 318. ISBN 978-0547241777.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Hooper, Terry. "Finding Max Finder Artist Michael Cho". Comics Bulletin. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012.
  3. Semley, John (December 12, 2009). "Interview with Michael Cho". Maisonneuve. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013.
  4. "Joe Shuster Award 2009 Nominees and Winners". Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association. n.d. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.
  5. Michael Cho at the Grand Comics Database
  6. "DC Unveils Final Variant For Action Comics #1000". Previews. Diamond Comic Distributors. March 7, 2018. Archived from the original on August 9, 2018.
  7. "About Taddle Creek". Taddle Creek. n.d. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.
  8. Arrant, Chris (September 5, 2017). "2017 Joe Shuster Awards Winners (Full List)". Newsarama. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018.


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