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recognized in that its characters resonated deeply with the
The restrained drawing style and warm story are
readers and motivated people to take time to look back on
well known for Sim-woo-do¡¯s trademarks. Please
theirfamilies.
explainhowSim-woo-doshapesideasofcartoons.
Yourfatherpassedawayinthemiddleoftheseries.
¨ÏSim-woo-do
You had to recall the memories with your father in
order to make stories. Was the process emotionally
painful?
Shim Heung-a: It was tough. I did not act wisely when
I faced my father¡¯s dementia. So, writing stories after my
father¡¯s death, I often regretted and asked myself, ¡°Why
didn¡¯t I do better at that time?¡± However, I tried to capture
those immature aspects of myself in the webtoon by facing
thattimeinadetachedway.Intheend,ithelpedmetogrow
emotionally.
¡ãSeung-aandherfatherissittingon
¡ãSeung-aisgoingbacktoherhome
thebenchinU-du-keu-ni
afterschoolinU-du-keu-ni
Art
Whatisitlikebeingawebtoonartist?
Woo Young-min: Sim and I choose the concept of
Pleaseadvisethosewhodreamofbecomingartists.
drawing style before the beginning of every work. In
particular, U-du-keu-ni is quite a heavy story, so we decided
Sim Heung-a: The first time I felt my desire to draw a
to simplify the drawing style more than usual. In color work,
cartoonwaswhenIwas18yearsold.Ididn¡¯tgetauniversity
I tried to express the contrast of time dramatically by using
education or professional cartoon education. But as you can
blackandwhiteforthepastandcolorsforthepresent.
see,Iachievedmydream.Artisopentoeveryone.Makeyour
ownstory.Igetinspirationfromsmallexperiencesinmylife.
Sim Heung-a: I am a writer. But at the same time, I am
thefirstreaderofmycartoons.So,Iwriteastorythatistomy
Allpastexperiencescanbesubjecttoart.Uniqueexperience
taste. I prefer philosophical and touching stories. Therefore,
will create novelty; and ordinary experience will bring up
my works have a tendency to give consolation and sympathy
empathy,right?Youdonotevenhavetodoartforaliving.If
andaskfundamentalhumanisticquestionstopeople.
you can express your own philosophy and art, you can give
comfortandpositiveenergytoothersaswellasyourself.
U-du-keu-ni
Sim-woo-do are being loved by readers for their
unique and warm webtoons. ¡°The message
¨ÏSim-woo-do
U-du-keu-ni won the first place at the Bucheon
we want to convey through our webtoons
International Cartoon Festival in 2020. Why are Sim-
istheloveoffamilyandtheimportanceof
woo-do¡¯s works recognized by so many people?
beingtogether.¡±Sim-woo-doaskedreaders
PleasesharemoreaboutU-du-keu-ni.
not to spare eyes and words of gratitude
SimHeung-a:WhenIfirstheardabout
and to love the people next to you. In
my father¡¯s dementia, I was very confused.
¨ÏSim-woo-do
order not to regret the past times, when
However, simultaneously, I wanted to
humansfacetheirlastmoments,theymust
include my uncontrollable emotions in
look around themselves and appreciate
cartoons as I always did. I thought if the
their precious people from now on. This
cartoon was completed well, it could be
Chuseok,althoughyoumaynotbeableto
a great gift for my father in the future. I
meet others in person, warmly deliver
saw lots of readers who were reminded of
words that you do not usually say. You
their parents and felt the same way with
willnotregretit.
charactersthroughthiswebtoon.Therefore,
¡ãSim-woo-docoupleisholding
¡ãU-du-keu-niis
hwain@hufs.ac.kr
eachother¡¯shands.
I think the value of this webtoon was
alsopublishedin
papers.
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