Michael Cho - South Korea
Cho at the 2017 WonderCon.
Michael Cho is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist.
He has been nominated for a number of awards and had his work positively reviewed.
Early life
Cho was born in South Korea but emigrated to Canada at the age of 6.
He has said "In some ways I learned to read English by reading comic books.
And of course, I copied all the drawings.
Career
Cho's artwork appears in a number of different genres.
He has painted book covers for Random House/Knopf and Penguin Books.
His cover for White Noise has been called a "remarkable" design that "masterfully captures aspects of the novel.
He is the creator of the webcomic Papercut, has done illustrations for The New York Times Book Review, and has created comics work for Taddle Creek literary magazine.
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.
He has provided cover art for several DC Comics reprint collections and drew the 1940s variant cover for Action Comics #1000 (June 2018).
Michael Cho is a talented artist born in Seoul, South Korea and currently living in Canada.
Working with minimal colour palettes, Cho creates powerful images with a distinctive retro style.