Irene Koh is a

comics artist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comics illustrators/artists in that they produce both the literar ...

from

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. She has previously worked with large comics publishers like

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, and

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. She was the main artist for Turf Wars trilogy of ''

The Legend of Korra ''The Legend of Korra'' (abbreviated as ''TLOK'' and also known as ''Avatar: The Legend of Korra'' or more rarely simply as ''Korra'') is an American animated Fantasy television, fantasy action drama television series created by Michael Dante ...

'' comics.

Biography

Koh was born on September 18, 1990, in

Seoul, South Korea Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. Since then, she has lived in

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and

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. She resides in the

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, where she continues to work as a comics artist. She went to school at the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase th ...

, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration in 2012.

Career

Koh has had her work featured in comics published by

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

, Oni Press, and Stela. As of November 2017 she is the main penciller and inker for ''The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars'' comics. Koh is also the creator of the comic ''Afrina and the Glass Coffin''. She has also worked on comics such as ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey and April'', ''Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman'', and ''Secret Origins #10: Batgirl''.

Bibliography

* ''

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(2011) vol. 01: "Batgirl of Burnside"'', penciller * ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey and April (2015) #1-4'', main artist * ''Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman (2014) #45: 'Besties' part 1 of 3'', penciller and inker * ''Secret Loves of Geek Girls (2015) #1'', writer * ''Another Castle (2016) #1, cover artist'' * ''Fresh Romance: The Only One (2017) One-Shot'', penciller and cover artist * '' The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars (2017—2018) Part One – Part Three'', artist * ''Afrina and the Glass Coffin'', creator

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Koh, Irene South Korean female comics artists South Korean manhwa artists Living people 1990 births Rhode Island School of Design alumni