massstar () is a South Korean

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artist. She is best known for her

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''unTouchable''.

Career

massstar developed a love of drawing when she was young, and wanted to be a

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since she was in

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. However, she hesitated to take up comics due to a belief in South Korea that comic artists are unable to feed themselves. When she was in university, she decided that she should try to follow her passion because she "only lived once." massstar participated in a comic competition held by

Naver Naver (; stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation. The company's products include a search engine, email hosting, blogs, maps, and mobile payment. History Naver was the first Korean web provide ...

, which gave her the chance to debut. massstar created the webtoon ''unTouchable'', a story about vampires who absorb energy as a source of life through

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rather than

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. From February 12, 2014, to March 31, 2017, ''unTouchable'' was serialized on

WEBTOON Webtoons () are a type of episodic digital comics that originated in South Korea usually meant to be read on smartphones A smartphone is a mobile phone with advanced computing capabilities. It typically has a touchscreen interface, allo ...

. In July of the same year, the Chinese and English translated versions of ''unTouchable'' were serialized on the service as well. From February 10 to 15, 2015, massstar attended the Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival together with fellow webtoon artist Oh Seong-dae. Both of them hosted autograph sessions in the WEBTOON booth. ''unTouchable'' was later adapted into a Chinese television series in 2017. The series stars

Zhang Yuxi Zhang Yuxi () also known as Yci, is a Chinese actress. She is known for her roles as Lin Xingchen in the romance comedy drama ''My Little Princess'' (2016) and Chu Linglong in ''Love and Redemption'' (2020). Career In 2009, Zhang won the cham ...

and

Xing Zhaolin Xing Zhaolin (, born 22 July 1997) is a Chinese actor, model and singer. He is best known for his roles as Yue Qi in ''Princess Agents ''Princess Agents'' ( zh, s=楚乔传, p=Chu Qiao Zhuan, also known as "The Legend of Chu Qiao") in Spain, ...

, and gained a significant following.

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' on WEBTOON Living people South Korean female comics artists South Korean manhwa artists South Korean webtoon creators South Korean women artists Year of birth missing (living people) Television shows based on manhwa {{Comic-strip-creator-stub