Dans la collection de goonhoon
Description
I purchased this piece from Galerie Daniel Maghen in March 2024.
Some history below:
I asked the CEO of Superani, Hyun Jin Kim, about some information about this piece but he did not recall the details as it was fairly old. He did, however, confirm my suspicion that this was for one of his earlier comics as pieces similar to this one were was featured in the 2007 sketch collection.
Little did I know that this comic series was actually KJG's first ever released work!
The comic name was Funny Funny (퍼니퍼니) and ran in the Korean manhwa magazine Young Jump from 2002 to 2003. There is very little info on this online, but after a while I found an archive which shows both the cover of the magazine and lists the contents for the 16th 2002 issue (the first one mentioning KJG) on on kmas.or.kr . The contents read:
Funny Funny - Kim Jung Gi
"Finally kick-starting my career!!"
Unfortunately, I have not managed to find a copy of the magazine yet, but I am talking to some Korean collectors who, hopefully, will help me out soon!
I also found a funny comment from 2002 on a Korean forum during the launch of the comic saying:
"THIS PERSON IS INCREDIBLE!
Does anyone know Kim Jeong-gi? This guy's manga is appearing on Young Jump - who is he? I couldn't find much online but he is amazing!!!"
Some history below:
I asked the CEO of Superani, Hyun Jin Kim, about some information about this piece but he did not recall the details as it was fairly old. He did, however, confirm my suspicion that this was for one of his earlier comics as pieces similar to this one were was featured in the 2007 sketch collection.
Little did I know that this comic series was actually KJG's first ever released work!
The comic name was Funny Funny (퍼니퍼니) and ran in the Korean manhwa magazine Young Jump from 2002 to 2003. There is very little info on this online, but after a while I found an archive which shows both the cover of the magazine and lists the contents for the 16th 2002 issue (the first one mentioning KJG) on on kmas.or.kr . The contents read:
Funny Funny - Kim Jung Gi
"Finally kick-starting my career!!"
Unfortunately, I have not managed to find a copy of the magazine yet, but I am talking to some Korean collectors who, hopefully, will help me out soon!
I also found a funny comment from 2002 on a Korean forum during the launch of the comic saying:
"THIS PERSON IS INCREDIBLE!
Does anyone know Kim Jeong-gi? This guy's manga is appearing on Young Jump - who is he? I couldn't find much online but he is amazing!!!"
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A propos de Kim Jung Gi
Kim Jung Gi (en coréen : 김정기, hanja : 金政基) est un illustrateur et dessinateur de bande dessinée (notamment coréenne, manhwa) et artiste sud-coréen.
Kim Jung Gi entre à 19 ans à l'école des beaux-arts pour sortir avec un master d'art et de design. Il poursuit ses études au collège d’art et design de l’université Dong-eui (ko) (동의대학교), à Busan, afin de suivre un enseignement plus technique3.
Sa première publication est Funny Funny, parue chez Young Jump, revue de bande dessinées japonaise. Il enseigne par la suite dans des universités, écoles privées où l'on étudie la manhwa.
De 2008 à 2010, il réalise les dessins de TLT, Tiger the Long Tail, bande dessinée scénarisée par Seung-Jin Park.
Il dessine une frise sur des feuilles de papiers qu'il colle sur son stand au festival de Busan en 2011 et le publie sur Youtube, ce qui lui vaut de nombreuses vues. Il improvise généralement ses frises au fur et à mesure.
